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ZTE decided to offer Android as is, without a custom user interface skin, and that’s fine by us. The Vital runs Android Jelly Bean 4.1 – not the very latest version, but not so far behind that owners will feel cheated out of features. Clean Android interface and decent preloaded apps It’s decent for speakerphone calls and won’t disappoint if you want to share YouTube videos. Viewing angles are wide enough that we could tilt the phone while playing games like Temple Run 2 and still see what’s happening.Īudio quality is average for a smartphone and the volume from the back speaker loud enough to hear over medium background noise.
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Sunlight visibility is acceptable when the brightness is at full strength and in general the screen’s vivid colors impressed. The brightness of the screen mitigates this a little, though the smudges impact touch performance as they build up. After just a few hours of use we had to break out the cleaning cloth. The 5-inch, 1280 x 720 pixel resolution screen also retains fingerprint smudges at a more than we’d like. This adds a dash of personality, but the glass over this area immediately gathered fingerprints. One last distinctive design touch is the circle enclosing the rear-facing, 13-megapixel camera and flash. The plastic back pops off so owners can access the battery, SIM, and microSD card slot. Otherwise, the lightweight and comfortable grip on the sides makes the Vital a nice phone to hold. While the phone is narrow enough to use with one hand and easy to grip, the extra length means one-handed users will end up shuffling the phone up and down to get at the power button on the top edge (a common problem on phones, including the iPhone 5). The Vital is taller than the HTC One and the Galaxy S4 but has the same size display as the latter. Design choices like the blue hue on the soft-touch back cover give the phone a signature style. That’s not to say the Vital is an S2 clone.
If ZTE took inspiration from the Galaxy line, we’re glad they picked the better elements. The rounded corners, rectangular shape, and touchscreen navigation buttons – Home, Back, and Menu – under the screen certainly evoke Samsung’s style, as does the comfortable curved back that adds to the overall holdability of the phone. One could be forgiven for mistaking the Sprint Vital for a Galaxy S2 at first glance. But is the Vital more desirable than similarly priced phones like the Galaxy S3? Looks like a GS2, but picks up more fingerprints However, the call quality and battery life aren’t at the level we’d expect even from a device in this category. Combined with stock Android Jelly Bean and an easy-to-hold design this phone has a lot to tempt Sprint customers. Fitbit Versa 3Ĭall quality on the Vital isn’t great on either endThe Vital mixes some trendy features, like a 13-megapixel camera and 5-inch screen in a relatively compact body, but with more modest processing power.