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ZTE Blade X review: 2017 US budget.

Item: ZTE Blade X
Rating: 56
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2017·$140

Overall

56/100

Class rank

#27 of 74

Tier

Budget

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

ZTE Blade X.

Blade X was ZTE's 2017 Cricket US prepaid budget at $140.

01Display

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2017.

TypeIPS LCD

Size5.5"

Resolution1280 x 720

02Performance

50/100

50/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2017.

ChipsetSnapdragon 435

RAM2 GB

Storage16 GB + microSD

03Camera

60/100

60/100 puts it above the 57-point average for budget phones of 2017.

Main13 MP

Front5 MP

04Battery

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2017.

Capacity2,800 mAh

05Software

62/100

62/100 trails the 64-point cohort average for budget phones of 2017.

What works

$140 Cricket prepaid.
13 MP cam.
Compact 5.5".
microSD.

What doesn't

SD 435 weak.
2 GB RAM.
16 GB storage.
Cricket-only.

Cross-shop it against

Honor 10 Lite

$240 · score 67/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 74-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .