ZTE Grand X review
21.05.13
Clearly for that money the Grand X isn’t going to rival my current favourite top-ender the Samsung Galaxy S III whose £480 price tag indicates it is in a different league. But is the Grand X good enough to pass? Have the compromises been made in the right places to make this phone attractive?
Well, the first obvious place the ZTE Grand X falls down in comparison to much more expensive rivals is in its hardware design. Let’s face it, the handset looks and feels like a mid-ranger. Plastic chassis, thin and quite flimsy textured backplate, and a shell that flexed a bit under my fingers if I applied some pressure. The look is a bit dull too with the handset being almost entirely black with a few silver touches for buttons, camera frame and branding.
The ZTE Grand X is slightly thick, too, at 9.9mm. It is perhaps unfair to compare the Galaxy S III’s 8.6mm, but hey, I’ve just done it. More important than the actual difference in dimensions, the Grand X simply feels a little clunky in the hand. At least it is light at 110g, making it one of the lightest handsets on the market, where comparable phones are 130g to 140g.
Source: ITProPortal