ZTE Star 2 Release Date 2015

ZTE Star 2

ZTE Star 2 Release Date 2015-Guangzhou, China, At the launch event in Guangzhou Canton Towers, the tallest building in China, ZTE demoed new flagship phone, the ZTE Star 2000, which has an impressive level of voice control. It lets you make phone calls, enter and exit the application, control the camera, and find locations while driving - all without having to press a button on the phone. Chinese companies have been working hard on software to provide the potential to be one of the best integrated voice assistant.

ZTE Star Note 2

Specs-wise, the Star text 2 with a 13-megapixel camera packs using Sony fourth generation sensors, dual-LED flash and 5 megapixel front shooter. The phone also has 4G LTE, a 2.3GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of onboard storage, and a 2,300mAh battery with Micro SD support.

Design

Phone with 6.9mm thick premium feel, thanks to the aluminum edges chamfered and rear glass. Rounded edges at the top and bottom of the phone makes it convenient to understand, even though we were concerned that if you have sweaty hands, you might not get a very good grip on the rear glass. We are also not a fan of physical keys, soft keys make the phone net in the search.

The Star 2 has a full-HD display with 1,920x1,080 pixels 5 inches, we found the light, the colors are bright enough. The thin bezel around it makes the display look bigger than it is, although we found that mobile phone with 4.5 inch by 5-inch screen is more optimally.

Voice Control

Integrated voice control is a 2 star claims to fame, and ZTE said it was way ahead of the competition when it comes to voice control. From what we see, it's hard not to be impressed, even though they are in Mandarin demo. We managed to get the unit that we set are in the UK, and we were surprised, many features still work.

After that we tried to control the camera, and we can easily take pictures with just saying "catch", we can even turn on and turn off the flash, and the camera switches to the next without having to touch the screen. And to exit the application, we can do it by simply saying, "Exit camera", This impressive.

In addition to working the camera, you can press the power button, lift the phone to your ear, and star 2 will ask for anything you want to mention. You can also tell it to open an application or switch to another application, and if not installed, it will ask if you want to install it. Truly extraordinary.

This phone runs Android 4.4 KitKat, which is not the latest version, with leather MiFavor 3.0 congenital itself from the company. Like most Chinese custom skin, does away with the app drawer, and put all your apps on the home screen. There are many combinations of colors to choose from that will fit your tastes and ZTE have made leather flat as possible. This is similar to what we have seen in handsets like the LG G3 and Asus ZenFone 2, which is a bad thing, but it is not original.

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ZTE star 2 does not stand a hardware-wise, but other companies may find it difficult to replicate the impressive features of the software. While the English voice feature is not ready for the US, UK and Australia, the phone looks primed for Chinese market.

Chinese customers can order a 2 star, with global availability has not been announced. It will cost the same as the Honor 6 plus RMB2,499 that Huawei announced earlier this week that converts to roughly $ 400, £ 260 or AU $ 500.

Given the fierce competition faced by ZTE in China against stalwarts such as Huawei and newcomers Xiaomi, companies appear to use different strategies to stand out and we think this will work for them if they could translate it literally to markets outside their home country.