It's the ZTE KIS3! This mid range smartphone uses the newest version of Android 4.4 Kitkat. Perfect for teens, its a great alternative to a £500 iPhone! The phones comes ready to use on pay-as-you-go, the box includes: The Phone, Battery, USB charging cable and charger, Wired headset and Quick Start Guide.
Technical Specs!
What I thought:Looks
This phone looks great, so much nicer than what I had when I was a spotty teen.. don't believe me? see below at what I had! This thing didn't even have picture messages! Those were the dark times...
Anyway, the ZTE Kis3 is smooth and sleek and a great navy blue, no teen is going to feel inadequate among their friends, even if they have an iPhone, and that's coming from a guy who owns an iPhone!
Touch
The touch works very well, I apologise but I've only really ever used iPhone's and the touch on the KIS3 is just as good.
Graphics / Camera
Photos looks a tiny bit grainy and a little pale, but fine for the odd photo and selfies. You definitely wouldn't be able to use this phone as a digital camera, but I don't believe any mid range phone could be used for that.
Photos looks a tiny bit grainy and a little pale, but fine for the odd photo and selfies. You definitely wouldn't be able to use this phone as a digital camera, but I don't believe any mid range phone could be used for that.
Userbility
One thing about having an iPhone is that the phone is so easy to use, icons to do pretty much anything and logical menu's. The android 4.4 Kitkat is pretty similar, but so much more customisation; from arranging apps and widgets to changing the background or theme. It needs a lot more thought to navigate than the iPhone, but any tech savvy teen would have no problem with this.
Messaging
The texting business is definately one for the teens and ZTE understand this, again very simple to use and also has the new swipe messaging where you run your finger over the keyboard and hesitate at the letters you need, the text 'engine' then sorts out your letters into real words! Clever stuff, but the predictive text can fail at times and again for an adult who has only ever used an iPhone may struggle with this feature, so I'd probably end up turning this setting off.
Internet
The Internet is very speedy, using google chrome for smartphone. This great little app keeps your phone memory down while you're surfing!
The Verdict
All in all a great little phone, it's not the greatest as it's a mid grade phone and therefore is only really average in all aspects. It does however do the job and perfect for a teen needing a smartphone (and for parents not wanting to fork out a ton of dough for an iPhone or similar).
The ZTE KIS3 is available in Virgin Media phone stores now for a very decent £44.99, this is a pay as you go phone too, so why not get your teen to pay for their own bills? Cheeky?
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