CES isn’t the land of smartphone announcements it once was. Rather, we really only get a few important announcements a year. This year, there were announcements of a couple of flagships, and some mid-range devices. Most of those mid-rangers were very stale and disappointing, but one did actually stand out as a decent choice, the ZTE Blade V8 Pro.
ZTE took to the stage at CES 2017 to announce two new devices coming to the US market. The first is a phone we’ve seen previously released in Asia, Europe, and Mexico and that is the Blade V8 Pro. The second is a device that ZTE crowdsourced called the Hawkeye. Both devices are fairly inexpensive and come unlocked — but are either of them worth your time?
At CES 2017, ZTE provided updates on when Android 7.0 Nougat would arrive for the well regarded Axon 7 and more details about their bid to crowdsource a smartphone. The company also launched the affordable dual-camera Blade V8 Pro in the US market.
