Starting this Friday, Cricket Wireless will offer a 6-inch phablet to its customers for just $199. The ZTE Grand X Max is an example of the value-priced handsets that ZTE has promised to deliver to smartphone buyers in the U.S. And if you move your number from T-Mobile or MetroPCS, you will receive a $100 bill credit.
The aforementioned 6-inch screen offers a resolution of 720 x 1280, which works out to a pixel density of 245ppi. A quad-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon 200 CPU is under the hood, with the Adreno 302 GPU crunching graphics. 1GB of RAM is aboard while 8GB of native storage is available. The rear-facing camera weighs in at 8MP and a 1MP front-facing camera will snap your "selfies." ZTE didn't skimp on the battery, which at 3200mAh should keep the lights on all day. Android 4.4.4 is pre-installed, and at 7.8mm thick, the ZTE Grand X Max is a rather thin handset.
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Starting Friday, this 6-inch ZTE Grand X Max is just $199 from Cricket
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