One Day Review-ZTE Score

Hardware

Internally, the ZTE Score has a 1200 mAh Lithium Ion battery that promises 4 hours of talking time, though since this is a 1 day review, I didnt have time to confirm that. If you plan on downloading games through the official android market installed on this phone, one thing you'll want to do right away with the Score is buy a micro sd card, since you only get 110 MB of internal storage. Unfortunately, if you plan on downloading graphic-intensive games(Shadowgun for instance.), you might want to skip over this phone, as its paltry 600mhz Qualcomm MSM7627 processor may not be able to pull off playing the latest games.

Design

The ZTE Score.

The ZTE Score is a very low end basic/budget android phone. When looking at the device head on, you'll see the traditional four capacitive android buttons(back, menu, search, and home.), then the low resolution 320 x 480 3.5" HVGA capacitive screen(More on that below), and finally the phone's ear piece, with the mic to the right of it, the power/lock button and 3.5mm jack to the left of it are located at the top of the phone, while the right side hosts the volume rocker, micro sd slot(up to 32gb), and a nice dedicated camera button, with the left side having only the usb charging port, with the bottom being bare. The back of this phone outlines(literally) the 3.2 mp camera/camcorder, and speaker for media.

The Score suffers from terrible viewing angles.

Screen

Viewing angles used to not be to big a deal to me, as I'm mainly interested in tablets, and would always reason to myself: Im not  ever going to NOT be looking directly at my tablet, so why does it matter what it looks like from the side? the LCD panel on this phone made me understand that viewing angles are sometimes not big deals, and sometimes are big deals. In this case, its a big deal. Unless your looking directly at the screen, you and/or your friends will most likely notice the bad viewing angles on the reflective and glossy finger print magnet that is this phones screen. Looking at it from any side other than straight on results in immediate discoloration.

Speakers

Camera and Speakers on the back of the Score.

The speakers are located on the back of this phone, and surprisingly, sound pretty good to me. I was expecting a tinny, crumpled effect when I played my music, but was pleasantly surprised by this phones performance.

Camera

The Score's camera is unfortunately another flop. colors either look dark or too bright, and sometimes washed out when indoors. Outdoor pictures fared a little better, but dont make the mistake of expecting an iphone 4s quality camera on a budget android phone. There are a few test pics taken below.

 

Conclusion

Unfortunately ZTE hasnt really scored on anything with this phone. The horrid screen that plagues this phone will most likely steer customers away from it, in my opinion.

Final Words

ZTE Scores a C- minus with this phone.

Lg Quantum Review (Updated Pictures)

HARDWARE The LG quantum has some extra girth to it due to the landscape keyboard, but it still looks nice. The internals are 16GB storage(unfortunately there is no micro sd expansion option, but 16gb should be okay for the average user.), 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM,1 GHz Scorpion processor . On the outside however, the front of the handset sports a speaker, with a mic next to it. Below that is a 3.5” wvga capacitive touch screen, next is a tactile windows button That gives a nice audible click when pressed. Below that is the required two capacitive buttons for search and back. The back of the handset features the 5 mega pixel camera in the middle. On the right side of the device is a volume rocker, and a dedicated camera button. Atop the handset is the power/lock button, and the standard 3.5mm jack. One problem I have with this phone is that when the device is locked, pressing the central windows button on the phone does not unlock the phone or show the screen saver. Instead you have to tap the power button to take you to the unlock screen, its an inconvenience to the user.

The LG Quantum. In The Flesh.

Camera

The 5mp camera is located on the back of the handset. The camera takes surprisingly nice pictures in the dark thanks to the nice LED flash located underneath the lens, along with nice 720p footage. Since this is my first review, I'm not sure how to review the camera other than to post actual sample pictures, so I guess that's what I'll do! some of them are on my new blog for pictures taken with this device, ShadowPicture555

The LG Quantum has a 5mp Camera with an LED Flash

Keyboard

The LG Quantum features a fully fledged, qwerty landscape keyboard. The keyboard has a set of directional  keys, along with a emoticon, and symbol key. The keyboard shortcuts actually make the keyboard surprisingly easy to use. Each key has a alternate symbol on it, and all you do is hold down the key to add whichever symbol you wish, this method is fast and easy to use, as opposed to pressing the function button whenever you would want a single symbol.

The LG Quantum features a full QWERTY keyboard.