ZTE S30 Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

ZTE S30 - smartphone without audience

Android users are becoming more demanding every day, so modern phone manufacturers are trying to combine the beauty of design, functionality, and a number of other advantages, even in relatively inexpensive models. Although the Chinese company ZTE is recovering from a long downtime, its products still lag behind the best in the market. So, the hero of today's review is unlikely to become really popular due to the abundance of shortcomings that his opponents do not have.

The appearance of the novelty is endowed with original features like a stylish block of four cameras and unusual matte colors of the back panels, but the impression of the exterior deteriorates after familiarization with the assembly materials. The plastic of the case is not the thing that I would like to see in a device of the mid-high price segment. The fingerprint scanner is located on the side. The 6.67-inch OGS screen is not bad, but not overwhelming in brightness and contrast levels. The visibility of the picture is somewhat lacking in direct sunlight. But the resolution of 2400 x 1080 pixels and the image refresh rate of 90 hertz will definitely not upset even the sophisticated buyer.

The technical characteristics of the Mediatek Dimensity 720 processor, 8GB of RAM and the Mali G57MC3 video accelerator do not look foreign in the gadget, but they are also found in cheaper counterparts. The bundle supports 5G networks and can handle games. Not the most resource-intensive applications function quickly, without jams, but in projects like Genshin Impact, you will have to limit the graphical settings to almost low-medium presets. Energy efficiency has also become a strong point of the chipset. Even from a 4000mAh battery, it is not difficult to get 8-9 hours of active screen time. There is also the merit of the optimized Android 11. The volume of internal storage is limited to 128GB , the developer did not add a microSD card slot.

The main 64-, 8-, 5- and 2-megapixel cameras do not set records in photographic abilities. Daytime shots are difficult to distinguish in detail and color reproduction from that of flagship camera phones, but photographs taken in low light begin to abound in noise and blurry objects. There is no contactless NFC payments, as well as stereo sound, which will be a tangible obstacle to the device for good sales. As a result, the device came out too unbalanced, which cannot be said about many of its more interesting rivals with a similar price tag.