ZTE Aglaia V881 by Softbank Japan

[Guest john.smith]

Found in ZTE official facebook page and did some research:

1GHz CPU

3.8" screen

512MB RAM

4GB ROM

native Android 2.3

Forums in Japan call this "Blade2", looks like a better looking device than Skate!

But we don't yet have the cases at www.sofiz.co.uk (we do have iphone 5, though!)

Edited September 15, 2011 by john.smith

[Guest WAWA72]

Very Fine. Looks much better as the Skate

Edited September 15, 2011 by WAWA72

[Guest Maxsas360]

Dear Santa, .......

Edited September 15, 2011 by Maxsas360

[Guest Roph]

I'm not sure I like how much bezel there is.

[Guest Pelemane]

Yes that looks good compared to Skate. There were something about that at CES 2011. Check this

It's old vid but still.

It says that it will come at second half of the year and here is specs:

Model: V881

OS: Android FroYo

GSM: GPRS EDGE, 850/900/1800/1900Mhz

HSPA+/UTMS 900(850)/1800/2100Mhz

Display: 480x800 pixels, 3.8", WVGA

TFT+TPIC (Capacitive touch screen)

Camera: 5.0 MP Color CMOS AF (Customized)

BluetoothTM 2.1, A2DP, AVRCP

WiFi/GPS/GMS

Optional: Micro SD, FM, A-GPS

[Guest Phoenix Silver]

Arm6 or Arm7 ?

[Guest john.smith]

The ZTE shows V880 and V881 being sold in Japan on shelf, but otherwise I couldn't find further details on any Japanese websites.

It's a 1GHz CPU so it has to be Arm7 or better... I don't think they can overclock an Arm6 to 1GHz. LOL

Arm6 or Arm7 ?

[Guest hecatae]

looks identical to this:

http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=3186&c=zte_star_7_009z

[Guest jurrasstoil]

Looks a bit like the Sony Ericsson Xperias

[Guest tcpaulh]

Waterproof to 1metre? Sounds good. Not the slightest bit shock resistant though.

[Guest whitelight]

This must be the San Francisco II then.

[Guest FrankieADZ]

San Francisco II....interesting :)

just hope its as good as the first ;)

[Guest popoyaya]

Nicer design but not much of an upgrade to the Blade really, no dual-core, tegra, etc. Would be fine as a first smart phone @ £100

[Guest Maxsas360]

Armv7 is an upgrade.

[Guest Nuuna]

Like Sony Ericsons ...

Allways hating their desing :)

[Guest Maxsas360]

[Guest deksman2]

The 3.8" screen is not exactly something I relish to be honest, though it's larger than Blade's 3.5".

Same hardware specs with a 4.3" screen would be MUCH better if you ask me and considered an 'half-way upgrade'.

This seems more like a 'revision' if anything (much like the SKATE - which has a larger screen).

Although, I approve of the 1Ghz Snapdragon CPU.

This is essentially what the Skate should have been (with the 4.3" screen of course).

Question... wasn't there talk about the SKATE receiving an update which would bump up it's CPU speed to 1Ghz down the line?

Though I don't know how advisable that would be since Arm11 cpu's aren't exactly too stable past 800Mhz... unles they release a 'revised Skate' which has an early gen snapdragon cpu in it running at 1Ghz.

Edited November 5, 2011 by deksman2

[Guest gwebb]

I don't think there is anything new here, but there is another article on Engadget.

http://www.engadget....bumps-in-specs/

[Guest The Soup Thief]

I don't think there is anything new here, but there is another article on Engadget.

http://www.engadget....bumps-in-specs/

And another one with a nicer pic http://www.intomobile.com/2011/12/06/zte-v881-next-generation-blade-thats-going-sell-like-hotcakes/ (actually, this is just reporting on the Engadget China story)

Has a flash

Has a decent processor and GPU

(Hopefully) will have ICS (or if it doesn't this will be resolved once it's let out...)

Hope it comes soon - the Blade was trailed for about 6 months before it reached the shops. Hope this doesn't take that long...

Hope Huawei have a good reply...

[Guest iKrautDroid]

Hope it will be as cheap as the blade and can be unlocked easily...

[Guest ablackswan]

it is announced under 200$.

a really nice smartphone to replace the blade. good specs and a screen under 4" and maybe we will get a stable and working ICS on it :D

Edited December 9, 2011 by ablackswan

[Guest jurrasstoil]

Hope it will be as cheap as the blade and can be unlocked easily...

I hope that ZTE realizes that this will be quite essential for the success of the device.

[Guest JudasLucifer]

Shame that there is no more news on this, seems pretty damn nice IMO :P

[Guest ablackswan]

what's new about a release date?

[Guest Snaku]

Just stumbled upon ZTE very own e-zine (need acrobat reader reader to view) http://www2.zte.com....orld/201104_en/

There is one bold sentence in the e-zine that floored me, I wonder how much truth is behind this ;)

In testing, the camera was shown to take better images than other 5MP cameras