Our Rating
Ratings from experts
Design, Built Quality
7 / 10
Display Quality
9 / 10
Camera Quality
9 / 10
Audio & Multimedia
7 / 10
OS and Usability
9 / 10
Battery Performance
10 / 10
The ZTE Blade V40 Design is a model within the Blade V40 series. It features a 6.6-inch IPS LCD display with a Full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2408 pixels and a dewdrop notch on the front panel.
Under the hood, the device is equipped with the UNISOC Tiger T616 octa-core processor. This chipset includes two Cortex-A75 cores clocked at 2.0 GHz and six Cortex-A55 cores running at 1.8 GHz, paired with a Mali-G57 GPU. The phone comes with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage.
The camera setup on the rear consists of three lenses: a 50-megapixel primary sensor with phase detection autofocus (PDAF) and an f/1.8 aperture, a 2-megapixel macro lens, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor, both with f/2.4 apertures. An LED flash is positioned alongside the cameras. The front-facing camera has an 8-megapixel sensor.
Additional features include a side-mounted fingerprint sensor and a triple card slot that supports dual SIM cards and a microSD card simultaneously. The device is available in Sky Blue and Starry Black colour options. It is powered by a 4500mAh battery and supports 22.5W fast charging. The operating system is Android 12 out of the box.