ZTE Groove

ZTE GROOVE REVIEW(x501) featured in depth.

Quick Hands-On of the Cricket ZTE Groove

The good: The ZTE Groove comes with Muve Music and up to 32GB of expandable memory.
The bad: Cricket’s Groove runs on the dated Android 2.3, has a low-resolution touch screen with a narrow viewing angle, and a poor audio speaker.
The bottom line: While the ZTE Groove can make calls, pass it over in favor of better Cricket handsets.

Design
When I first got hold of the ZTE Groove, I mistakenly thought it was a QWERTY keyboard device due to its thickness and segmented design. When I saw that it was just a candybar handset, however, it made me realize just how unattractive it was.

Software and features
The phone runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, making it already dated the moment it comes out of the box. You’ll find a few standard Google apps such as Gmail, Maps with Navigation, Latitude, Places, Google Play, Search, Talk, and YouTube.

Camera and video
The 3.2-megapixel camera features a few photo options. It has a flash and can digitally zoom up to 4x. It also has five white balances, three photo sizes, three quality adjustments, five saturation levels, and four color effects. The front-facing camera retains only the zoom, white balance, and quality adjustments.

Performance
I tested the dual-band (CDMA 800/1900) ZTE Groove in San Francisco using Cricket Wireless’ services, and call quality was mediocre. There was a subtle static noise that was audible every time my friend spoke, as well as in complete silence at times, but it wasn’t overly distracting. Volume was at an adequate level and audio didn’t cut in and out. None of my calls dropped, and I was able to hear the other line perfectly fine without any extraneous buzzing or sounds. Likewise, I was told that I could be heard easily too. My friends did report that it was obvious I was calling from a cell phone. Even though I came off static-y they reported, overall I was easily understood.

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