ZTE Blade A56 64GB

The ZTE Blade A56 64GB has a conventional, non-folding form factor with no rugged certification and no water resistance. It stands 167.6 mm tall and 77.4 mm wide, with a thickness of 8.3 mm and a total volume of approximately 107.67 cm³. The handset tips the scales at 193 g, placing it in a moderately substantial range for a device of its size.

The ZTE Blade A56 64GB features a 6.75″ IPS LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 720 x 1600 px and a pixel density of 260 ppi, delivering a reasonably sized panel for everyday use. The display runs at a 90 Hz refresh rate, which helps keep scrolling and navigation feeling smooth, and it is protected by branded damage-resistant glass. There is no secondary screen, and the panel does not support HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, or an Always-On Display mode.

The ZTE Blade A56 64GB is powered by the Unisoc T7200 chipset, built on a 12 nm process with eight threads running at 1.6 GHz across two core clusters using big.LITTLE and HMP architecture, and a TDP of 10W. It is paired with 4 GB of LPDDR4 RAM at 1600 MHz and 64 GB of eMMC 5.1 internal storage, with the SoC supporting a maximum memory capacity of 14 GB and a peak memory bandwidth of 12.8 GB/s. The chip includes integrated LTE, ARM TrustZone security, and 64-bit support, while graphics are handled by the Mali G57 MP1 GPU, which runs at 650 MHz, features 64 shading units and one execution unit, and supports DirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2, and OpenCL 2.0. Cache is organized across 128 KB L1, 2 MB L2, and 1 MB L3 layers. In benchmark testing, the device scores 371 single-core and 1391 multi-core on Geekbench 6, 313 single-core and 1175 multi-core on Geekbench 5, and a PassMark score of 2663 overall with 988 in the single-core test.

The ZTE Blade A56 64GB carries a dual-lens rear camera system led by a 13 MP CMOS sensor, capable of recording video at 1080p and 30 fps with continuous autofocus during recording and slow-motion support. There is no optical image stabilization, no BSI sensor, no laser autofocus, and no optical zoom, while the single LED flash is a standard unit without dual-tone or RGB capability. On the manual controls side, the camera offers adjustable exposure, ISO, focus, and white balance, along with touch autofocus, burst mode, HDR mode, and in-camera panorama shooting, though raw capture and manual shutter speed are not available. The front camera is a single-lens 8 MP unit without a front-facing flash or under-display placement. Neither HDR10 nor Dolby Vision recording is supported, and the device has no 3D or 360-degree capture capability.

The ZTE Blade A56 64GB runs Android 15, a free and open-source platform that supports multiple user accounts, offline voice recognition, voice commands, and on-device machine learning. Privacy controls are well represented, covering location access management, camera and microphone permissions, clipboard warnings, and app tracking blocking, though cross-site tracking protection and Mail Privacy Protection are absent. On the personalization side, users get dark mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, home screen widgets, and an extra dim mode, while focus modes and Wi-Fi password sharing are not included. The OS also supports split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, full-page screenshots, a media picker, customizable notifications, sharing intents, a child lock, app offloading, and the ability to play games while they are still downloading. Direct OS updates from the vendor are not available, and the device cannot be used as a PC. Battery health checks and phone position tracking are both supported.

The ZTE Blade A56 64GB is equipped with a 5000 mAh rechargeable, non-removable battery that supports fast charging at up to 10W. Wireless charging is not available, and the battery cannot be swapped out by the user. A battery level indicator is present, giving users a straightforward way to keep track of remaining charge.

The ZTE Blade A56 64GB includes a 3.5 mm headphone jack and a built-in FM radio, covering the basics for wired listening and over-the-air broadcasts. The device does not feature stereo speakers, and none of the advanced Bluetooth audio codecs — aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, or LDAC — are supported.

The ZTE Blade A56 64GB connects via a cellular module with a single SIM slot, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n), and Bluetooth 5.2, though 5G is not supported. Download speeds reach up to 300 Mbit/s and upload up to 100 Mbit/s. The device uses a USB Type-C port running USB 2.0 and includes NFC, a fingerprint scanner, an accelerometer, GPS with Galileo support, and an external memory card slot. Notably absent are a gyroscope, compass, barometer, infrared sensor, heart rate monitor, and HDMI output, and the device does not support ANT+, DLNA, 3D facial recognition, iris scanning, motion or optical tracking, crash detection, satellite SOS, or a built-in projector. No stylus is included, and advanced biometric options beyond the fingerprint scanner are not available.

The ZTE Blade A56 64GB includes a video light, which can be used to illuminate scenes during video recording. The display is flat rather than curved, uses no sapphire glass, and is not an e-paper panel.