ZTE Blade V80 Design

The ZTE Blade V80 Design measures 166 mm tall and 79 mm wide with a slim 7.7 mm thickness, weighing 191 g and occupying a total volume of approximately 100.98 cm³. It carries an IP64 rating, confirming resistance to dust ingress and water splashes, though it is not built to a rugged standard and does not feature a folding form factor.

The ZTE Blade V80 Design features a 6.75″ IPS LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 900 x 1940 px and a pixel density of 317 ppi, delivering reasonably sharp visuals across its large panel. It supports a 120Hz refresh rate for fluid on-screen motion, though it does not include HDR10, HDR10+, or Dolby Vision support, nor does it offer an Always-On Display mode or a secondary screen. Branded damage-resistant glass is also absent from this model.

The ZTE Blade V80 Design is powered by the Unisoc T7280 chipset, built on a 12 nm process with an octa-core CPU running eight threads at 1.9 GHz each, employing big.LITTLE technology and a 10W TDP. It pairs with 8 GB of DDR4 RAM at 1866 MHz — expandable up to 12 GB — and 256 GB of eMMC 5.1 internal storage. Graphics are handled by the integrated Mali-G57MC GPU clocked at 850 MHz with 32 shading units, while Geekbench 6 scores of 497 single-core and 1541 multi-core give a sense of its processing capability. The SoC also integrates LTE, supports 64-bit computing, and includes integrated graphics as part of its architecture.

The main camera on the ZTE Blade V80 Design uses a 50 MP CMOS sensor with an f/1.8 aperture, supported by phase-detection autofocus, touch autofocus, and continuous autofocus during video recording, though optical image stabilization and laser autofocus are not included. It records video at 1080p and 30 fps and supports slow-motion recording, while HDR mode, burst mode, timelapse, panorama, manual exposure, manual ISO, manual focus, and manual white balance round out its shooting options — manual shutter speed and RAW capture are not available, and there is no optical zoom. A single LED flash accompanies the rear camera, with no dual-tone or RGB flash option. The 16 MP front camera is a single-lens unit without an under-display placement or a front-facing flash, and neither HDR10 nor Dolby Vision recording is supported on either camera.

The ZTE Blade V80 Design runs Android 16 and includes a broad set of privacy controls, covering location privacy options, camera and microphone access management, clipboard warnings, and the ability to block app tracking — though cross-site tracking blocking, Mail Privacy Protection, and Wi-Fi password sharing are not present. On the usability side, it supports dark mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, widgets, split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, full-page screenshots, a media picker, customizable notifications, notification permissions, Live Text, sharing intents, a child lock, and an extra dim mode, while focus modes and Quick Start are not available. The system also offers on-device machine learning, offline voice recognition, voice commands, device tracking, multi-user support, app offloading, battery health check, and the ability to play games while they are still downloading, though direct OS updates from the vendor and PC desktop mode are not supported.

The ZTE Blade V80 Design houses a 5000 mAh rechargeable battery with a built-in level indicator, and supports 22.5W fast charging over a wired connection. The battery is sealed and non-removable, and the device does not offer wireless charging or reverse wireless charging.

The ZTE Blade V80 Design includes a 3.5 mm headphone jack for wired audio output, but does not feature stereo speakers. On the wireless audio side, none of the high-quality Bluetooth codec options are supported, including aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, or LDAC.

The ZTE Blade V80 Design supports dual SIM cards and connects via Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) and Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), Bluetooth 5.2, and NFC, though 5G is not available and cellular connectivity is limited to 4G with download speeds of up to 300 Mbit/s and upload speeds of up to 150 Mbit/s. The USB Type-C port operates at USB 2.0, and there is no HDMI output or DLNA certification. For biometrics, a fingerprint scanner is present, while 3D facial recognition and an iris scanner are not included, and no stylus comes in the box. Sensors include GPS with Galileo support, a compass, and an accelerometer, while a gyroscope, barometer, infrared sensor, heart rate monitor, and motion or optical tracking are all absent. Crash detection, emergency SOS via satellite, ANT+, and a built-in projector are likewise not part of this device's feature set.

The ZTE Blade V80 Design includes a video light for illumination during video recording, while its display is flat rather than curved and uses neither sapphire glass nor e-paper technology.