ZTE Tureis

ZTE Tureis Review

Having read that title, you might be asking who is ZTE? While you may not have heard of the company, it's actually one of the top five handset makers in the world – higher up the list than the likes of HTC, RIM and Motorola. The Chinese manufacturer has been making devices for companies such as Orange for some time, but this time around, the Tureis bears the ZTE name. Take a quick look and you could be forgiven for thinking that this is actually a BlackBerry. Its body is made from soft plastic, while the reverse is rubberised, making it good to hold, while feeling well built. It sports a four-row QWERTY keyboard, and shortcut keys on each side of the D-pad – making it look very like a BlackBerry Bold or Curve. The power button sits on the top edge of the device, alongside the 3.5mm audio jack. The right side is home to a micro USB data and charging port, while the volume rocker sits on the left. The loudspeaker and camera lens are on the reverse. The Tureis runs on Android Gingerbread 2.3 – as up to date an operating system as you could wish for on a budget smartie. There are hard keys on each side of the D-pad – they're the familiar Menu, Search, Home and Back buttons, plus the Call End and Answer keys we've come to expect to see on an Android handset.