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ZTE Blade V41 Vita 5G Review

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필리핀에서 ZTE가 스마트폰 시장에 복귀를 발표한 2월에, 우리는 이미 포화된 스마트폰 시장에서 어떤 것을 선보일지 궁금했습니다. 카메라 성능에 집중할까요? 게임에? 디자인에?

Zte Blade V41 10

음, ZTE의 미래 계획을 살펴보는 가장 좋은 방법은 최신 기기 중 하나인 ZTE Blade V41 Vita 5G를 확인하는 것입니다. 비정상적으로 긴 이름을 제외하고, 이 기기에 대한 우리의 첫인상은 기대감을 주었습니다.

하지만 ZTE Blade V41 Vita 5G가 ZTE 스마트폰의 밝은 미래를 보여줄까요?

전체 리뷰에서 확인해 보세요.

ZTE Blade V41 Vita 5G 리뷰

디자인 및 건설

앞으로 진행하기 전에, 우리는 ZTE Blade V41 Vita 5G를 V41이라고 부르겠습니다. ZTE Blade라는 이름은 멋지지만, 제품 라인 이름 뒤에 세 개의 추가 단어가 붙는 것은 다소 과하고 솔직히 혼란스럽습니다. 특히 “Vita”는 두 다른 전화인 ZTE V40 Design과 ZTE V40 S와 차별화되는 기능을 명확히 나타내지 않기 때문입니다.

어쨌든, 디자인과 건설을 시작해 봅시다.

ZTE Blade V41 Vita 5G에 대해 가장 먼저 눈에 띄는 점은 손에 잡히는 프리미엄한 느낌이다. 모서리가 깎인 디자인과 박스형 프로파일, 그리고 V41 Vita 5G에 무게감을 부여하는 플라스틱-메탈 프레임이 특징이다.

Zte Blade V41 16

전화기의 뒷면은 서리 낸 유리 마감과 카메라 모듈 두 개가 있으며, 그 주변에 세련된 구리 갈색 윤곽선이 있습니다. 이것이 가성비 중급 옵션이라는 것을 몰랐다면, 우리는 쉽게 상위 중급에서 심지어 플래그십 기기로 생각했을 것입니다.

Zte Blade V41 Hand

V41은 고급스러운 느낌과 외관을 가지고 있어 ZTE가 새로운 스마트폰에서 빌드와 디자인을 주요 강조점으로 삼고 있음을 보여줍니다. 비즈니스를 의미하는 전화기처럼 보이며, 실제로도 그런 느낌을 줍니다.

서리 낸 유리 뒷면은 고급스러움을 느끼게 하지만, 장시간 사용하면 지문이 많이 남는 경향이 있었습니다. 또한 뒷면에 라벨과 기호가 너무 많이 있어 보다 미니멀한 효과를 줄 수 있었다면 좋았을 것 같습니다.

Zte Blade V41 Labels

For IO, On the right, we have a volume rocker and a power button on the right; a secondary microphone at the top; a USB-C port, the main mic, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a speaker grill at the bottom; and the phone’s dual SIM slot on the left.

Zte Blade V41 Top Down

디자인과 제작 품질 면에서 ZTE에게 찬사를 보내야 합니다. V41은 “ZTE Blade”와 같은 이름을 가질 것 같은 전화기처럼 보이며 (물론 V41 Vita 5G 파트도 포함됩니다). 다시 말해, V41은 디자인 선택에서 쿨하고 고급스러우며 실용적인 느낌을 주며, 우리는 그것의 팬입니다.

디스플레이, 바이오메트릭스, 및 멀티미디어

불행히도 좋은 것들처럼, 우리는 V41의 디자인에 대해 디스플레이 부문에서 가지고 있는 많은 단점들을 언급해야 했습니다. V41은 IPS 디스플레이 패널을 60 Hz에 장착한 6.6인치 FHD+를 탑재하고 있습니다.

Zte Blade V41 Front Screen

At this price, I personally don’t mind that it doesn’t have a higher refresh rate since many phones at these prices have fast refresh rates that don’t translate well because of slow hardware. However, what I do care about are screen brightness and viewing angles. Sadly, the V41 is lacking in both.

V41의 디스플레이는 다소 어두워서 일반 사용 시 최소 65-70% 밝기로 설정해야 합니다. 직사광선 아래에서는 패널이 충분히 밝지 않아 콘텐츠를 읽고 조작하기가 더욱 어려워집니다.

Zte Blade V41 Browsing

V41 디스플레이에서 더욱 실망스러운 점은 시야각입니다. 중심에서 10-20도 정도만 살짝 기울여도 디스플레이 품질이 크게 떨어집니다. 각도에서 볼 때 화면의 색상이 흐려지고 탁해집니다. 정면에서 볼 때 V41의 색 재현은 꽤 괜찮은데 안타깝습니다.

Zte Blade V41 1

우리는 또한 디스플레이 자체가 다소 반응이 느리다는 것을 발견했습니다. 사용 중에 특히 키보드를 사용할 때 터치와 입력을 가끔 놓치는 현상이 가장 두드러졌습니다. 이는 기기를 일반적으로 탐색할 때도 발생했습니다.

반면에 스피커는 꽤 크게 울릴 수 있지만, 볼륨이 높아질수록 음질이 확실히 악화됩니다. 또한 스테레오 이어피스 스피커가 없어서 하단에 있는 단일 하향형 스피커만 남게 됩니다. 하단에 단일 스피커가 있는 대부분의 경우처럼, 가로 모드로 사용할 때 쉽게 음소거될 수 있습니다.

Zte Blade V41 Content

생체 인식의 경우, V41은 전원 버튼에 측면에 장착된 지문 센서를 가지고 있습니다. 우리의 경험에 따르면, 센서는 빠르고 신뢰할 수 있었으며 전화기에 들어가는 데 전혀 문제가 없었습니다.

V41은 좋은 시작을 보였지만, 평범한 디스플레이와 끔찍한 시야각, 그리고 단일 스피커 그릴 때문에 현실로 돌아오게 됩니다.

카메라

카메라의 경우, V41은 50MP 메인, 2MP 매크로, 2MP 깊이 센서가 이끄는 트리플 카메라 설정을 갖추고 있습니다.

Zte Blade V41 7

The cameras on the V41 are mediocre. They're on the grainier side and we noticed that the cameras on the V41 struggle to focus on images as well.

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You can get decent indoor shots with good lighting but more often than not, you’re going to have to be patient with the phone as it tries to capture focus.

Zte Blade V41 Indoor

Zte Blade V41 Indoor 2

Unfortunately, the photos don't get any better under low light conditions. With little to no light, photos from the V41 lack detail, and the focus issues only get worse.

Zte Blade V41 Lowlight 3

Zte Blade V41 Lowlight 2

Selfies on the other hand are surprisingly good provided you have enough lighting.

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Lastly, videos from the V41, while they have good color, are also incredibly grainy. It also isn't the smoothest video we've seen from a phone.

As one can see, cameras aren't the V41's best trait. It's useable, yes, but we wouldn't recommend getting the V41 for the camera performance.

Performance and Benchmarks

Powering the ZTE Blade V41 Vita 5G is a MediaTek 810 8-core 5G chipset, 6GB of RAM, and 128GB of internal storage.

While I didn’t expect the V41 to be blazingly fast, I was pleasantly surprised with how well it performed. This is in large part due to the software customizations with the V41 (which we’ll get into later), but navigating and using the phone for light tasks was smooth for the most part. I didn’t notice any aggressive app crashing and the animations were snappy.

For benchmarks, we got these results from the V41:

Zte Blade V41 Geekbench 5Zte Blade V41 Geekbench 6Zte Blade V41 Pc Mark Work 3Zte Blade V41 3d Mark Wild Life

  • Geekbench 5 - 546 (single-core); 1661 (multi-core)
  • Geekbench 6 - 724 (single-core); 1857 (multi-core)
  • PC Mark Work 3.0 - 10570
  • 3D Mark Wild Life Stress Test - 1326

For gaming, the V41 gave us pretty good performance. Call of Duty Mobile defaulted at Medium graphics settings and ran great, while Mobile Legends defaulted at High but we did experience some slight frame drops during more graphically-intensive moments in a match.

For those interested in Genshin Impact, it is playable on the V41 but at a lower 25-30 FPS. It's going to be okay for quick sessions but any extended playtime won't be a good experience.

OS, Apps and UI

The V41 runs on Android 12 with MyOS 12 on top. I personally didn’t anticipate software and UI to be strong points for the V41 but we have to give credit where credit is due. MyOS was smooth and snappy, and it honestly felt more similar to stock Android than it was different.

Zte Blade V41 Home

That’s not even mentioning the really good customization features included with MyOS. My favorite of these is how you’re given the option to pick the animation speed within the OS. This is normally a feature only available to developers but it comes switchable out of the box here. I switched to having faster animations and it really made the V41 feel a lot quicker than it actually was.

You also have this Z-POP feature that gives you a persistent button on top of apps, which can serve as another way you can navigate the UI.

Zte Blade V41 Zpop Zte Blade V41 Customization 1

Meanwhile, bloatware is also a strong suit for the V41. There are only a handful of pre-installed applications and most of them can be uninstalled.

Zte Blade V41 Bloat

The V41 exceeded expectations in terms of software and overall UI and we're all for it.

Connectivity and Battery Life

The V41 has 5G, Bluetooth 5.0, WiFi-6, GPS with aGPS, and NFC. For battery, it has a 4500 mAh battery with support for 22.5W fast charging.

Zte Blade V41 Call

The battery life on the V41 was average. It easily lasted us a full day of use, with around 25-30% battery left at the end of the day. On PC Mark’s Work 3.0 Battery Life test, the V41 lasted 11 hrs and 54 minutes.

Zte Blade V41 Battery Test

On our standard video loop test with a 1080p video playing on loop, airplane mode on, volume at 0%, and brightness at 50% — the V41 lasted for 18 hours and 50 minutes.

It’s an average battery experience overall from the V41. You won’t be so battery anxious for everyday use but it’s not a phone for the road warrior either.

Conclusion

So what have we learned from ZTE’s return to the smartphone game with the ZTE Blade V41 Vita 5G? Well, we learned that ZTE seems to be making a big emphasis on build quality as the V41 came out swinging with a professional and sleek-looking design that punches above its price.

Zte Blade V41 Product 2

We also learned that ZTE can offer pretty reasonable performance and an OS package that doesn’t feel bloated and is reasonably snappy for everyday use.

On the other side of the coin, however, we see that cameras and display tech aren’t a point of emphasis for ZTE and its V41. The V41 delivered a mediocre camera experience and a below-average display with bad viewing angles.

At a price of Php 11,999, do we recommend the ZTE Blade V41 Vita 5G? The short answer is no. The subpar display and cameras are enough of a turn-off to not recommend the device.

Zte Blade V41 Product Tilt

However, our long answer is that while the V41 isn’t a good phone to buy right now, there are a number of welcome signs with the V41’s features (such as the excellent design and enjoyable OS) that make us excited about what ZTE has in store in the near future.

We can’t wait for what ZTE will bring out next.

Specs and Pricing:

6.67″ IPS FHD+ (1080 x 2408 pixels), 20:9 ratio, 90Hz display
MediaTek Dimensity 810 8-core 5G
Mali-G57 MC2
6GB RAM
128GB UFS 2.2 internal storage
50MP main camera
2MP macro
2MP depth sensor
8MP front-facing camera
5G, dual nano SIM | 4G/LTE
WiFi-6
Bluetooth 5.0
GPS with aGPS
NFC
USB Type-C 2.0, OTG
Fingerprint sensor (side-mounted)
MyOS 12 based on Android 12
4500 mAh battery (22.5W fast charging)
Starry Black

Suggested Retail Price: Php 11,999

What we liked:

  • Premium build and stylish design
  • Enjoyable and smooth OS experience

What we didn’t like:

  • Mediocre display
  • Below-average camera performance

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the first thing you notice about the ZTE Blade V41 Vita 5G?
The first thing to notice is that it feels really premium in the hand with chamfered edges and a boxy profile.
What material is the back of the ZTE Blade V41 Vita 5G made of?
The back of the phone has a frosted glass finish.
Why does the reviewer refer to the phone as the V41?
The reviewer refers to it as the V41 because the full name is excessively long and confusing.
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Luis Miguel Millares

Luis Millares is a Political Science graduate of the Ateneo de Manila University and a former journalist for its official student publication, The GUIDON. He also worked as a writer for the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) before pursuing his passion for tech with the YugaTech team.

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