Unfortunately, it’s missing an LED flash for night photos. The camera has several basic controls, like brightness, ISO, and white balance. However, you can still use it to snap an interesting picture and send it through MMS. The camera is definitely not for documenting important life events. Pictures taken with it are not good enough for social media. The manufacturer doesn’t really care about the picture quality.Īs a result, the camera is more for practical purposes. The most important thing is that you can snap a picture with the phone. On a flip phone, cameras lie on the bottom of the priority list. Before going further, we can already guess this ZTE Cymbal 2 review on camera to be less favorable. ZTE Cymbal 2 also doesn’t provide LED flash. There’s not even a front-facing camera, so video calling with this phone won’t be possible. The 2MP shooter on ZTE Cymbal 2 is the sole lens you’d get. With a flip phone, don’t expect you will get a great camera. ZTE Cymbal 2’s external screen displays more comprehensive information. It’s not just battery level or the signal strength like in many other flip phones. It shows plenty of information, including calendars, missed calls, and alarms. We found this external screen really helpful. ZTE Cymbal 2 has an external screen, a 1.77-inch TFT display located on the exterior.
Read also: ZTE Cymbal 2 User Manual Display We’re not really a big fan of its design. With this round design, it’s easy to mistake pressing the bottom key instead when you want to press the left one, for example. The navigation key is round instead of square. It’s very distraction-free up there, with only a speaker above the display. Although the tuts are punchy, we wish it uses brighter white fonts instead of grayish ones. We didn’t like the keypad, because the keys are hard to read.
The hinge seems sturdy enough to deal with constant opening and closing. Moreover, we also like the black matte finish of the phone’s casing. Our favorite is the external screen, which points out how this is a 2020 phone, after all. It’s one of those things we miss from the olden days.Īlthough the design seems old, it’s not without some modern touch here and there. The phone also gives that satisfying snap when you close it after a call. The clamshell design brings back to the days when people were still using blackberries. The flip phone design gives a sense of nostalgia.
At 135g, the phone will barely make a dent in your purse or your pocket. The compact device measures 109, 56.1, and 9.5mm in height, width, and thickness, respectively. ZTE Cymbal 2 is a really small device that could easily disappear inside your palm.