ZTE's Blade lineup of smartphones has just received two new members. At MWC 2017, ZTE announced two new budget smartphones called Blade V8 Mini and Blade V8 Lite. Both phones are very similar in terms of overall design and the only differences are the specifications.

The V8 Mini has better specs and will be available in Asia Pacific and Europe, while the V8 Lite will roll out to Italy, Germany and Spain at the moment. No word on the pricing yet.

ZTE Blade V8 Mini specifications

5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display

1.4GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 435 processor with Adreno 505 GPU

2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD

Android 7.0 (Nougat)

Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano/microSD)

13MP rear camera with LED Flash, secondary 2MP camera

5MP front-facing camera

Dimensions: 143.5x70x8.9mm

Fingerprint sensor

4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS

2800mAh built-in battery

ZTE Blade V8 Lite specifications

5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display

Octa-Core MediaTek MT6750 (4 x 1.5GHz A53 + 4 x 1.0GHz A53) processor with Mali T860 GPU

2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD

Android 7.0 (Nougat)

Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano/microSD)

8MP rear camera with LED Flash

5MP front-facing camera

Dimensions: 143.5x71x8mm

Fingerprint sensor

4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS

2500mAh built-in battery