ZTE Blade A1 has finally been replaced by the new, improved Blade A2 smartphone. The latest ZTE's budget smartphone comes with a 5-inch HD 2.5D curved glass display, a fingerprint scanner and a metal chassis, and all of that for only 699 Yuan or $100, in China.

The handset comes in Silver, Gray and Gold colors and will be available from jd.com in China, where it will go on sale from June 15. It packs hardware that can mostly be seen on higher priced devices, so ZTE could see great sale figures from this device.

ZTE Blade A2 specifications

5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS 2.5D curved display

1.5 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6750 64-bit processor with Mali T860 GPU

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

Android 5.1 (Lollipop)

Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)

13MP rear camera with LED Flash, PDAF

5MP front-facing camera with LED flash

Fingerprint sensor

Dimensions: 143.8 x 70.2 x 7.9mm; Weight: 135g

4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS

2500mAh battery