ZTE Grand X (U970 and N970) and Grand X LTE (T82) hands-on

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You may recall that ZTE [unveiled][3] its Snapdragon MSM8960-powered Grand X LTE handset (pictured right) just a few days ago, but as it turns out, the original [Mimosa X][4] design is still very much alive under that new Grand X moniker, and we were able to play with both Android 4.0 devices at [Mobile Asia Expo][5] in Shanghai. In fact, there were three models in total, as the Grand X comes in two flavors in China: the U970 for China Mobile comes with 1.2GHz Tegra 2, TD-SCDMA radio, 1GB RAM, 4GB storage and a five-megapixel camera; while the identical-looking N970 for China Telecom packs a 1.5GHz MSM8660A, CDMA2000 radio, 1GB RAM, 8GB storage, microSD expansion and an eight-megapixel camera.

With all the phones attached to various cords we weren't able to get a good sense of their ergonomics, but they were all surprisingly light. In terms of build quality ZTE didn't disappoint, either (at least the casing is certainly a big step up from the [Skate][6]), and their 4.3-inch qHD LCDs looked good as well. Oh, and the vanilla Ice Cream Sandwich build flashed onto these devices ran smoothly during our brief hands-on, so hopefully they'll stay that way in the hands of buyers. Help yourself to our photos below.

**Gallery: [ZTE Grand X hands-on][7]**

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**Gallery: [ZTE Grand X LTE hands-on][18]**

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