Seeing blue with the 5-inch ZTE Avid Plus (pictures)

Recently announced in Las Vegas at CES 2016, the Avid Plus is ZTE's latest smartphone offering for T-Mobile and MetroPCS. It will retail for $114.99 prepaid.

The device runs Google Android 5.1 on a 5-inch LCD display and has a 854x480-pixel resolution.

On the rear is a 5-megapixel camera that can record 720p video and on the front is a 2-megapixel shooter.

Unlike the Grand X 3, which ZTE also announced at CES 2016, the Avid Plus has a Micro-USB port and does not use USB Type-C.

The phone measures 5.7 by 2.87 by 0.43 inches, and weighs 5.8 ounces. On the top edge here you can see its 3.5mm headphone port.

The device is powered by a 1.1GHz quad-core Snapdragon 210 processor and a 2,300mAh removable battery.

As for memory, the handset has 8GB of internal storage that you can expand up to 32GB using a microSD card. It also has 1GB of RAM.

Though it may not be the most powerful phone around, the Avid Plus comes with a low price tag for budget users. For more information, click here for CNET's full coverage of CES 2016.