ZTE Zmax Pro offers a fingerprint sensor and 13-megapixel camera for $99

Smartphone pricing has become oddly disjointed: You still have to dish out more than $700 for a flagship coming from a top brand, such as Apple and Samsung, but you can also buy a Chinese phone with solid (and often comparable) specs for a lot less. 

In this particular case, seven times less, as the Chinese phone maker ZTE announced the ZTE Zmax Pro, a 6-inch smartphone with a 13-megapixel camera, for just $99.

The phone will become available at MetroPCS on August 1, and the price is after an instant rebate. For the money, you get a full HD display, a 1.5GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 processor, 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage (expandable via memory cards). The phone also has a 5-megapixel selfie cam, a fingerprint sensor, and a 3,400mAh battery.  Read more...