Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more.
ZTE’s new Quartz smartwatch brings Android Wear 2.0 for just $200
July 29, 2025
There are plenty of uses forsmartwatchesin many folks’ lives. Receiving notifications on your wrist without having to pull out your smartphone can be super handy at times, and most of them make decentfitness trackers, too. The problem is, most of the current crop of smartwatches on the market are just too expensive. Not many people want to drop more than $300 just to get a watch that connects to their phone. If you’re one of those people, you may be in luck.
ZTEhas just announced anAndroid Wear 2.0-powered smartwatch that won’t break the bank.
It’s called theZTE Quartz, and based on the spec sheet alone, you’d never guess it costs just $192. It has a 1.4-inch AMOLED display, the latest Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor, 4 GB of on-board storage for music, as well as a hefty 500 mAh battery under the hood. Heck, it even comes with 3G/HSPA connectivity for those times you don’t have your smartphone around. This is a pretty feature-packed device, so I’ll let you check out the spec table below for more details.
As previously mentioned, this watch costs just $192. That’s a good deal less than what other smartwatches are going for, so what’s the catch? For starters, there’s no rotating side button for navigation like what you’d find on theLG Watch Sport. And while it does have 3G/HSPA connectivity, the lack of 4G LTE bands might turn some people away.
Also, the watch does come with a built-in GPS, which is great news for fitness-focused users out there. What’s curious is the lack of an optical heart rate sensor, which is a feature present on basically every other current smartwatch, besides the LG Watch Style.
We’ll have to save our thoughts for our full review, which will be arriving in the next few weeks. If you’re looking to get your hands on the new Quartz smartwatch, it’s going on sale viat-mobile.comstarting Friday, April 14 and in select T-Mobile stores beginning Friday, April 21 for $192.
Will the ZTE Quartz be your next smartwatch? Be sure to tell us your thoughts in the comments below!
Thank you for being part of our community. Read ourComment Policybefore posting.
