ZTE Redbull V5 V9180

  • Released 2014, April
    165g, 8.9mm thickness
    Android 4.3
    4GB 1GB RAM storage, microSD slot
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  • 5.0"
    720x1280 pixels
  • 13MP
    Video recorder
  • 1GB RAM
    Snapdragon 400
  • 2400mAh
    Li-Po

ZTE Redbull V5 V9180 - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 2100
  HSDPA 850 / 1900
  HSDPA 850 / 2100
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps
Launch Announced 2014, April
Status Available. Released 2014, April
Body Dimensions 139 x 71 x 8.9 mm (5.47 x 2.80 x 0.35 in)
Weight 165 g (5.82 oz)
SIM Dual SIM
Display Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches, 68.9 cm2 (~69.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~294 ppi density)
Platform OS Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400 (28 nm)
CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Adreno 305
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 4GB 1GB RAM
Main Camera Single 13 MP, AF
Features LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video Yes
Selfie camera Single 5 MP
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
 Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Features Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Battery   Removable Li-Po 2400 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 300 h
Talk time Up to 6 h 40 min
Misc Colors Black/White, Black/Blue, Black/Yellow, Black/Red

ZTE Redbull V5 V9180 - User Reviews

  • For the 2nd SIM slot, you have to upgrade to stock Android 4.4.2 firmware, after you that you can use both SIM slots. For Android 6, no, ZTE has already dropped support for this device, you can only wait for any 3rd-party firmware come out, but there is no any stable 3rd-party Android 6 release up to now.

  • This 4GB storage / 1GB RAM is the "lower-end" one, and there is a "advanced edition" which has 8GB storage / 2GB RAM (other specs are the same).

  • This phone has 3 versions (U9180/V9180/N9180), this V9180 is the module supports GSM and WCDMA. (V9180 and N9180 does not support any types of 4G network, only the U9180 has 4G accessibility.) As for the firmware, this phone currently has Android 4.4.2 (official) and Android 5.1.1 (3rd-party CyanogenMod and Mokee), though there are some 3rd-party developers developing Android 6 for this device, but there is no any stable release come out up to now. Back into the old days of ZTE in China, they use 3 letters to distinguish the network types, U is for China Mobile (GSM/TD-SCDMA/TD-LTE), V is for China Unicom (GSM/WCDMA/TD-LTE/FDD-LTE), and N is for China Telecom (CDMA 1x/CDMA2000/FDD-LTE).

  • Disable your Google Play, Disable your Play Store. If you want to download application,, find application 1 Mobile..

  • My zte v5 1gb/4gb mobile, (no kernel, boot partition is bad) showing this message, not entering in to recovery mode ,plz, help any one,how to fash it.

  • how to clear background application?the home screen is set for google..someone please help me

  • seems like a good phone but the youtube app doesint work and I cant uninstall apps....and its really pissing me off

  • My phone touch is not working

  • Upgrade to 4.4.2 kitkat

  • open the browser in chinese (found in recommends centered with letter D) press the blue circle that contains a claw this is called Baidu an icon will be created press the icon and in the search bar type google then press search then install them .

  • I got my phone on Jan 1st 2015 the 2nd sim slot did not work no google play store. I installed the google play store and it is functioning well. the 2nd sim does not work. how to fix that? is this phone upgradable to android 6?

  • get a superuser from google play ie Kingo or Kingroot

  • Why can't i find the play store help about the apps so stressful. From Kenya

  • I have one 2g ram but 2ed sim doesn't work I need help

  • Yeah they told me when I got the phone that the one app sucks and that it will download viruses and deletes your pictures and stuff. But alls I had to do was disable the app. Since its built in and you can't uninstall it just disable it and you won't have anymore problems with it. I haven't anyways.

  • tnx a bunch friend ;)

  • The phone is great! I've had it for a month now, and for a girl in her 20ties it's a perfect phone! It has enough space to support all the apps, great quality camera front and back. *Only issue I have is that my device has some built in apps that keep downloading other apps and viruses on their own. PLEASE if someone can help meout with this problem what shoud I do?? Thank you :)

  • :This is the only phone from china that I trusted. Back and font camera is clear like sony and the speakers was very good. So far I use it and no problem with this phone except the sim cards slot 2 is not functioning for internet access. It nice to have the under budget smartphone like this.

  • The Sim2 slot does not function, how can I unlock the slot from UIM (CDMA) to SIM (WCDMA)? Help please

  • look at 4pda.ru i get cyanogenmod 12 android 5.1.1 from tehere and it works great

  • open needroms

  • Hi everyone I have a ZTE V5 V9180 1G RAM and 4G ROM. I can not find a suitable ROM for it. I surfed the internet for a long time but couldn't find. can someone help me to find the exact firmware. thanks a lot

  • Needroms.com

  • better than sony @ dis price

  • Where can I also buy the 2gb ram version

  • Hi, anyone please provide me the link for cm12 or mokee lollipop rom . Thanks,

  • please provide the custome rom link cm lollipop

  • please provide the custome rom link cm lollipop

  • Please provide the link for mokee lollipop rom

  • Hi ..... I am using this phone from 5 days.... It is a very good phone.... Bit laggy.... Rare camera is good.... Front camera is best in class..... But all these things you will not see in stock rom.... So I recommend you to download mokee (official 5.1.1 Lollipop) Cm12 (unofficial 5.0.1 lollipop)..... Best custom roms so far..... As of phone.... Battery is very good.... 1 gb ram is sufficiant for morderate user.... I will recommend this phone...

  • I'm agreed with you... I found one more important drawback... It have no 3g Only mode..... Solutions.... 1. Use Network app from play store it helps to set 3g only mode 2. Use A BETTER CAMERA app to capture macro shots...

  • ZTE V5 (V9180) Indian Version 1GB RAM 4GB Storage - Review:- . Pros:- ----------------------------- > Excellent Hardware Configuration, Stylish Premium Phone. > Dragontail Glass > INR 5K on Amazon.in > 13+5 MP Camera with Sony Sensors. > Excellent Image Quality > All essential Sensors - Accelerometer, Light, Orientation, Proximity, Gyroscope, Sound, Magnetic/e-Compass > Bundled with 4.4.2 KitKat (their on UI) > You can Upgrade the device to Android 5.1.1 Lollipop via CyanogenMod 12.1 easily (If you want the Google's native UI) > Good Audio Quality in Speakers and headset. > Double tap to wakeup feature on CM . Cons:- ----------------------------- > ZTE's UI is buggy, Not user-friendly. (But you can overcome the software issue with custom roms. > Rear Camera can't focus nearby objects. Difficult for closeup shots, macro.

  • How can I exchange ROM 4.40 dual

  • How this phone i want to buy.ple tell me

  • In my phone there is no recent app switcher. When I holding home key, it shows Google now. Any help??

  • My phone is to worst call is strucks and songs will not play nice and internal memory us low and they will tell more do get this mobile in universal store you will be blamed!!!!

  • My phone is to worst call is strucks and songs will not play nice and internal memory us low and they will tell more do get this mobile in universal store you will be blamed!!!!

  • its front cam is great. back cam is good. beautiful phone but problem is it gets very hot with a simple use + no playstore/google paly.

  • good phone in this price .. need ro improve internal memory... both camra is nice. simply hanging if use more apps... using since 6 months..

  • this phone is so bad,I don't recommend you to use it,there was a white bright block on the back right corner of the screen(they had changed a screen for me),and the NUBIAUI was the worst OS I had used.

  • The internal memory is low.This need to be improved.

  • for the prize this pone is beautiful design , and both cameras Works very good beautiful potos

  • Does anyone have this phone ? in total How is this phone? Are satisfied?

  • Hows the 13 megapixel of this phone?? And hows this phone at all?? Hope someone will answer coz im planning to buy one-2 GB Ram version

  • Look up and sit

  • I am having a problem in v5 redbull.i have enterd sim but it does not support call :( what should i do ! There comes that nubia guard is protecting u. Plz help

  • my phone's internal storage shows only 590 mb and sometimes it shows 0.00 KB left in ur internal storage even though I have no data in internal storage... plz somebody help me wid this...

  • are you have this smartphone ?

  • One of the speakers is only for show, it's not connected

  • How to use both speaker? I can try but sound comes only one speaker please help me

  • xchange to rom 4.4.2 support dual sim

  • but why in rom 4.4.2 no multylanguage and google integrated servise..? whre i can fint out rom with multylanguage n google integrated..?

  • upgrade your rom to rom 4.4.2,, just it.. ok

  • front camera very bad

  • no

  • Hello, i have the ZTE redbull , but how can i activate the second (dual) sim ??

  • not expensive,cheap

  • Best smart phone expensive 150$ and Nubia UI is beautiful,it best performance.

  • Is this smartphone support native video call over 3G? or just like the others that using 3rd party app like Skype, etc ?

  • I also love this phone. Very good Complete in every respect. Thank you

  • best phone in this budget with good quality camera n other features best phone i have come across n also using iphone with higher budget.

  • Hai, i just bought this phone last week, and my friends already complaining about the call quality, the conversation cant be heard properly, they said sometime they cant hear anything like there is no connection, if anyne have any idea how to solve this, or this problem really come with the phone, please do inform me

  • thanks for your info

  • I want to inform you, this ZTE redbull V5 for indonesian & malaysian market, it's using quadcore MTK MT6582 processor and renamed to ZTE Blade V5 : I hope you add this into the specification data, thanks.

  • This phone actually have 2 version : the one with snapdragon 400 processor and the other with quadcore mediatek MT6582. In my country Indonesia, ZTE partnered with lazada sell the MTK version of redbull V5 and renamed it to : ZTE Blade V5. Here's the link It's priced IDR 1,649,000 about $130. I hope you also add this MTK version into your data. Thanks

  • best

  • does it support video calls?

  • its not so goog phone,, i just use this phore for 5 days.. n now its being rubbish.. its just fail loading.. its suck.. when i test its by antutu the score show "not good, not recomm>>" don't waste your money n time..

  • I want know the performance of music player even after the display off. For me it is not working properly .iam really irritated by the device.....please tell me immediately....

  • plz tell me guyz hwz this phone..today i'll buy..

  • zte V59180-this phone is amazeing good camera and awesome touch....it is simply good with less price...i am purchaseing in UNIVERCELL MOBILE EXPERT..

  • is it an CDMA phone ...can we use MTS etc ?

  • is this mobile is runs cdma sim as some seller on ebay claims that this mobile has runs cdma sim as MTS,TATA INDICOM, RELIANCE CDMA

  • really the best phone 12 k . super camera. videos simple super.

  • Its awesome phone blindly we can buy bcos am using since 2 weeks....

  • nice phone

  • good phone

  • I have the zte v5 with 2gb ram version a few weeks now. The phone is generally very good and believe me, I have used several android devices in the past few years. Wi-fi, GPS (also supports glonass), Bluetooth, 3g network, everything works fine. You can play hard games and watch HD videos without any problems. The best thing is the display. Very crispy and nice colors. The only thing missing is that the phone does not support sync gmail phone contacts. But this is not very annoying because you can find on Google play store many other apps to sync phone contacts on cloud. The other thing is that does not support very few apps that I tried to install like PayPal, liveATC and alertspro. But generally is an amazing phone.

  • that phone will get android L or not ?

  • This good phone

  • i m using this phone frm 3 mnths ...gd wrk,.camera s best thing in phone frnt is awesme...best phone in 11 k ...bettry gd..nce hd screen..awesome phone

  • I am using this phone at the moment. front cam best i have ever seen. but apps lag and even stop unexpectedly which is very frequent.

  • it is not good choise. material soo poor. and firmüare soooooo poor

  • very good!

  • Good specification ,nice fone

  • plz commented for this phone