ZTE's unbelievably inexpensive yet fully-featured ZMax Pro proves to be one of the great tech bargains of 2016. Between its 6-inch Full HD display, octa-core processor, tasteful, understated design, good battery life, and also fingerprint sensor, the new flagship fended off competition from Motorola, Huawei, and Asus to immediately become one of our favorite budget phones when it debuted last summer.

According to Digitaltrends, The ZMax Pro was so disruptive precisely because it launched midrange internals with a price tag more befitting of a feature phone than a smartphone. Thanks to an entry on GFXBench for a device named "ZTE Z986," there is reason to believe the next ZMax Pro will at least hold true to the hardware end of the deal.

Unfortunately, it was only available on some smaller carriers like Cricket Wireless. Still, it seems that ZTE is preparing a follow-up to the price-conscious phablet. Although it is to early to predict anything about the device, here is everything we know about the ZMax Pro's successor.

As per Pocket now, The OG ZMax Pro, had a Z981 model number, so while it's very early to jump to conclusions. A second-generation beast which is affordable and coming with Android 7.1.1 Nougat out the box replacing 6.0 Marshmallow, the same old Full HD 6-inch screen, which will clubbed with 2GB RAM,and an onboard 16 GB internal storage, and as far as camera's concern the device will sport a 13-megapixel camera on the rear side and a 5-megapixel front facing selfie camera.

Additionally, the device is expected to be running on Android Nougat 7.1.1 "ZTE Edition," referring to the manufacturer's skin over the operating system. Its found ZTE's spin on Android unobtrusive and very close to stock on the previous model, though more recent devices, like the Axon 7 Mini, feature an updated rendition of the company's MiFlavor UI with more pronounced design tweaks.

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