There is nothing specific.<p>I owned a ZTE device (a sub-$50 one at that) and aside from being a touch slower (relative to flagships) and having a terrible camera it was darn good.<p>To talk in particular about the Maven (per the article): 4.5&quot; screen (&quot;small&quot;), 2100mAh battery (other similarly sized phones have 2500mAh), 1 GB of RAM (2 GM is typical in flagships), quad core 1.2GHz (flagships at that size have 2.5GHz quads), no wireless charging, no NFC, and the cameras are utterly terrible.<p>So there are some trade offs with the Maven and many ZTE phones in general. But the real question is: are they &quot;good enough?&quot; And to be frank, yes, they are. If someone cannot afford a $600 flagship, get a $60 ZTE and get 80% of the value for 10% of the price.<p>Between ZTE, Moto, and Nokia you can get a really nice phone for under $100 now.