The Grand S3 isn't a beefed up version of the Galaxy S III, an easy mistake to make just from skimming the name alone. No, it's the latest version of ZTE's flagship handset. This time around, the company is using more than competitive pricing to draw attention to its kind-of-premium device. Anyone who buys this phone in the future will apparently be able to unlock it using their eyes.

ZTE has partnered with EyeVerify to incorporate its Eyeprint ID solution with an upcoming version of the Grand S3, a phone that's already on sale in China. It is one of the first smartphones to implement this technology, which allows users to scan their retinas using a phone's front-facing camera. This should provide folks with a theoretically more secure way to get around retyping passwords than using their face or a Bluetooth device.

Since specs still matter, let's go through them. The Grand S3 rocks a 5.5-inch, 1920 by 1080 display. It's powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core processor, 3 gigs of RAM, a 3100 mAh battery, and Android 4.4. As for storage space, there are 16GBs of internal memory supplemented by a micro SD card slot. In short, the phone is mostly good, but shipping with Android 4.4 is kind of a bummer.

ZTE plans to bring this phone outside of China, but we'll have to wait and see for the when.

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