ZTE may not be a brand name you hear referred to often amongst U.S. consumers, but they definitely found their spot in the U.S. market by target low- and mid-tier buyers and becoming a big supplier for pre-paid cellular service providers. These moves have ZTE positioned as the fourth largest smartphone supplier in the U.S. With their devices in the hands of so many users, the company decided to take action to try to keep those buyers happy with their decision by taking steps to ensure smartphones continue to run in a snappy manner. To accomplish that goal, ZTE has partnered with APUS to install APUS Booster+ on new devices starting with the recently announced ZTE Blade V8 Pro.
APUS Booster+ is an app that generally falls into the category of cache cleaners. APUS claims they can clean out the cache and cruft that builds up in a device's memory over time. These bits of leftover, unneeded data contribute to what might be called “Android rot” and over time causes a device to slow down and can also cause greater battery usage. APUS and other companies in the market specialize in trying to do a better job of keeping a system cleaned out than what Google's built-in measures in Android are capable of doing.
APUS CEO Tao Li says the new agreement to install their software on new ZTE smartphones “is focused on working together to optimize the experience for mobile users across the globe.”
The ZTE Blade V8 Pro is slated to be the first smartphone from ZTE to benefit from this new partnership. The Blade V8 Pro was just announced earlier this month at CES 2017 and was one of several mid-tier devices to be announced by different manufacturers. Moving forward, ZTE plans to install APUS Booster+ on new smartphones for the next three years.
Do you think this is a good move by ZTE or just an opportunity to load up some bloatware on new devices?
If you are interested in checking out APUS Booster+ for your current device, you can check it out in the Play Store using the link below.
Play Store Download Link
