A relatively convenient route to CdTe nanocrystallites with different morphologies and phases by solvothermal reaction of cadmium salts and tellurium in the presence of N2H4.H2O under mild conditions is reported. Not only cubic phase CdTe powders with different morphologies, but also hexagonal phase CdTe powders with a contracted unit cell were observed in the products at low temperature. The conversion process between them was also studied.