Hands-on review: IFA 2015: ZTE Axon Elite

Hands-on review: IFA 2015: ZTE Axon Elite

By John McCann

Hands-on review: IFA 2015: ZTE Axon Elite

Design, display, interface and performance

The ZTE Axon Elite is the world’s first smartphone to sport three forms of biometrics; voice, fingerprint and eye.

Aimed at the top of the mobile market it certainly comes with plenty of bells and whistles to help it standout from the crowd. The Axon (minus some of the fancy biometrics) has already launched in the US, but from September 24 it’ll be rolling out to countries in Europe.

There’s no word on price just yet, but considering the tech ZTE has stuffed inside, it’s probably safe to assume it’s not going to be cheap.

ZTE Axon Elite review

Design

The first thing you notice when you clamp eyes on the Axon Elite is its overly elaborate dual front facing speaker grills. The almost tribal pattern is a signature design for the handset and it is striking, but I don’t think it will be to everyone’s taste.

While ZTE maintains the Axon Elite sports a premium design, in the hand it doesn’t quite feel that way. The metallic finish doesn’t ooze high-end, while the leatherette patches on the rear feel cheap and look ugly.

At 9.3mm thick it’s also pretty chunky by modern smartphone standards, and paired with its 5.5-inch …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Phones

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