By Matt Swider
ZTE Axon 7 is an Android phone with a slick design, powerful specs and reasonable price that challenges the Samsung Galaxy S7 and forthcoming iPhone 7 in a dual SIM, unlocked form.
That explains the confusing name of this successor to the ZTE Axon Pro (ZTE Axon Elite in the UK) when we haven’t gotten a ZTE Axon 2 through ZTE Axon 6 in between last year and now.
The Chinese phone maker is ambitiously trying to compete with the flagship manufacturers from the US and South Korea, so much so that it designed the phone outside of China, in the US.
What we end up with is the a Android Marshmallow smartphone with the polished metal design, 2K display, front-facing speakers and software customizations of a more expensive handset.
Spoiler alert: ZTE Axon 7 is not going to outclass Samsung’s top-of-the-line camera, or that more elegant Galaxy S7 Edge curved look. It’s just really close for the price.
Does that means it’s a reasonable candidate for TechRadar’s best phones list? I’ll continue to test it out – with a detailed ZTE Axon 7 battery life tests to come – but here’s …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Phones