A mysterious new smartphone from ZTE has been certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance. It is speculated that this could be the rumored ZTE Axon 8 that may get unveiled at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 in the next month.

The Wi-Fi certification of the smartphone has revealed that it has a model number of Z2321U and it is running on Android 8.1 Oreo. This version of Android Oreo is currently only available on Google Pixel and Nexus devices. The smartphone is yet to receive approval from other certification entities like FCC, TENAA or Bluetooth SIG.

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ZTE is no longer selling the Axon 7 smartphone. However, the company has promised to launch a worthy successor for it. In November 2017, it was speculated that the successor of Axon 7 may get unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) or MWC 2018 this year. Hence, it is speculated that the Z2321U phone could be Axon 8.

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The ZTE Axon 7 is no longer available for buying in the U.S. as it has gone out of stock. When a Redditor got in touch with ZTE’s customer service department to enquire on the restocking of Axon 7, he was told that it “will not be available for sale going forward.” The Axon 7 is a year and a half old now and since the Chinese firm had recently tweeted that it will be releasing a successor phone its 2016 flagship, the rumor mill is now speculating that the company may be preparing the launch of the rumored ZTE Axon 8 smartphone.

ZTE’s official US e-store is no longer selling the Axon 7. However, it is still available for purchase in limited quantities on Amazon through a third-party seller. The device is now listed as “Discontinued” on GearBest. The ZTE Axon 7 features a 5.5-inch QHD AMOLED display, Snapdragon 820, 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage, 20-megapixel rear camera, 8-megapixel selfie camera and 3,250mAh battery.

In June, a device speculated as ZTE Axon 8 was spotted on GFXBench as ZTE A2018. The GFXBench listing had revealed that it features Snapdragon 821 and 128 GB storage, but most of the other specs were same as Axon 7. In May, the ZTE A2018 was also spotted on TENAA with dual rear cameras featuring a 20-megapixel sensor and a 12-megapixel sensor. It had also revealed that the smartphone is powered by Snapdragon 821 chipset.

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Apart from the above mentioned GFXBench and TENAA listing, there is no fresh information available on the alleged ZTE Axon 8 smartphone. Hence, we will have to wait more for details to surface to confirm the existence of the Axon 8.

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