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ZTE Axon 40 Ultra with SD 8 Gen 1, under-display camera launched globally

Sudhanshu — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 16:57:11 +0000

Last month, ZTE launched the Axon 40 Ultra smartphone in the Chinese market. The brand has now debuted the device in the global market, so let’s check out its specifications and features along with its price and availability.

Design and Display

The Axon 40 Ultra is among the rare breed of flagship smartphones to come without a punch-hole on the front panel. Instead, it uses an under-display front camera to provide users with an uninterrupted full-screen experience. Its top and bottom edges are flat, while the sides are curved.

Coming back to the front, it has a 6.81-inch AMOLED display panel with a Full HD+ resolution of 2480 x 1116 pixels. The screen offers 120Hz refresh rate, 100 percent coverage of the DCI-P3 color gamut, 10-bit color, 400 PPI pixel density, 1500nits brightness, and an in-display fingerprint sensor.

Specifications

Under the hood, the device houses the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. It gets juice from a 5,000mAh battery which offers 65W fast charging for the global variant. For heat dissipation, it has VC liquid cooling unit, which occupies a 36,356mm² area inside the device. Software-wise, the device runs Android 12 based MyOS 12.

Other features of the smartphone include dual speakers with DTS Ultra support and an X-axis linear motor. On the connectivity front, it offers dual-SIM support, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, dual-frequency GPS, NFC, and a USB-C port.

Cameras

Coming to the optics, the Axon 40 Ultra has a triple camera setup on the rear consisting of a 64-megapixel Sony IMX787 primary sensor with OIS and full-pixel omnidirectional autofocus. It features another 64-megapixel Sony IMX787 sensor for the ultrawide lens (with OIS). Lastly, the device comes with another OIS-enabled 64-megapixel telephoto periscope camera.

The rear camera setup is assisted by a flicker sensor, a ToF sensor, and a tri-microphone setup for audio zoom and audio recognition. All three 64-megapixel cameras of the Axon 40 Ultra are capable of shooting 8K resolution videos.

Coming to the front, the device offers a 16-megapixel under-display camera with 2.24μm large pixels. This is the third generation under-display camera from ZTE which debuted the under-display camera on the Axon 20.

Pricing and Availability

The Axon 40 Ultra is offered in two configurations in the Global market. The 8GB + 128GB model is priced at $800/€830/£710. On the other hand, the 12GB + 256GB configuration has a price tag of $900/€950/£810. The device will be available to purchase starting June 21, however, customers can already put down a small deposit of $2/€2/£2 to book their devices. Booking a device will also translate to a discount of $50/€50/£40 when the sale begins.

The ZTE Axon 40 Ultra will be sold through the brand’s official store in the following countries and regions:

North America: Canada, United States (not including American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands)

Europe: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (50 of 52 provinces), Sweden, United Kingdom

The Middle East: Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Asia Pacific: Australia, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Japan, Macao SAR, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam

Africa: South Africa (8 of 9 provinces)

ZTE Axon 40 Ultra appears in hand-on video; has 8K video recording

Pranav Sawant — Thu, 05 May 2022 13:26:45 +0000

ZTE has set a launch for May 9 for the release of its upcoming flagship smartphone series, the ZTE Axon 40. So far, we have seen leaks for the ZTE Axon 40 Pro and Axon 40 Ultra. The latter has now appeared in a hands-on teaser video that reveals the phone’s design and its camera capabilities.

The ZTE Axon 40 Ultra teaser shows the front and rear design of the smartphone. Just like the leaks suggested, the phone has a curved full-screen panel without any punch-hole or cutouts. The smartphone is making use of the in-display camera here. At the back, it has the triple camera system that we saw in the renders.

ZTE Axon 40 Ultra

One of the major highlights of the camera on the Axon 40 Ultra will be the support for 8K video recording. The teaser confirms that the phone has different video resolutions including 8K, 4K@60fps, 4K@120fps, and others. Furthermore, it also has different modes like the Professional and Night mode.

Apart from this, we do know that the smartphone will come with a 64MP + 64MP + 64MP triple camera system at the rear. On the front, it will have a 16MP under-screen camera with 2.24μm pixel fusion technology.

The smartphone will come with a 6.8-inch OLED display featuring a 2480 x 1116 pixels resolution. The screen will also double up as an in-display fingerprint scanner. It will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC paired with up to 1GB of RAM and 1TB of internal storage. The smartphone will pack a 4,900mAh battery and have support for 66W fast charging.

ZTE Axon 40 Ultra’s under-screen camera details revealed: 2.24μm pixel fusion technology

Pranav Sawant — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 07:06:33 +0000

ZTE has scheduled an event for May 9 in China for the launch of the ZTE Axon 40 Ultra. Before it even debuts, the company has been on a teasing spree. Recently, the company revealed the rear camera setup of the Axon 40 Ultra, and now, the brand has teased the under-display camera of the phone.

ZTE on its Weibo page shared a teaser of its under-display camera technology. The smartphone is touted to come with a 16MP front-facing camera with 2.24μm pixel fusion technology.

ZTE Axon 40 Ultra Under-Screen Camera

In a subsequent post, the company confirmed that it has 400PPI flexible under-screen camera technology. Furthermore, the front camera has support for self-developed Proactive Vision Algorithm 3.0. This means we can expect the Axon 40 Ultra to offer better selfie portraits. The company has also shared a selfie camera sample of the phone.

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Apart from this, the smartphone will have a triple camera system on the back with a 64MP Sony IMX787 main lens with OIS support. It will also have a 64MP ultra-wide and a 64MP OmniVision OV64GB telephoto unit with again the OIS support for the latter.

Other specs of the phone include a bezel-less OLED screen, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, and up to 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM/512GB of UFS 3.1 storage. The phone will house a 5,000mAh battery with 65W fast charging support.