ZTE Axon 7 smartphone is all set to be announced on May 26, which is just a week away. The company’s executives have already started to reveal a few details about the device, like a top-end Sharp screen with 2K resolution, and a brand new screw-less design. Now, the executives have revealed a new feature on the Axon 7 — advanced Hi-Fi sound quality with dual speakers. 

ZTE had already hinted that audio was going to be the highlight of the upcoming Axon 7 in the invitations sent last week. The invites also came with a brief music clip with the theme “Theatre Sound and More”. So, there is no doubt that the company has put in a lot of efforts to improve the audio output on the device.

Now, ZTE’s Mobile Devices CEO, Adam Zeng reveals a few more details about the Axon 7. He said on Weibo that the company invited a team of conservatory professors to help and advise them in the development of the phone’s audio. In fact, ZTE’s Deputy Head of Strategy & Marketing, Dr Lv Qianhao recently posted a picture of two professors from the Xian Conservatory of Music. There’s no doubt that these two professors were given an early preview of Axon 7’s audio capability. Dr. Lv reveals that their comments have been positive so far.

New reports have even said that ZTE has opened a new lab to design the sound of mobile devices. The company’s own research in this field and with the use of AKM’s latest audio chipset technology, we can expect the Axon 7 to deliver a great audio experience. It is said that the phone will feature the 32 bit AK4961 advanced DSP Codec from AKM.

This new information definitely makes us want to check out the real audio performance of the Axon 7. For that we won’t have to wait too long. The phone will be officially announced on May 26 and soon we will get more details about its special features.

Meanwhile, you can check out the possible specs of the Axon 7 from here.

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ZTE manged to impress us all with its powerful ZTE Axon flagship. The overall build quality and specs of the device were top-end which clearly showed that the company was targeting the premium crowd.

Now we have the device in our hands and its feels just as good as we thought. The all metal build makes the device look premium and solid, giving it an edge over other plastic bodies competitors. The design is also a bit different than traditional offerings, kind of like HTC’s One S. You also get the standard ZTE’s Nubia like circular home button.

One important thing to note is that the ZTE Axon comes with an advanced anti-microbial gorilla glass panel from corning. This makes it the first smartphone with such an anti-microbial glass.

Given that we will be testing this phone thoroughly later, we won’t be talking much about the details. This is just an initial hands on of the device and our initial impressions. The Snapdragon 810 under the hood with 4GB RAM made sure that there were no lag whatsoever.

The UI was fluid and everything was responsible and working on the device. Registering your fingerprint would take only about 5-10 seconds and after that you can unlock the phone pretty quickly. On an average, it took around a second for the phone to unlock from the screen off stage using the fingerprint unlock.

Another interesting aspect of the device is going to be its rear cameras. The dual rear cameras (13MP+2MP) was unsurprisingly impressive. There were a lot of options in the manual mode, but even the auto mode worked flawlessly. The pictures captured came out pretty good with natural colors and minimum noise. The focus times were also pretty fast. Overall, we think the Axon comes with a great camera. But for making the right conclusions, we will have to wait for the full review. Just to let you know, the phone even comes with EyePrint ID, eye scanning technology! We need to test that too in our review that will be up next week.

Meanwhile, check out our first hands on with the ZTE Axon from above.  Also, if you have any specific question answered or want any feature tested, do let us know in the comments section below. The phone will be in our labs for the next couple of weeks, so we can test it out thoroughly during that time.

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ZTE has a special event in Beijing later today and our team is already present at the location.

We will be live blogging important updates from the event as and when it happens and it looks like there’s going to be more than one launch today.

We expected the Axon phone to debut in China at the event, but the company has teased us with yet another product, a brand new ZTE smartwatch!

In fact, the company has just sent out three cookies, one shaped like the ZTE Axon (there’s fingerprint sensor at the back!!!), one shaped like a smartwatch and there’s one more, which we still have to figure out exactly what it is. Well, you can have a guess by checking out the images down below.

In case you are curious, this is probably what the Chinese variant of Axon would end up looking, according to TENAA.

ZTE has just revealed all the products that will be launched at today’s event.

Here’s a summary of the products and their specs:

ZTE Axon Smartphone:

Yes, like expected, ZTE will be announcing its ZTE Axon flagship in China today. The company has officially revealed the specifications of the device. They are as follow:

ZTE Axon Lux:

There will be another surprise launch at today’s event, the new ZTE Axon Lux flagship. The phone features slightly upgraded specs as compared to the standard Axon version.

The specs are as follow:

ZTE Axon Watch:

Another interesting addition to the Axon family is the ZTE Axon Watch. The full specs of the watch are as follows:

The company is also going to announce a new smart projector, called as the Spro 2. We will will update more details about the projector soon.

Meanwhile, the Axon event has almost started. We will be updating live during the event, so stay tuned to this post.

Here’s the first image from the event…more to follow soon

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You can check out the launch articles of these products from the below links:

AXON & AXON LUX

AXON WATCH

AXON MINI (With Force Touch Screen)

SPro2 Smart Projector

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