ZTE flagship elbows aside Xiaomi Xiaomi was expected to be the biggest arrival into the European phone market this year, but ZTE may have just grabbed the laurels. While Xiaomi is entangled with IP worries, delaying a European push, ZTE has steamed in with an attractive Android flagship, the Axon 7 - launched this week in Paris this week - one that you can …
"It will ship in a few weeks for €449 (assuming the Euro currency still exists in a few weeks), making it one more ridiculously low priced flagship - saving some £100-£150 over an equivalent Samsung Sony or HTC. "
That assumes the English Pound doesn't continue to fall rendering Euro purchases too expensive.
Probably none. It's about time manufacturers realise that software updates are critical to address security issues, especially as people are beginning to use their mobiles for payment transactions. This strategy of releasing a couple of updates in the first year or so and then nothing is not viable. It's one of the plus points of the Ubuntu phone, but it seems those have been "sold out" now for ages.
Hmm. Got to admit, having been using Huaweis for my last couple of phones, that the whole idea of this is very appealing as if anything, the biggest turn-off with Huawei is that damn EMUI business. Had an original Blade (well, an Orange San Fran) a few years ago which was a pretty sturdy beast overall.
More expensive than a OnePlus 3 with a very similar spec (less memory, less puissant camera, more pixels).
As the pixel density is irrelevant once you get beyond "can't see them" (which both do) we'll have to wait for the reviews as to whether the screen measures up to the OnePlus in use.
As it is, it looks about 50 quid overpriced.....and it only seems to be available in a horrible, tasteless, chav gold finish.
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