Believe it or not, the newly announced ZTE Axon 7 promises to be a more powerful Android phone next to the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge, and it looks almost as good.
The specs for this all-metal smartphone include a spacious 5.5-inch display with a 2K resolution, a fast Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 quad-core processor and 4GB of RAM.
ZTE Axon price and VR headset
ZTE Axon 7 is being touted as an alternative to an expensive iPhone and Samsung, taking a lot of design cues from its top competitors in order to craft a fashioning all-metal phone.
It doesn't hurt that people at BMW subsidiary Designworks, got the job done. Having the brains beind luxury cars imoproved the alumium aesthetics and on-screen user interface when you compare this phone to last year's ZTE Axon Pro.
It costs $450 in the US, with UK pricing to be confirmed soon. That's leagues better than what we've seen from the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and iPhone 6S, which have smaller screens and around the same benchmarks the Axon 7 is promising.
The company has also unveiled the ZTE VR headset today to meet the needs of a virtual reality future. It's gold, like the Ion Gold ZTE Axon 7, and works with the phone (making it a true Samsung Gear VR clone).
While ZTE hasn't revealed its plans for content, it has promised that it'll be one of the first Google DayDream VR devices and is future-proofing it for that very reason once the Android N maintenance update becomes available.
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