ZTE expands its AXON Series lineup with two new smartphones – the AXON 40 Pro and AXON 40 Ultra. Both of these are already up for order in China and will start rolling out from May 13th.
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ZTE AXON 40 Pro specifications
This particular smartphone comes with an in-display fingerprint sensor. It has dual Nano SIM slots and houses stereo speakers.
The smartphone has dimensions of 162.9 x 72.9 x 8.46 mm and weighs just about 199 grams. It is powered by Android 12 based MyOS 12 out of the box.
The ZTE AXON 40 Pro comes with 6.7-inch OLED display that gives about 2400 x 1080 pixels resolution, 20: 9 aspect ratio, 144Hz refresh rate, 100% DCI-P3 colors and up to 1000nits brightness.
At its center is an octa-core Snapdragon 870 mobile platform with Adreno 650 GPU. It has 8GB/12GB LPDDR5 RAM with 256GB UFS 3.1 storage space. The top-end variant has 12GB LPDDR5 RAM with 512GB UFS 3.1 storage space.
The AXON 40 Pro houses a 5000mAh battery and supports 66W fast charging. The cell phone packs a 16MP front camera while the back side houses 108MP (main, F/1.89) + 8MP (120-degree ultra-wide) + 2MP (4cm macro, F/2.4) + 2MP (depth, F/2.4) quad-rear cameras with LED Flash.
Connectivity options like Wi-Fi 802.11ax, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Dual Band (2.4/5GHz), Bluetooth V5.1, USB Type-C, NFC, GPS/GLONASS/Beidou and Type-C audio are supported.
ZTE AXON 40 Pro price
- ZTE Axon 40 Pro 8GB +256GB – 2998 yuan (US$ 445 / Rs. 34,550 approx.)
- ZTE Axon 40 Pro 12GB +256GB – 3298 yuan (US$ 490 / Rs. 38,000 approx.)
- ZTE Axon 40 Pro 12GB + 512GB – 3798 yuan (US$ 564 / Rs. 43,760 approx.)
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ZTE AXON 40 Ultra specifications
This particular model measures 163.28 x 73.56 x 8.41 mm and weighs 204 grams. It has dual Nano SIM slots with support for 5G (SA/NSA) and dual 4G VoLTE.
The AXON 40 Ultra boast a 6.8-inch 71° curved AMOLED BOE display that gives 2480 x 1080 pixels resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, 360Hz touch sampling rate, 1440Hz PWM dimming, 10bit colors, 100% DCI-P3 colors and up to 1500nits brightness. The screen has received TUV Rheinland low blue light eye protection certification.
The mobile comes with an in-display fingerprint sensor for biometrics. It has stereo speakers for audio however, there is support for USB Type-C audio only.
Powering inside is an octa-core Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Mobile Platform with Adreno Next-gen GPU. The AXON 40 Ultra is offered with 8GB / 12GB / 16GB LPDDR5 RAM options and 256GB / 512GB / 1TB UFS 3.1 storage variants. There is a dual VC liquid cooling system for thermals.
The cell phone houses a 5000mAh (typical) battery and supports 80W fast charging. It brings support for 5G (SA/NSA), Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 6E 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, Wi-Fi Hotspot, (2.4GHz/5GHz/6GHz), dual band GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, USB Type-C, Bluetooth V5.2 and NFC.
The ZTE AXON 4 Ultra features in 16MP under-screen front camera. It has full-screen blue diamond arrangement, independent pixel driver, distributed transparent circuit along with an UDC Pro screen display chip, equivalent 2.24 μm large pixel and a high pixel density of 400 PPI.
At the back side house quad-rear cameras. These include 64MP (main, Sony IMX787, F/1.6, OIS) + 64MP (Ultra-wide, Sony IMX787) + 64MP (Periscope telephoto, OV64b Sensor, 5.7x optical) + ToF sensor. All of them support 8K video recording.
ZTE AXON 40 Ultra price
- ZTE Axon 40 Ultra 8GB +256GB – 4998 yuan (US$ 743 / Rs. 57,580 approx.)
- ZTE Axon 40 Ultra 12GB +256GB – 5298 yuan (US$ 787 / Rs. 61,060 approx.)
- ZTE Axon 40 Ultra 12GB +512GB – 5798 yuan (US$ 862 / Rs. 66,820 approx.)
- ZTE Axon 40 Ultra 16GB + 1TB – 7298 yuan (US$ 1085 / Rs. 84,110 approx.)