Back in September, Chinese tech giant ZTE unveiled the Axon 20 5G in China. The smartphone has been on sale in China but the global release has been elusive until now. ZTE has opened reservation for the Axon 20 5G is some markets outside China.
In case you are interested in buying the
smartphone, you can make a reservation right now by just typing your email
address. The device will acaully start shipping on December 21. ZTE ha also
indicated that there are limited number of units available at the moment.
Howwever, you’ll have to make sure you reside in one of these countries listed
below to make a reservation.
- United Kingdom
- European Union
- Japan
- South Korea
- Thailand
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- United Arab Emirates
- Ukraine
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
The price is yet to be unveiled by ZTE on
its official global website but we expect that to be done before the scheduled
shipping date. As a reminder, the Axon 20 5G packs a 6.92-inch OLED screen that
covers 100% of the DCI-P3 color gamut and supports 10-bit color depth. The
display also supports a 90Hz high refresh rate, 240Hz touch sampling rate, and
provides a true, unobstructed full-screen view. The display has an FHD+
resolution of 2460×1080 pixels.
Apart from the under-screen camera, the
Axon 20 5G also features an ultra-thin design with a thickness of 7.98 mm. The
entire smartphone weighs 198 grams, making it relatively light (this can be
subjective) and thin to hold. You also get an under-screen speaker and
under-screen fingerprint scanner onboard the device.Axon 20 5G colorway
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G chipset fires
up the Axon 20 5G. The processor is a 7nm octa-core chipset with a Kryo 475
Prime core (Cortex-A76) clocked at 2.4GHz, a Kryo 475 Gold core (Cortex-A76)
clocked at 2.2GHz and six Kryo 475 Silver cores (Cortex-A55) clocked at 1.8GHz.
The processor is paired with 6GB RAM and there is also an 8GB RAM version. The
phone comes in 128GB and 256GB storage options. Keeping the lights on is a
4220mAh battery which charges via a USB-C port. The phone supports Qualcomm
Quick Charge 4+ and supports 30W fast-charging.
The rear panel of the Axon 20 5G is made
of high-hardness 3D curved glass with a ten-layer structure stack design. The
panel is coated using vacuum optical coating thus forming a nano-level streamer
illusion texture. The back houses a Quad camera setup stacked at the upper left
corner. The sensors include a 64MP Ultra-high pixel main camera. There is also
an 8MP 120-degree ultra-wide-angle camera, a 2MP depth of field lens, and a 2MP
macro lens.
