ZTE is going to host its Industry Terminal Summit and Spring product launch event on April 12 and the Axon 50 Ultra smartphone is going to be the star of the show. Unlike the previous year’s Axon 40 Ultra which boasted the company’s under-display camera technology, the forthcoming smartphone will feature a conventional selfie camera positioned in a punch-hole cutout. Instead, it will bring a trending feature that is creating a buzz in the industry— Satellite Connectivity.
Axon 50 Ultra will be launched in China
initially, with the keynote event scheduled for April 12 at 13:30 CST. The
phone will feature editable BeiDou satellite communication messages and is
being touted as the first secure 5G smartphone with SATCOM support. This will
allow users to send messages and location information to others even when
there’s no ground network signal coverage.
Satellite communication is a relatively
new feature, with Huawei Mate 50 series being the first to arrive with it in
September. Soon after, Apple also introduced the same feature with its latest
iPhone 14 Pro smartphones. Rumors were rife that Samsung will also join the
party but the Korean company decided to skip out, stating it will wait for the
technology to mature.
Circling back to the ZTE smartphone, it is
expected to feature Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC under the hood. As mentioned, the
handset will get a center punch hole cutout for the selfie shooter. Its display
can be seen to be curved with sharp corners. The teaser image also reveals that
the volume and power buttons will be located on the right edge while the left
one will remain empty.
