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ZTE launches Axon for global market at IFA 2015

ZTE continues rollout of new global flagship smartphone, confirms upcoming availability for Europe, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific.

Business Wire via ITWeb,
Berlin, 04 Sep 2015
ZTE Axon Elite (Photo: Business Wire)
ZTE Axon Elite (Photo: Business Wire)

ZTE, a leading global mobile device maker, today announced the launch of the international version of its new global flagship smartphone, ZTE Axon Elite, at IFA 2015. The ZTE Axon Elite is set to go on sale in markets across Europe, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific in the coming months.

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"After two successful launches in the US and China, we are delighted to continue the global rollout of Axon with this latest version for Europe, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific," said Adam Zeng, CEO, ZTE Mobile Devices. "Axon is the start of big and bold things for ZTE, and we will continue to evolve our Axon flagship line to align with our global strategies."

Axon is a new line of high-end smartphones from ZTE, competitively positioned as premium, flagship devices, designed to meet the needs of global customers. The Axon Elite will first go on sale online via eBay for France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom on 24 September, priced at 419.99 Euros (or 299.99 GBP). Starting from the end of September, ZTE will partner with MediaMarkt to sell the Axon Elite on the open market in Germany, the device's first offline launch, and will continue rollout of the device in Spain, France, Turkey, Mexico, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Russia and the Philippines.

The Axon Elite can be unlocked with three different biometric authentication options - fingerprint, voice control and eye-scan. Additionally, it comes with 32GB of internal storage, which can be expanded to an extra 128GB with a microSD card, and features Corning's Antimicrobial Gorilla Glass.

ZTE's Axon phones combine the right hardware and software to offer the best sound quality, camera functionality, and all-round smooth performance. This includes 'dual track' high fidelity sound recording and playback, as well as dual rear-cameras that capture high resolution images and videos.

ZTE will be showcasing the Axon Elite at Hall 25, Stand 105 at the Berlin ExpoCenter City.

ZTE Axon Elite - eBay links (add to 'Watch list' - available for purchase from 24 September)

France: http://www.ebay.fr/itm/301725125012
Germany: http://www.ebay.de/itm/141758555595
Italy: http://www.ebay.it/itm/291550442188
Spain: http://www.ebay.es/itm/221866281521
United Kingdom: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331639864316
Global: http://www.ebay.com/itm/271969968508 (excluding U.S. and Canada)

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ZTE Mobile Devices is a division of ZTE, a global telecommunications equipment, networks and mobile devices company headquartered in Shenzhen, China. ZTE is a publicly traded company listed on the Hong Kong and Shenzhen stock exchanges.

ZTE is one of the global leaders in the mobile handset manufacturing industry in the world, offering a complete range of mobile devices, including mobile phones, tablets, mobile broadband modems and hotspots and family desktop integration terminals.

ZTE has strategic partnerships with 47 of the world's top 50 carriers. ZTE is also the only company globally that has been ranked inside the Top-3 by WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) for the past five years (2010-2014) for patent filings. For more information, please visit: www.ztedevice.com.

ZTE Axon Elite

Network

GSM 850/900/1800/1900,
EVDO BC0
WCDMA: Band 1/2/5/8;
TD-LTE: Band 38/40/41;
FDD-LTE: Band 1/3/7/8/12/17/20

Platform

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor with AdrenoTM 430 GPU

OS

MiFavor 3.2 (Android OS 5.0.2)

Dimensions

154mm x 75mm x 9.3mm

Colors

Ion Gold

Screen

5.5" CGS (Continuous Grain Silicon) TFT LCD, 2.5D curved display.
LCD Resolution: 1920 x 1080 FHD, PPI 401
Corning Antimicrobial Gorilla Glass

Camera

Rear-Facing Camera: Dual lens 13MP, 2MP, dual LED Flash, 4K HD resolution
Front-Facing Camera: 8MP, 84 degree wide-angle, 1080p HD resolution
Video Capture: 4K HD resolution at 30 FPS

Audio

Hi-Fi Audio Chipset: AKM 4961
Microphone: 2- mic noise suppression

Security

Fingerprint scanner (five finger records), Visit Mode, TrustZone, EyePrint IDTM, Voice Unlocking

Battery

3000mAh, Quick ChargeTM

Memory

3GB LP DDR4 RAM + 32GB eMMC ROM, supports 128GB TF card

Interface

3.5mm Earphone port, supports quick charge 5pin Micro USB,

Dual-SIM 4FF, SD card

Features

GPS/Beidu /Glonass/BT 4.0/WIFI 2.4G & 5G, 802.11 a/b/g/n /ac WIFI Direct

Accelerometer/Proximity/Light/ Electronic compass / Hall sensors, driver assistant

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Contacts

ZTE Corporation
Eva Chen
+86 21 68897511
chen.zhengying@zte.com.cn

or

Waggener Edstrom Communications
Laura Liu
+86 10 59001242
laural@waggeneredstrom.com