Evolution Enterprises, the official distributor of ZTE phones in Nepal recently entered the market with few affordable range of smartphones, among which ZTE Blade S6 was a great buy for the mid-range seekers. The company has now launched the ZTE Axon Mini Premium and ZTE Axon Elite in Nepal.
ZTE Axon Elite:
ZTE Axon Elite is a flagship phone which was launched last year in October. Despite being a year old phone what it has to offer still satisfies the need of 2016. The phone sports unibody metal construct, and comes with a 5.5-inch Full HD IPS display, so it’s going to be a great display for the multimedia consumption and overall everything’s gonna look sharp and crisp.
Apart from that, the Axon Elite also comes with a dual camera setup, where the primary camera is 13MP and the 2MP secondary camera helps to bring out bokeh effect just like in the Huawei P9. The phone is still running on Android 5.0.2 Lollipop and hasn’t been upgraded till now. Apart from this, the UI is pretty much stock like with few visual upgrades from ZTE.
Being a flagship phone from last year, ZTE Axon is powered by the Snapdragon 810 chipset combined with 3GB of RAM. This phone should fly off while playing games and doing heavy multitasking. The Snapdragon 810 SoC has had heating problems, but ZTE has integrated a new heat dissipation system around the chassis that allows for successful cooling. Talking about storage, the phone comes with 32GB Internal storage which is expandable via microSD card up to 128GB. The phone also comes with the Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 technology along with a 3,000mAh battery.
Pros | Cons |
– Premium Looking Metal body | – Still runs on Lollipop 5.0.2 |
– Excellent Performance with Snapdragon 810 | – Battery capacity could have been better |
– Excellent Dual rear camera |
ZTE Axon Specifications:
- 5.5 inches(1080 x 1920) @401ppi
- Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Protection
- Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 Chipset
- Adreno 430 GPU
- 3GB RAM
- 32GB Internal Storage, microSD upto 128GB
- Fingerprint Scanner (on the back)
- Dual Hybrid SIM (4G + 3G)
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
- 3,000mAh battery
- Price: 33,900
ZTE Axon Mini Premium:
Right after the ZTE Axon Elite, a miniature version of the phone was launched, not only was it small but also premium, hence the name! The premium features that sets this device apart from the regular ZTE Axon mini and its bigger sibling ZTE Axon is the pressure sensitive display like in the iPhone 6s and 7’s as well as eye recognition and voice recognition.
Axon Mini premium closely resembles the ZTE Axon , but sports a smaller 5.2-inch display which is Super AMOLED. The only function of pressure sensitive display is for the pressure sensitive screen lock, where you have to apply a different amount of pressure to unlock the device. The phone also comes with a fingerprint sensor on the back and just above it, rests a 13MP camera and up front it sports an 8MP Camera.
In terms of performance, the phone packs a mildly powerful Snapdragon 616 coupled with 3GB of RAM. The phone should be a decent performer and could withstand mild gaming and multitasking. Storage-wise, the phone comes with 32GB internal storage, but now can be expanded up to 128GB. The phone is backed up by a 2800mAh battery.
Pros | Cons |
– Premium Looking Metal body | – Still runs on Lollipop 5.1.1 |
– AMOLED 1080P display | |
– 3GB/32GB storage |
ZTE Axon Mini Premium Specifications:
- 5.2 inches Super AMOLED (1080 x 1920) @424 PPI with 3D Touch display
- MiFavor UI 3.2 on top of Android 5.1.1 Lollipop
- Qualcomm MSM8939v2 Snapdragon 616 Chipset
- Octa-core (4×1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4×1.2 GHz Cortex-A53) CPU
- Adreno 405 GPU
- 32GB Internal Storage Expandable up to 128GB
- 3GB RAM
- 13 MP Rear Camera with phase detection autofocus(PDAF), LED flash
- 8 MP Front Facing Camera
- v.2.0 Micro USB
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Non-removable Li-Ion 2800 mAh battery (Quick Charge 2.0)
- Price: 25,900