ZTE are taking audio serious with the Axon 7 and have employed professors and even opened a new audio lab to get the most from the new phone.
In the early years of Chinese smartphones it was really easy to make a headline device, all you needed was a big screen, more cores and a half decent design, but things have come along way.
Across the whole spectrum of Chinese phones we are now seeing brands pick up features that they want their devices to be known for. We’ve seen phone brands create niches for themselves with larger batteries, we’ve seen Oppo rebrand themselves as ‘camera phone’ maker, but the biggest trend is audio.
ZTE are the latest brand to what customers to enjoy better audio and are trying to create the best sounding smartphone on the market, one to rival Vivo.
In a press release today it has been revealed that ZTE have opened up an audio lab for handsets (focusing on all audio and sound experiences from ringtones to music) and has hired professors to work on the project.
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This all sounds good but what hardware will ZTE incorporate to achieve they goals? Well the company have teamed with what AKM to use their latest chipset, the AK4961. This high-tech audio processor offers high performance 32-bit advanced audio CODEC with DSP for smartphones.
With this new technology music will sound just as the artist intended but even spoken work (i.e from your navigation software) is going to sound clearer than before.
In earlier leaks from TENAA it has been revealed that the design of the Axon 7 has dual front facing speakers and a rear fingerprint scanner. Hardware includes a 2K display, 4GB RAM, Snapdragon 820 chipset and 20 mega-pixel rear camera.
ZTE will laugh the Axon 7 in Beijing on the 26th May and we plan to review the phone shortly after.
“ZTE will laugh the Axon 7 in Beijing” ;D
For audio i have my Fiio player. This phone looks good, but if i remember correctly it will have 3000mah battery. With 2k screen + ability to play lossless formats i see the battery going down really quickly.
Hey Andi, why it’s taking so long to fix the website?
It’s really annoying having the chance to only read the last 4 entries.
It’s not just me then, really annoying and so easy to miss something especially on a mobile device.
Yep. Same issue here:/
It has been awhile now. I reported the issue few weeks ago but still nothing.
I’m reading the articles on another blog but it’s not the same, I like this better. The community of disqus is more active here too.
Hitting the search button every time to see beyond the latest 4 entries is now becoming a habit for me. That’s how I am navigating to the articles beyond the latest 4.
Wow, thanks pal.
I didn’t know this trick and I can’t believe how many articles I’ve missed!
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My pleasure mate!
Yeaaaaah Maxpower sensei is right
+1
Correct spelling in the end of article “zte will laugh*** ( * launch) 🙂
“ZTE will laugh the Axon 7 in Beijing” ;D
For audio i have my Fiio player. This phone looks good, but if i remember correctly it will have 3000mah battery. With 2k screen + ability to play lossless formats i see the battery going down really quickly.
this will be a nice phone. but it will be expensive. i quite like ZTE and i might pick it up next year when i can buy it half price.
Hey Andi, why it’s taking so long to fix the website?
It’s really annoying having the chance to only read the last 4 entries.
It’s not just me then, really annoying and so easy to miss something especially on a mobile device.
Yep. Same issue here:/
It has been awhile now. I reported the issue few weeks ago but still nothing.
I’m reading the articles on another blog but it’s not the same, I like this better. The community of disqus is more active here too.
+1
Hitting the search button every time to see beyond the latest 4 entries is now becoming a habit for me. That’s how I am navigating to the articles beyond the latest 4.
Wow, thanks pal.
I didn’t know this trick and I can’t believe how many articles I’ve missed!
Basically hitting the search button I have all the articles sorted by date and that’s much better than the old layout with the categories.
At this point I don’t care if they fix it, I’ll stay with this one 🙂
Yeaaaaah Maxpower sensei is right
My pleasure mate!
Correct spelling in the end of article “zte will laugh*** ( * launch) 🙂
this will be a nice phone. but it will be expensive. i quite like ZTE and i might pick it up next year when i can buy it half price.
I laugh at every ZTE launch.
And then it won’t have microsd slot, some ‘audiophile’ phone indeed lol
I laugh at every ZTE launch.
The AKM chip is an all-in-one solution, as in ADC/DAC, amplifier, DSP all built in. Since AKM has done all the heavy lifting, don’t think ZTE needs to build a lab and hire “professors” to figure it out.
And then it won’t have microsd slot, some ‘audiophile’ phone indeed lol
The AKM chip is an all-in-one solution, as in ADC/DAC, amplifier, DSP all built in. Since AKM has done all the heavy lifting, don’t think ZTE needs to build a lab and hire “professors” to figure it out.