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ZTE unveils 'Axon' phone in US market

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Chinese smartphone manufacturer ZTE has unveiled its latest offering "Axon" in New York, a hi-fi audio phone the company calls its "first phone made in the US, for the US".

The device, a 5.5 inch unlocked phablet, boasts of "dual lens" -- a 13 megapixel and two megapixel camera on the rear, that would lead to sharper video capture, Xinhua reported on Tuesday.

The dual-lens system will allow users to focus before and after taking a shot.

The features of the phone includes low-light and fast-image capture and high-quality audio.

It is available for order direct from ZTE, Amazon and Ebay starting Tuesday, with shipping beginning on July 27.

 

Lixin Cheng, chairman and CEO of ZTE USA, said: "We put consumers at the heart of everything we design, build and deliver, and our phones reflect what consumers want, value, and use. ZTE AXON is a product that devotes to meet all of consumers' requirements."

ZTE USA, the fourth largest smartphone manufacturer, has more than 20 million customers in the US.

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First Published: Jul 15 2015 | 2:00 PM IST

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