You can pack in a lot of good hardware into a highly competitive price, but earning back consumer trust is going to be way more expensive than the price difference offered.
I don't know if "consumer trust" is the right word since they haven't really done anything to annoy consumers. They did geopolitical stuff that is against US policy or law but most people don't really care about that (like sodastream used to build on west bank which would annoy or please depending on one's politics). Consumer trust to me would refer to things that effect consumer's directly, like Samsung battery gate.
The company hasn't done anything overtly harmful to consumers. I have no problems with purchasing and using a ZTE. The Axon 9 is way out of my price range, but if I see one of their other phones for $30 the next time I'm in the market for a new smartphone, I'll get one unless there's a smartphone for $20 and it happens to be some other brand. I just don't care what company made it.
They destroyed everything what made Axon 7 rival to Oneplus 3.
-metal body design, drilled holes for stereo speakers -SD card slot -QHD AMOLED panel -AKM DAC chipset which works on Custom ROMs, a very rare case of that, iirc only a few phones were capable (SGS, SGS II- eve though it has worst Audio chip from Yamaha, SGS III, SGS is still king due to full HW EQ option available to end user )
-added notch on top if it, removed the headphone jack. Extravagant pricing vs Axon 7's ($400), with iPhone wannabe BS design at back and all the above.
With recent fiasco their fate is sealed. They are Doomed. Axon 7 was a hero this is completely opposite. Sad
I was thinking exactly the same thing. Looks like the Axon 7 was a fluke, and the designers at ZTE didn't actually understand how to make a highly functional phone. Either that or they replaced the entire department. The Axon 9 looks like just another awful, bog standard 2018 smartphone design.
I actually bought my axon 7 this year as it is still hard to beat at € 300. as for the speaker grills they are plastic. Personally this phone turned dual front speakers into a must.
I never want to go back to the crap other phones use where you can easily block the speakers and the sound comes from one side. While also sounding worse in general. a speaker behind the screen can possibly also work though.
As for usb3 my previous phone was a note 3 so for me it was just something phones have in general.
Oh, I just tried at BestBuy not much time to try that out so I thought they are metal. Looks like except HTC M7 no phone has metal laser drilled holes for FF speakers.
Too big, ZTE... Try again and be more original next time, please.
You’d think a 6 inch screen is the only one that LG& co. are able to produce, since every phone these days is a huge slab of glass the size of a small tablet.
My previous two devices were ZTE, an Axon Pro and the Blade V8 Pro. While I enjoyed the devices, the big issue with ZTE is they almost NEVER do software updates.The Blade V8 Pro was released when Nougat was available, and they never bothered to update to it, let alone to Oreo. I recently bought a Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 AI, and having perused the forums of the company, they update much more frequently. While I don't know if I'll ever get Pie, at least they're hardcore about updating the UI, with lots of instructions for rooting on the COMPANY website. That's some serious connection to the fanbase. MIUI isn't for everyone (it lacks an app drawer), but I've enjoyed it so far, with some adjustment.
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meacupla - Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - link
You can pack in a lot of good hardware into a highly competitive price, but earning back consumer trust is going to be way more expensive than the price difference offered.invinciblegod - Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - link
I don't know if "consumer trust" is the right word since they haven't really done anything to annoy consumers. They did geopolitical stuff that is against US policy or law but most people don't really care about that (like sodastream used to build on west bank which would annoy or please depending on one's politics). Consumer trust to me would refer to things that effect consumer's directly, like Samsung battery gate.Manch - Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - link
Consumer Trust is the right word in this case. As a consumer, I don't trust them.PeachNCream - Thursday, September 20, 2018 - link
The company hasn't done anything overtly harmful to consumers. I have no problems with purchasing and using a ZTE. The Axon 9 is way out of my price range, but if I see one of their other phones for $30 the next time I'm in the market for a new smartphone, I'll get one unless there's a smartphone for $20 and it happens to be some other brand. I just don't care what company made it.Quantumz0d - Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - link
ZTE is dead not back.They destroyed everything what made Axon 7 rival to Oneplus 3.
-metal body design, drilled holes for stereo speakers
-SD card slot
-QHD AMOLED panel
-AKM DAC chipset which works on Custom ROMs, a very rare case of that, iirc only a few phones were capable (SGS, SGS II- eve though it has worst Audio chip from Yamaha, SGS III, SGS is still king due to full HW EQ option available to end user )
-added notch on top if it, removed the headphone jack. Extravagant pricing vs Axon 7's ($400), with iPhone wannabe BS design at back and all the above.
With recent fiasco their fate is sealed. They are Doomed. Axon 7 was a hero this is completely opposite. Sad
milli - Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - link
You forgot one more added benefit of the Axon 7 over the OP3 (at least for me, very important): USB 3.0.0siris - Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - link
I was thinking exactly the same thing. Looks like the Axon 7 was a fluke, and the designers at ZTE didn't actually understand how to make a highly functional phone. Either that or they replaced the entire department. The Axon 9 looks like just another awful, bog standard 2018 smartphone design.qlum - Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - link
I actually bought my axon 7 this year as it is still hard to beat at € 300.as for the speaker grills they are plastic. Personally this phone turned dual front speakers into a must.
I never want to go back to the crap other phones use where you can easily block the speakers and the sound comes from one side. While also sounding worse in general. a speaker behind the screen can possibly also work though.
As for usb3 my previous phone was a note 3 so for me it was just something phones have in general.
Quantumz0d - Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - link
Oh, I just tried at BestBuy not much time to try that out so I thought they are metal. Looks like except HTC M7 no phone has metal laser drilled holes for FF speakers.Yeah definitely 3.0USB C is a huge must now.
V900 - Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - link
Too big, ZTE... Try again and be more original next time, please.You’d think a 6 inch screen is the only one that LG& co. are able to produce, since every phone these days is a huge slab of glass the size of a small tablet.
PeachNCream - Thursday, September 20, 2018 - link
Solution, buy one made mostly from plastic or metal. Now you don't have a "slab of glass" and no reason to use and reuse that phrase.V900 - Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - link
But what if the user doesn’t WANT to have his video or game transmogrified to 60 fps?There are lots of people who prefer to watch movies at 24 or 30 fps, since 60 fps gives it an artificial video game-like feel.
Seems like this should be something that can be configured or turned off.
Wichie - Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - link
My previous two devices were ZTE, an Axon Pro and the Blade V8 Pro. While I enjoyed the devices, the big issue with ZTE is they almost NEVER do software updates.The Blade V8 Pro was released when Nougat was available, and they never bothered to update to it, let alone to Oreo. I recently bought a Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 AI, and having perused the forums of the company, they update much more frequently. While I don't know if I'll ever get Pie, at least they're hardcore about updating the UI, with lots of instructions for rooting on the COMPANY website. That's some serious connection to the fanbase. MIUI isn't for everyone (it lacks an app drawer), but I've enjoyed it so far, with some adjustment.