ZTE Axon Pro now available for $450 in the US from multiple retailers


The ZTE Axon Pro after being available for pre-order has now arrived on the market and is available for purchase from multiple retailers such as eBay, Amazon, Newegg, and ZTEā€™s own website.

The ZTE Axon Pro features a 5.5-inch, Sharp Continuous Grain Silicon, thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal diode (LCD) display with a Gorilla Glass 3 panel, a Quad HD resolution of 2,560 x 1,440p (534ppi), a 2Ghz, octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor (64-bit) with Adreno 430 GPU, 8MP front camera, a dual 13MP/2MP back camera combo with an f/1.8 camera aperture and dual LED flash, AKM 4961 Hi-Fi audio chipset, 4GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage. Keeping the lights on is a 3,000mAh battery, which should prove sufficient for a day or more depending on usage. ZTEā€™s thrown in a dedicated camera button along with the usual volume rocker and power button, a feature that will appeal to those who want a little retro appeal. The ZTE runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, the latest update to Googleā€™s operating system.

The ZTE Axon Pro also comes with a standard 2-year warranty (though there is an $80 premium warranty option available) along with a pair of free JBL E-13 headphones, a $49 value.

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The price tag for all of ZTEā€™s tech goodness is $449.98, which gives the Axon Pro a mid-range price for rather high-end tech. The Gorilla Glass 3 panel isnā€™t the latest in Corningā€™s Gorilla Glass tech (Gorilla Glass 4 is now available and on some high-end smartphones such as the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy S6, and Galaxy S6 edge), but itā€™s more than sufficient to withstand 10-foot drops. The Snapdragon 810 processor has been the source of heated controversy (figuratively and literally), and ZTEā€™s website doesnā€™t specify whether or not the Axonā€™s 4GB of RAM is DDR3 or DDR4, though it may be safe to assume DDR3 RAM.

The ZTE Axon was made available for purchase yesterday, but today is as good a day as ever to get your new smartphone. You can get your ZTE Axon in Phthalo Blue, Chromium Silver, and and Ion Gold colors, but only ZTEā€™s own website offers all three at the moment. Newegg offers all three, but only has Chromium Silver available at the moment; Amazon only has the Phthalo Blue model available.

So, how about it, tech enthusiasts? Anyone up for the ZTE Axon? If youā€™ve purchased yours already, feel free to let us know.

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7 Comments

  1. Dante
    August 2, 2015

    First Sd810 which doesnt heat up so much like others I am heavilly impressed just did a test on it . EDIT look like the nubia z9 max doesnt have the issues either lol it was the first launched sd810 phone they say that they used graphite plate cooling solution – nice

  2. SPLEND1D
    August 2, 2015

    so cheap that I cannot buy it

  3. Kenshiro
    August 2, 2015

    Alright, and in Europe when and for which price? Zte treats Europe differently than US, why?
    @Dante, I second that, Nubia already implemented the graphite solution when they launched the z9 max, it wasn’t 1+2 who came up with that idea only…

    Edit: just saw the axon pro announced on gizchina.es for 409ā‚¬…too bad no micro-sd… grrrr

  4. njren
    August 2, 2015

    Too bad for ZTE that the Moto X Pure Edition was announced in the interim.

  5. Seb Star
    August 8, 2015

    I wouldnt call it high end, its just the latest available. And at 400+euro overpriced

  6. Seb Star
    August 8, 2015

    overpriced because the oneplus2 is specced higher, yet also not seen as a high end phone