ZTE Launches Axon Lux Smartphone and Axon Watch

ZTE launched its 'Axon' brand, the Axon Lux smartphone priced roughly at Rs. 40,000.

The ZTE Axon Lux runs MiFavour 3.2 UI based on Android 5.0.2 Lollipop. The handset sports a 5.5-inch CGS (Continuous Grain Silicon) TFT LCD screen with 2.5D curved display technology, a QHD (2560 x 1440 pixels) resolution, and a pixel density of 534ppi. The display comes protected with Corning's new Antimicrobial Gorilla Glass. The Axon Lux is powered by a 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor coupled with 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM and the Adreno 430 GPU.

The smartphone, also houses a dual-lens (13-megapixel + 2-megapixel) rear camera with dual-LED flash, besides an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with an 88-degree wide-angle lens. It comes with 128GB inbuilt storage, which can be further expanded via microSD card (up to 128GB). The connectivity options include GPS/ Beidou/ Glonass, Micro-USB, Bluetooth 4.0, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, and 4G LTE (including TDD-LTE Band 40 for India). Some of the sensors on board include an accelerometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, magnetometer, and hall sensors.

Measuring 154x75x9.3mm, the ZTE Axon Lux is backed by a 3000mAh battery. A fingerprint scanner is also included in the handset that can record up to five fingerprints at a time, alongside an eye-scanner. This makes the Axon Lux ZTE's second smartphone after ZTE Grand S3 to feature an eye-scanner.