ZTE's flagship Axon 30 Ultra launches globally with a $749 price tag

The Axon 30 Ultra is the first phone to feature three 64MP "main" sensors.

What you need to know

ZTE's Axon 30 Ultra will go on sale globally starting June 4.
The phone features a 144Hz AMOLED display, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888 chipset, and three 64MP cameras.
It will start at $749 in the U.S. and €749 in Europe.

Last month, Chinese smartphone maker ZTE announced the Axon 30 Ultra, its answer to Samsung's Galaxy S21. While the flagship phone is currently available only in China, ZTE has now confirmed that the Axon 30 Ultra will soon go on sale globally.

The Axon 30 Ultra will be available to pre-order in Europe and North America from May 27, while open sales are set to begin from June 4. If you pre-order the phone before June 4, you will receive a free pair of Livebuds true wireless earbuds. The 8GB/128GB version of the phone is priced at $749 / £649 / €749, which makes it more affordable than the best Android phones from Samsung and OnePlus. The 8GB/256GB version, on the other hand, will cost $849 / £739 / €849.

The Axon 30 Ultra 5G has a 6.67-inch AMOLED curved display with FHD+ resolution, a 144Hz variable refresh rate, and a 300Hz touch sampling rate. It is powered by Qualcomm's 5nm Snapdragon 888 processor, which has been coupled with up to 8GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage.

On the back of the phone is a quad-camera setup with a 64MP main sensor, a 64MP wide-angle lens, a 64MP ultra-wide-angle lens, and an 8MP telephoto lens with 5x optical zoom. As for selfies, the Axon 30 Ultra includes a 16MP camera on the front.

Keeping the lights on is a 4,600mAh battery with support for 65W charging speeds. The Axon 30 Ultra also comes with an "ultra-thin" optical under-display fingerprint sensor, dual speakers, Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-Fi 6E, and DTS: X Ultra. On the software front, it runs Android 11 with ZTE's My OS 11 on top.

Source: androidcentral

Cyber Monday Canada: Last-minute deals for everyone on your list

Best Cyber Monday Canada deals: Smart Home Audio Phones, Tablets & Accessories Wearables Laptops & PC Components Amazon products Gaming Televisions Cameras Lifestyle & Kitchen Toys & Kids Cyber Monday Canada is here, and retailers are rolling out the red carpet for customers who want to shop for everything from tech to kitchenware to games and everything in between. Unlike years past, Cyber Monday Canada deals look a bit different than normal. Instead of retailers trying to pack their stores with as many shoppers as possible, we're seeing tons of online deals that you can take advantage of from the comfort of your home. We've rounded up our favorites below, so feel free to browse through the best of what Canada Cyber Monday has to offer! This list is being updated with new Cyber Monday deals all the time, so check back often. Spotlight deals It's a Switch Nintendo Switch Fortnite Edition bundle $399.95 at Amazon It's a Switch.

The hidden cost of food delivery

Noah Lichtenstein Contributor Share on Twitter Noah Lichtenstein is the founder and managing partner of Crossover , a diversified private technology fund backed by institutional investors, technology execs and professional athletes and entertainers. More posts by this contributor What Studying Students Teaches Us About Great Apps I’ll admit it: When it comes to food, I’m lazy. There are dozens of great dining options within a few blocks of my home, yet I still end up ordering food through delivery apps four or five times per week. With the growing coronavirus pandemic closing restaurants and consumers self-isolating, it is likely we will see a spike in food delivery much like the 20% jump China reported during the peak of its crisis. With the food delivery sector rocketing toward a projected $365 billion by the end of the decade, I’m clearly not the only one turning to delivery apps even before the pandemic hit. Thanks to technology (and VC funding) we can get a ri

Slack’s new integration deal with AWS could also be about tweaking Microsoft

Slack and Amazon announced a big integration late yesterday afternoon. As part of the deal, Slack will use Amazon Chime for its call feature, while reiterating its commitment to use AWS as its preferred cloud provider to run its infrastructure. At the same time, AWS has agreed to use Slack for internal communications. Make no mistake, this is a big deal as the SaaS communications tool increases its ties with AWS, but this agreement could also be about slighting Microsoft and its rival Teams product by making a deal with a cloud rival. In the past Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield has had choice words for Microsoft saying the Redmond technology giant sees his company as an “existential threat.” Whether that’s true or not — Teams is but one piece of a huge technology company — it’s impossible not to look at the deal in this context. Aligning more deeply with AWS sends a message to Microsoft, whose Azure infrastructure services compete with AWS. Butterfield didn’t say that of course

iPhone 13 Pro vs. iPhone 15 Pro Buyer's Guide: 50+ Differences Compared

The iPhone 15 Pro brings over 50 new features and improvements to Apple's high-end smartphones compared to the iPhone 13 Pro, which was released two years prior. This buyer's guide breaks down every major difference you should be aware of between the two generations and helps you to decide whether it's worth upgrading. The ‌iPhone 13‌ Pro debuted in 2021, introducing a brighter display with ProMotion technology for refresh rates up to 120Hz, the A15 Bionic chip, a telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom, Macro photography and photographic styles, Cinematic mode for recording videos with shallow depth of field, ProRes video recording, a 1TB storage option, and five hours of additional battery life. The ‌iPhone 13‌ Pro was discontinued upon the announcement of the iPhone 14 Pro in 2022, but it is still possible to get hold of it second-hand. Our guide helps to answer the question of how to decide which of these two iPhone models is best for you and serves as a way to c

Tech Talk

Search This Blog