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hey what's up guys this is Bailey Stein with Android authority coming to you live from Beijing China and today we're checking out the ZTE axon 7 so ZTE has provided a very nice and boxing experience with the exon 7 and you not only receive the phone and a quick charge 3.0 charger but also a set of earbuds a case a micro USB to USB C adapter and a SIM door eject tool it's clear that ZTE has spent a lot of time designing the axon 7 and it shows in terms of design with an aluminum full metal unibody available in either iron gold or quartz gray it definitely has a premium feel and with curves in the metal it has a great handling experience it just feels great in the hand ZTE also showed us just how strong the aluminum shell was during our meeting and with the added components this phone seems nearly impossible to bend which is always good to see from a flagship smartphone it also has a F 1.8 20 megapixel Samsung ISO cell camera with optical image stabilization electronic image stabilization and phase detection autofocus the software experience seems very well-thought-out with a super auto mode that automatically uses features like HDR and offers easier methods of taking photos like voice recognition and actually you can just put your finger on the fingerprint reader and it will take a photo and from what we've seen the photos look really good there's also a recessed fingerprint reader below the camera and that is actually recessed so that users know that it is the fingerprint reader and not the camera so far it seems very fast and accurate but the real highlight of this phone is that it has two dedicated audio chipsets the AKM 496 one and four four nine zero the forward provides the high fiber cording and playback and the later is independent for further hi-fi audio enhancement there is three channel hi-fi and one channel VAD recording and two mic noise suppression and a conference mode which will actually help the phone record up to seven meters in a conference room omnidirectional of course there is dual stereo dolby atmos front-facing speakers and let me tell you they sound amazing they're very loud without any distortion and we would say that they're probably the best on any smartphone currently there's also an 8 megapixel front facing camera between the speaker on the top left of the device we also have the 5.5 inch 2 and 1/2 D glass and LED display which is a quad HD resolution and is quoted in Gorilla Glass 4 under the hood we have the beastly Snapdragon 820 with an Adreno 530 GPU the us model will include 4 gigabytes of RAM and 64 gigabytes of storage which is even expandable up to 128 gigabytes with the hybrid SIM tray setup since this phone will ship unlocked with dual nano SIM slots it also has a 30 140 milliamp hour battery and while it does not support wireless charging like devices like the Galaxy s7 because of its aluminium body it does support quick charge 3.0 meaning that you can get 50% charge in just a half hour on the software side of things it's running Android 6.0 point 1 marshmallow with VTES refined me favored UI we obviously need more time with it but from what we've seen so far the experience appears to be very good especially with the attention to detail and things like integrated voice recognition to top it all off the Exxon seven will come with a 2-year limited warranty as well as axon Passport offering unlimited out of warranty repairs like display replacements for cracked screens for a deduction for two years keep in mind also that ZTE will pay for shipping to ZTE and return shipping if you do need to repair although this does seem very comparable to the galaxy s7 and HTC ten the price of the axon seven will be much lower as a way to undercut the competition ZTE has also announced v2 EVR a VR headset which will eventually work with Google daydream although there will definitely be more details about that on our website and there you have it there's our first look at the ZTE axon 7 please stay tuned for our full review once we have more time with this device and the software is finalized this has been bailey Stein with android authority and thank you for watching this video if you did enjoy it please make sure to hit that like button as well as subscribe to the YouTube channel so you don't miss any of our future videos finally be sure to visit the Android Authority website for additional coverage as we are your source for all things Android