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so what do you get when you revisit the idea of having a smartphone with two full displays at a time when software has apparently matured enough to make good use of them reporting from New York City I'm Jaime that are with pocket now and let's have a look at the ZTE axon M so before you remind me of the failed Kyocera echo and how the X on em brings nothing new to the market well in reality it does if you do the math the Kyocera echo was launched a whole six and a half years ago a lot has changed in the Android space since then think of the ZTE X on em as a new addition to the lineup it doesn't replace the successor to the axon 7 but instead provides a bold new approach to a smart phone and complements the lineup and why the M after the axon ZTE s chosen into the picked multitasking multi purpose etc and right they should because this is definitely a bold design there is nothing like it right now at a time when thin and curved flat slabs are the thing the X on em is chunky and boxy we have a black aluminum trim on the Border's glass on the front and back but instead of this being just Gorilla Glass 5 we have 2 5.2 inch 1080p displays on each side both of IPS technology this enables a few unique things to the axon em you can use the phone in dual mode meaning two or more applications working separately on each display you can use it an extended mode to turn this into the sort of a-squared tablet for more real estates and have applications scale to it and then there is mirror mode for you to share content on both displays with somebody else the user interfaces Android 7.1.2 as close to stock as possible and it has for you to choose any of these modes through a special em button on the navigation keys according to ZTE there are at least 80 applications already supporting all of these modes at the time of this video but the applications that don't will work just fine on extended mode and following on the legacy of the exon 7 there are also dual stereo speakers included allowing for more immersive content consumption so what's the catch well a project like this has taken years to make and as such not all the specifications are the latest and greatest we're talking about last year's snapdragon 8 to 1 4 gigs of ram 64 gigs of storage with microSD expansion included there's a 30 180 milliamp hour battery with quick charge 3.0 supports and even with the two displays ZTE claims the testing has proven quite positive when it comes to insurance and if you hadn't noticed this will be an AT&T exclusive and then the other caveats come with the obvious bezels separating the display though I didn't find that to be annoying given how near these are on the sides and also since there is no selfie camera the uija has a few interesting ways to have you flip the phone around depending on your need for a primary shot or a selfie shot it does take some getting used to but the F 1.8 aperture on the 20 megapixel camera should lead to some awesome photography and I guess that is the biggest take away with the ZTE axon M do I like it yes I like it a lot but I do acknowledge that it will take some getting used to and we will definitely report on that so stay tuned for our full review coming very soon while you're at it hit that subscribe button to not miss out and follow us on your favorite social media for more videos like these the cards leads who are after the buzz of the exon 7 and our recent coverage of the LGB 30 you can also follow me on Twitter Jaime underscore during that hour on instagram @ hi Matt Lee Mehta please give this video a thumbs up if you like what you saw I am hi meddling that I thanks so much for watching we'll see you on the next one