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The Chinese company ZTE hit the table in 2016 with the excellent ZTE Axon 7, a very complete high-end, and from which a continuation was expected in 2017. However, that mobile never arrived. Now, in 2018, we can know that the Axon family will have a new high-end model, although it will not follow the numbering that we could imagine.
According to Android Headlines, the CEO of the company, Cheng Lixin, confirmed that the new flagship phone of 2018 will be called ZTE Axon 9, not Axon 8. There has been no explanation for what happened, so we can only speculate.
Will it be a way to adapt to the competition, as Apple did when skipping the iPhone 7S, or how when Samsung skipped the Galaxy Note 6? In any case, this specific decision collides when precisely 8 is a number considered good luck in Chinese culture.
Rumors about the ZTE Axon 9
Little else we know, apart from the number, about this new phone. Some rumors in foreign media have pointed to a continuous model, with a 5.5-inch AMOLED screen with WHD resolution (2560 x 1440 pixels), 4 GB of RAM, up to 256 GB of storage and a 3,300 mAh screen. The big question is whether it will bet on a design with an infinite screen, or the line of the ZTE Axon 7 will remain, with frames that were also the speakers.
All this new information has been produced in the environment of the recent launch on the market in China of the ZTE Axon M, the innovative dual-screen phone that we had already told you about before. It seems that the Chinese brand has bet heavily on this model, and perhaps this would be the reason that 2017 did not see any high-end.
Now, without clear launch dates, the most likely thing is that we will witness a year with two star ZTE terminals, one aimed at the most curious public, and the other aimed at consumers who do not seek to vary their user experience.
Meanwhile, the ZTE Axon 7 has continued to update, and recently received Android 8 Oreo, proving that it is a phone that has stood the test of time very well. However, it is time for a replacement, and it will arrive in the name of ZTE Axon 9. Maybe at MWC 2018 we will see some progress? Having followed the recent trajectory of this brand, we can't help but look forward to their next move.
