The news thundered like a bomb that ZTE would be the first company to market a smartphone with a front camera positioned below the screen, namely the Axon 20 5G. A decidedly functional and advanced solution from a technological point of view, overcoming fierce rivals such as Xiaomi, Huawei and Vivo who until now had only proven themselves from a prototype point of view.
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But before this great achievement, ZTE had already become the protagonist of other famous companies that made it a pioneer in mobile technology. A collection that we now want to list and that will surely remind you of many memories.
ZTE Grand SII - First mobile phone with voice commands
The ZTE Grand SII arrived on the market in 2014, and was the first smartphone to have the ability to perform tasks and other features via voice commands. The top of the range, equipped with the now defunct Snapdragon 800, brought this novelty to the telephony market even before the era of voice assistants, allowing the user to even unlock their device with a single word.
ZTE Grand S3 - First smartphone with ocular biometrics
With the sequel to the model just mentioned above, the company was the first to integrate the use of special sensors that can recognize patterns in users' eyes, including blood vessels, which have unique formations in each person. The top of the range ZTE Grand S3 debuted on the market with this novelty, entrusting it with the name of Eyeprint ID, at the beginning of 2015 during the MWC, paving the way for a new security system, also sufficient for payments.
ZTE Axon Mini - First phone with pressure sensitive screen
One of the functions that Apple users loved most on iPhone devices was 3D Touch, a technology that used sensors on the display that could detect the level of pressure applied by the user, enabling extra menus and other functions. Interestingly, ZTE was the first to take advantage of this technology, introduced on the Axon Mini model, back in 2015.
ZTE Axon M - First two-screen folding
Although the definition of folding is not exactly suitable, ZTE's Axon M represented the first real piece for this new type of smartphone. Unfortunately, the lack of practicality, as with other models such as Samsung Galaxy Fold and Royole FlexPai, have attracted poco the attention of users.
Let's not forget the recent ZTE Axon 10 Pro 5G, the first device with support for 5G networks to reach the Chinese market, in addition to the Axon 11 SE 5G, the first to be compatible with the new connection on the four major operators of the Asian country.
In short, the ZTE Axon 20 5G enters the history of technological innovation by right, having adventure companions always from the same mother who will delight us again with her magic on September 2, in addition to adopting the first camera under the display, the new device will offer Snapdragon 765G, up to 12 GB of RAM, up to 256 GB of storage, 4120mAh battery and a set of cameras on the rear whose main sensor will have 64MP resolution.