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ZTE Axon 20 5G is First to Market With Under-Display Camera, Not Coming to US

Tim December 3, 2020 14

ZTE announced this week that the Axon 20 5G will be the first commercially available smartphone with an under-display camera. Let's give them a round of applause, yes? *golf clap* In addition to what they announced already back in August, the company detailed...

Nubia RedMagic 5S: For When All You Care About is Speed

Tim November 10, 2020 13

I've been using the RedMagic 5S from a company called Nubia as sort of a secondary office phone for a couple of weeks now, using it primarily as a gaming device. If you're not familiar with the phone, all you need to know is that Nubia is a ZTE-owned...

ZTE Axon 20 to Feature World’s First Under-Display Front Camera

Tim August 17, 2020 15

ZTE is set to unveil the Axon 20 5G on September 1, the world's first phone with an under-display camera. We all knew this day would eventually come, we just weren't sure from which OEM. Unfortunately, it's a company that has a hard time selling phones in the...

Report: Trump Considers Executive Order to Block US Companies From Buying Chinese Telecomm Equipment

Tim December 27, 2018

In the latest chapter of our US government versus Huawei, ZTE, and the Chinese government, President Trump is reported to be considering an executive order that would invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, granting our president the authority...

ZTE Axon 9 Pro Features Notch and Massive Battery, Not Coming to US

Tim August 30, 2018

ZTE made Axon 9 Pro official this morning during IFA. While the phone has all of the specs you'd expect from a 2018 flagship, it also has another feature that we aren't insanely fond about that relates heavily to 2018 smartphones. Yup, it has a display notch....

ZTE and US Government Reach Agreement That Includes a $1 Billion Fine

Kellen June 7, 2018 7

It's now official - the US has reached an agreement with ZTE to allow the Chinese company to continue doing business as usual. After the US government banned US companies from supplying components to ZTE, causing the company to temporarily pause operations,...

Report: ZTE’s US Ban is Almost Over After They Pay Heavy Fine, Replace Board

Kellen June 5, 2018 12

A month ago, we reported that ZTE was on life support and had decided to mostly pause operations after being given a hefty ban from the US government over lies it told as a part of a previous agreement stemming from related illegal shipments of products to...

ZTE Ceases Operations After US Government Ban

Kellen May 9, 2018 16

ZTE has mostly shut down its main business operations, according to Reuters, after the US government banned US companies from supplying it with components. ZTE did say that it is trying to get a modification or reversal to the ban, though. Because ZTE makes a...