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Does the US version have 3d touch?
Does the Chinese version have a FM Radio chip?
Does the US version have the capacitive buttons below the screen? I can't find any pics of the US version with these but plenty of pics of the Chinese version.
Can the higher spec chinese version with 6gb ram and 128gb storage work in the US on Verizon and/or T-Mobile?
Asked about capacitive buttons on periscope today and it was an unclear 'yes'. Hope to clearly confirm in webinar tonight.
From what I recall reading, the US version does not have force touch and does use capacitive buttons.
KyJelly69 said:
Can the higher spec chinese version with 6gb ram and 128gb storage work in the US on Verizon and/or T-Mobile?
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The Chinese model won't work on Verizon at all, and will only get up to 3G on T-Mobile (no VoLTE/WiFi calling).
On the webinar today they did confirm the US model has capacitive buttons.
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http://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/...62400_sd.jpg;canvasHeight=550;canvasWidth=642
shows a good image of the capacitive buttons
I guess it really doesn't matter since they announced in the webinar that the 6gb/128gb version will be coming to US eventually.
I think capacitive buttons are better than psychical.
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How much do you thinnk the 6gb version will cost?
borisb said:
How much do you thinnk the 6gb version will cost?
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the conversion from chinese to US currence on jd.com website is about $470 but I doubt that will be the case.
wiemar said:
I think capacitive buttons are better than psychical.
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you will have the option for both i think. I would rather have capacitive because I don't like the idea of amoled burnin for button icons.
I don't think ZTE is including both, just capacitive.
so pictures in gsmarena is a fake?
wiemar said:
so pictures in gsmarena is a fake?
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Not exactly. One of the chinese models did not have capacitive buttons (on-screen only), and maybe ZTE has an option in the settings to switch between the two (ala OnePlus 3).
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Not exactly. One of the chinese models did not have capacitive buttons (on-screen only), and maybe ZTE has an option in the settings to switch between the two (ala OnePlus 3).
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During their webinar they said they'll be sending out the phones with capacitive and they have a bunch without they have no idea what to do with.
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KyJelly69 said:
the conversion from chinese to US currence on jd.com website is about $470 but I doubt that will be the case.
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My bum, it's more like $650 USD for the 6gb, $470 USD was for the 4gb ram 64gb rom version...
You need to read a bit more as the 4gb 64gb version is the ONLY one available on JD.com at the moment...
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My bum, it's more like $650 USD for the 6gb, $470 USD was for the 4gb ram 64gb rom version...
You need to read a bit more as the 4gb 64gb version is the ONLY one available on JD.com at the moment...
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Well I did my best. I can not read Chinese. I just assumed the most expensive one was it.
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Well I did my best. I can not read Chinese. I just assumed the most expensive one was it.
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Neither can I but if you look the others are just Axon, no 7 anywhere and if you do select the most expensive (I believe it was about 3100 Yuan) then it goes into more detail. It does have the 4gb and 64gb displayed as there are no Chinese characters for those.
Be careful if you buy from sites like this or you might not get what you expect..
Sounds too cheap.
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Hi there.
I've decided to return my A2017G and get the A2017U model. I have already looked up online where I could order the US Model. But most of my favorite shops like BHPhoto don't send the Axon 7 to Europe. It says "Due to restrictions".
That's the first for me as I use BHPhoto for my Home Cinema and Photo equipment.
Does anyone know an good alternative?
I already checked gearbest but they only offer the International Model (A2017G).
Had the same problem. US official sellers of ZTE AXON 7 are zteusa.com, newegg, bestbuy and bhphoto. Bhphoto is excellent shop with top notch service and international shipping so I placed order end of July after American model launch. When I tried proceed to checkout I got pop up window saying "error has occurred". Asked customers service, they were very polite and it seemed that bhphoto ships international and they would send my phone but ZTE made international sale of Axon 7 forbidden and they couldn't omit this limitation. Was so pissed off :/ finally I bought on ebay but really overpaid (with custom fee 200 usd more). However I don't regret any penny spent at US version. In every aspect it's night and day compared to EU model.
I guess I will sell EU version and buy another US (wanted EU for warranty)
Wysłane z mojego ZTE A2017G
You need to use a shipment service that ships the device to you after receiving it. Something like Shipito.
The only issue are the taxes and the shipment cost.
I have a buddy living and working in NYC he offered me to buy and ship the phone to me. It's just sold out everywhere it seems.
I hope BHPhoto gets an restock soon.
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I already checked gearbest but they only offer the International Model (A2017G).
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Doesn't Gearbest have chinese version with multilingual ROM (A2017)?
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However I don't regret any penny spent at US version. In every aspect it's night and day compared to EU model.
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Besides of lack of EU volume limit what are the advantages of A2017U?
For me the most important in phones hardware are screen (amoled 1440p is always my choice) and audio. For audio US version is much better for me cause besides clarity i like really smokin' volume. US version sound loud, crispy, clear and punchy, European is really quiet and dim.
And YES, for me audio power and volume is DEAL BREAKER, i listen to US version at max volume and that's the level I'm satisfied. I don't care about its healthy or not, I'm grown up and it's my preference to blow my ears with noise
Next reason software is completely different. American Axon 7 has ui with app drawer and my voice working (i always use this feature when taking a photo, extremely useful with long exposure you can't move the device to not destroy pic), my voice also open apps etc but most scenarios besides camera i use Google now.
Volte is active and ready to use.
Updates are better done and more frequent, i have September security patch with B27, with EU B03 it's July.
Camera performance, battery life i find also better with us version.
I don't care missing 800lte, cause i use my data without any problems. Watching. HD podcast, streaming extreme quality Spotify, etc with no lags and buffering.
Sent from my ZTE A2017U
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Doesn't Gearbest have chinese version with multilingual ROM (A2017)?
Besides of lack of EU volume limit what are the advantages of A2017U?
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Gearbest version is the A2017G. A friend of mine got it for 350€ with their sale coupon.
The other advantage would be VoLTE support as. The A2017G has no VoLTE in its firmware/baseband. The A2017U does.
Software support is far better and way ahead on the US version.
Also I order from Newegg you get 200$ headphones for free it the current pre-order.
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Gearbest version is the A2017G. A friend of mine got it for 350â?¬ with their sale coupon.
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That's too bad. Could your friend confirm if ROM that Gearbest Axon comes with, also has the same EU volume limits like the A2017G sold in Europe? It's pretty much the only thing that could drive me away from A2017G since I mostly care about quality of the headphone jack, speakers, screen and build quality in this phone.
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That's too bad. Could your friend confirm if ROM that Gearbest Axon comes with, also has the same EU volume limits like the A2017G sold in Europe? It's pretty much the only thing that could drive me away from A2017G since I mostly care about quality of the headphone jack, speakers, screen and build quality in this phone.
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Yes it's the same.
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Yes it's the same.
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This is ridiculous, then. From what I've heard even australians are getting A2017G, so it seems so stupid that some bizarre EU restrictions would hinder audio experience for non-europeans too. Shame, ZTE, shame.
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This is ridiculous, then. From what I've heard even australians are getting A2017G, so it seems so stupid that some bizarre EU restrictions would hinder audio experience for non-europeans too. Shame, ZTE, shame.
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The audio limitations are probably a software limitation. Which hopefully will be undone by CM.
I doubt that they would implement a hardware limitation. That would have raised the bill of materials.
Where can I buy the G int. model?
Hello XDA Community ,
So I want to buy an Axon 7 , but there is no local seller in my country who offer it .I'm Outside Europe and the US .
So the only way I have is to buy it online from a store who ship to my country.
I found the chinese version in aliexpress and the G version from a european store. So I'm confused which one to buy
Can you please tell me the differences and what do u recommend to me ??
PS: LTE frequency bands in my country are 3/7/20
Youssefmans said:
Hello XDA Community ,
So I want to buy an Axon 7 , but there is no local seller in my country who offer it .I'm Outside Europe and the US .
So the only way I have is to buy it online from a store who ship to my country.
I found the chinese version in aliexpress and the G version from a european store. So I'm confused which one to buy
Can you please tell me the differences and what do u recommend to me ??
PS: LTE frequency bands in my country are 3/7/20
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Chinese version has on screen navigation bar (no capacitive buttons) which might be better for some, but the big bezel where the capacitive buttons are located is still there, just without the buttons. I think it has a more stock Android launcher (A2017G has one too, on update B02). I've heard that some parts of the system (maybe bootloader?) are in Chinese, would be better if someone confirmed though. No idea about the LTE bands it supports.
Has no warranty. You probably won't use any warranty though if you aren't able to get to the country where they sent you the device from, but it's REALLY handy if you wasted the screen or have a camera problem, like the OIS buzzing.
It has a Theme engine but it's a little weird and it seems not to change what's important (can't put the OS to black).
On the other hand the G has full MiFavor which 99% of people here in XDA hate. Launcher without drawer, like Apple. The icons are all square rounded in the corners. Capacitive buttons below the screen. maybe a little too close to each other, and without any backlight, but you get used to them by muscle memory or whatever. A couple of years of Passport 2.0 warranty + a year of ZTE VIP warranty that covers one screen replacement and a couple of other things.
Be careful though, it explicitly says that it doesn't cover acts of God! lol
AFAIK Chinese version does have capacitive buttons. 6gb version has force touch exclusive.
Youssefmans said:
Hello XDA Community ,
So I want to buy an Axon 7 , but there is no local seller in my country who offer it .I'm Outside Europe and the US .
So the only way I have is to buy it online from a store who ship to my country.
I found the chinese version in aliexpress and the G version from a european store. So I'm confused which one to buy
Can you please tell me the differences and what do u recommend to me ??
PS: LTE frequency bands in my country are 3/7/20
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Chinese won't be good for you. Most likely you should choose G model. Some sources say that U model also has B20 others don't mention it.
Spec for G and Chinese can found here:
http://www.ztedevice.com/product/smart-phone/AXON-7
Thats fake that chinese version don't have buttons, maybe first copies don't had them, but I bought mine A2017 64GB on March '17 and I got normal buttons under screen.
I've bought A2017U from USA. I'm living on Turkey now. I have speaker problem and i want to repair it. ZTE is selling A2017G model on Turkey and i have to repair it on A2017G services. Any different about speaker between U and G model?
As far as i know - no hardware differences, only modem and software.
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I've bought A2017U from USA. I'm living on Turkey now. I have speaker problem and i want to repair it. ZTE is selling A2017G model on Turkey and i have to repair it on A2017G services. Any different about speaker between U and G model?
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The speakers are the same. I disassembled mine and compared it to Jerryrigeverything's video, and everything is pretty much the same
The question though, is from where you'll get the piece. getting spare parts for this phone is not very easy
They are same, don"t worry, you can change and fix it,good luck!
Hi All,
I just got an A2017G from an online retailer based out of China (I am in Canada). The phone is on an old firmware version A2017Gv1.0.0B11. I cannot see any OTA updates but I know that Nougat has been released for this phone. I can see that there are no updates on the ZTE site for the Hong Kong region and it's stock version is B11 so I assume this is from Hong Kong, but I really have no idea on how to check.
I would like to know if I can tell which region this phone is from and which version of Nougat I should be able to download and flash from B11.
I can see a list of them (for example b04 for Australia, B06 for Turkey, B08 for Germany) here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/how-to/download-center-factory-images-ota-t3606547
Does it matter which one I choose?
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Does it matter which one I choose?
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I think the difference is mainly in things like the Wifi frequency, but I could be wrong. I never found a good clarification of this topic either...
B11 is a pretty new MM ROM and also I think a rollback ROM to regress from Nougat. Mine came with older than B10, I flashed B10 MM then B04 N
German B08 is newer and maybe supports VoLTE if that's of use with your carrier.
Pretty sure the main thing is the ROM was for the same model phone. Don't use an A2017U or A2017 ROM on an A2017G. When it's started first time (or reset) you choose language so as long as locale is correct it should work but it needs to have correct telephony bands to access local celular networks. With location set it should run on the correct wifi channels.
B06 did the trick. Just used sd card update method.
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B06 did the trick. Just used sd card update method.
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Are you sure it is an A2017G? What does it say etched on the back? Do you have signal after updating?
Just some questions worth doing
A2017g etched on back. B11 version said "a2017g" in the full text. I am sure it is the g version.
I have LTE, 3g and Wi-Fi working post update to nougat b06.
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A2017g etched on back. B11 version said "a2017g" in the full text. I am sure it is the g version.
I have LTE, 3g and Wi-Fi working post update to nougat b06.
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Yeah, the point is that Aliexpress vendors buy A2017's, install A2017G software on them with a special process, and add a paper on the box saying that you won't get OTA's and it's actually not a G, but it seems to be in Chinese.
If that was the case, the software would have said A2017G but the phone, A2017. Just wanted to make sure
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Yeah, the point is that Aliexpress vendors buy A2017's, install A2017G software on them with a special process, and add a paper on the box saying that you won't get OTA's and it's actually not a G, but it seems to be in Chinese.
If that was the case, the software would have said A2017G but the phone, A2017. Just wanted to make sure
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Yeah I understand. The phone was from Gearbest. I wouldn't get LTE if it were the A2017 so I would have known right away. Not that I trust Gearbest more than Aliexpress (I haven't ever had a problem with either with about 4 or 5 purchases on both), but this one seems legit.
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Yeah I understand. The phone was from Gearbest. I wouldn't get LTE if it were the A2017 so I would have known right away. Not that I trust Gearbest more than Aliexpress (I haven't ever had a problem with either with about 4 or 5 purchases on both), but this one seems legit.
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Great to hear that, I'm waiting for mine (gray one) to arrive from gearbest! You probably would get LTE in A2017 , where do you live ? But if G is etched then you can be happy, and me too. Could please tell me if they included case and tempered glass in the box ? Headphones ? Thanks
Case yes, headphones yes, glass no.
Only band 4 towers around me.
FunkyRasta said:
Great to hear that, I'm waiting for mine (gray one) to arrive from gearbest! You probably would get LTE in A2017 , where do you live ? But if G is etched then you can be happy, and me too. Could please tell me if they included case and tempered glass in the box ? Headphones ? Thanks
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They say the glass is crap anyways
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Case yes, headphones yes, glass no.
Only band 4 towers around me.
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And no pre applied screen protector or regular film screen protector in the box ? I thought they had one. Good to hear it is definitely a2017G
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And no pre applied screen protector or regular film screen protector in the box ? I thought they had one. Good to hear it is definitely a2017G
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actually I think only A2017's come with it, and i think the Aliexpress sellers put it there.
Nothing pre applied. I've double checked the box and no screen protector. I think the gearbest site says it comes with one so just be aware it doesn't. I have never used a screen protector on my phones and have never had an issue. Also mine came with Euro plug by ZTE with a cheap adapter in the mail bag, so another confirmation it is the a2017g. It was a good deal for $300CAD. I am really happy with the phone.
I am waiting to receive one from GearBest. I think it will not come with Portuguese language. Could you please confirm if Portuguese language is supported on the original ROM, or on the B06 upgrade?
Thanks,
Luis
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I am waiting to receive one from GearBest. I think it will not come with Portuguese language. Could you please confirm if Portuguese language is supported on the original ROM, or on the B06 upgrade?
Thanks,
Luis
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Yes, it is supported on the A2017G, but not on the U, and no idea on the A2017
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Yes, it is supported on the A2017G, but not on the U, and no idea on the A2017
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It is a A2017G., but GearBest has answered that Portuguese is not supported.
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It is a A2017G., but GearBest has answered that Portuguese is not supported.
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Well my A2017G has Portuguese (both br and pt) and you would be able to add them if you were going to unlock the bootloader and flash stuff anyways
Mine has Portuguese
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Mine has Portuguese
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I think it's a GearBest mistake. I will confirm when I receive mine.
Thanks a lot.