ZTE Axon 40 Ultra with camera behind screen costs 829 euros in Benelux

ZTE will release its Axon 40 Ultra smartphone in the Benelux on June 21. The Android device has a 6.8 “amoled screen and the front camera is processed behind it. At the back are three 64-megapixel cameras.

ZTE’s Axon 20 5G was the first smartphone with a camera behind the screen in 2020. The successor of that device received an improved front camera and the technology has been improved again with the Axon 40 Ultra, claims the manufacturer. The camera behind the screen of the ZTE Axon 40 Ultra has a 16-megapixel resolution and can combine pixels to get better results. The Chinese manufacturer also mentions features such as a ‘selfie algorithm’ and Smart Make-up filter.

The phone’s 6.8″ AMOLED screen has curved edges, a refresh rate of 120Hz, a resolution of 2480×1116 pixels and a maximum brightness of 1500cd/m². On the back of the device are three 64-megapixel cameras, two of which with a Sony IMX787 sensor The cameras have focal lengths of 16mm, 35mm and 91mm in full-frame equivalent.The telephoto camera uses a periscopic lens and an unspecified sensor.

ZTE already released the Axon 40 Ultra in China last month. There, the device has a 5000mAh battery with support for 80W fast charging. The international version has to make do with 65W fast charging. Other specifications such as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 soc, the UFS 3.1 storage and the Lpddr5 memory are the same.

From June 21, the Axon 40 Ultra is for sale in the Benelux. A version with 8GB of ram and 128GB of flash storage costs 829 euros. There will also be a variant with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage; it will have a suggested retail price of 949 euros.