ZTE announces an even cheaper version of its budget Axon 7

ZTE’s Axon 7 flagship is getting a smaller companion, the Axon 7 mini. The new phone isn’t really miniature by any reasonable standard: it’s got a 5.2-inch screen, compared to the 5.5-inch Axon 7, and looks almost exactly the same as its predecessor in press photos. But it slightly scales down the Axon 7’s specs across the board, dropping the price to match. Given that the Axon 7 is already a sub-$500 phone, that puts the mini squarely in budget smartphone territory.
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