ZTE Axon 7 vs Samsung Galaxy S7

At half the price of the Galaxy S7, how does the ZTE Axon 7 compare to what is considered one of the best phones currently available on the market today? We aim to find out in this versus.

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[dilipgautam]

what axon has packed at this price is far better from

[Thesoumitra]

We live in a world where a 400$ Flagship is somewhat outperforming a 700$ Flagship.
Axon7 is my choice.

[alexdiezg]

As a musician I have to simply say that I prefer the Axon 7. Obviously.

[JamesTechJackin]

Love my Axon 7, and it came with free headphones.  I have the S7 Edge as well, and to be completely honest the Axon 7 is a better overall phone.  It does have it's flaws, but they are not $300 bad.  I would highly recommend it.

[Gurkha]

This year has shown me that brands and big names don't matter anymore. manufacturers are starting to bring out high quality phones for half the price of brand name flagships. if you buy a phone for over $500, you deserve that ripoff offered by Samsung, apple, and google

[OmegaDanJA]

My axon 7 has been excellent so far. Audio is amazing and while the camera isn't that great, it is still decent enough to bring in reliable pictures and video quality. I have no major issues with MiFavor but I mainly use the stock android theme and love the simplicity. Performance is top notch so frankly samsung phones will forever stay off of my list

[Elitegamer]

400 bucks and a slightly less possibility of it blowing up in my face while using VR. that's a win.

[infidel]

How can I even take this video seriously after the headphone assessment? The galaxy s7, edge, and note 7 all used the standard Qualcomm DAC this is horrible! The axon 7 has been put up against the v 20 and some think it sounds better than the lg does!

[MrUnbelievableAbs]

Ummm... the axon 7 has vastly better headphone jack performance compared to the s7. Can't say much of anything is better compared to the s7, but the axon 7 definitively has better sound (both speaker and 3.5mm jack). For ease of view - each out pocketnow's Juan's reviews. He's the audio review stud ok YouTube.

[ShoebAMG]

$700. Damn I got my brand new S7 exynos + S clear view cover + tempered glass for $510 from a retail store

[raptornomad]

Haha, you'd use Spotify to test audio quality? That's a fail right there.

[crimsonstang]

Anyone else see that blinking black bar around 2:25?

[soopermarkus]

I'm currently running the Axon 7 while my S7 is down due to the wifi failing to turn on. I spend a lot of time using the two phones to listen to podcasts and music while I travel.

I can honestly say that the S7s DAC is hot garbage compared to the Axon 7. S7 just cannot drive any of my headphones or aux speakers loud enough to overcome road noise or white noise on airplanes without being cranked all the way up. The only way for me to increase the volume levels to match the Axon 7 would be to root the phone which I'm not willing to do.

[NguyenNam]

Look at those scratch on the Galaxy S7 home button...

[surf]

exynos galaxy S7 > snapdragon galaxy S7

[japzone]

Rocking the Axon 7 and I'm extremely happy. ZTE has been active in responding to feedback and has issued updates that have fixed most of my issues. Everything else was solved by installing things like a third-party launcher, etc.

The road map puts the Axon 7 getting Nougat around the end of the year, with Daydream VR support.

[OliverNelson]

The axon 7 is a great phone for 400. I have the gray model.

[donperrignon]

They both use super AMOLED panels. Samsung just won't sell their current gen panels until the following year. "Super" is just the marketing term.

[GatewayJayy]

Just in case people were wondering, 3:00;

The Samsung Galaxy S7 doesn't come in a 64gb variant. 32gb is the only base model but it is expandable by up to 256gb (non adoptable)

[EumelaninKnight]

Heh.. I needed this video two weeks ago. Ended up with an S7.