[ZTE Axon Pro] mahst68:
That ComputerWorld Article is Junk!

Let's look at his issues:

1. The navigational dots... the reason they are not labeled is that you can switch their assignments whether you are right / left handed or just use to a certain back / app menu arrangement from a previous phone... I think choice is great, most phones would just be static. I would say this is a + that the Axon has over other phones and not a negative. :good:

2. The adaptive brightness.... really? really...? Are you a 5 year old? Turn it off if you don't like it. Plenty of other phones have this issue, even the Galaxy S6 :crying:

3. The camera... have not used it enough to say whether it is good or bad... it cannot be worse than HTC's M8 or M9 cameras IMO. The few shots I have taken with it to me feel that it is a "good enough" camera... I'm not looking for a attached Canon DSLR to my phone, just something to take a few snapshots with when I'm drunk or too lazy to take an actual camera with me. This dude wants to be Stanley Kubrick with his phone and shoot 2001??? :silly:

4. The physical camera button... as someone has pointed out, this can't automatically snap you to the camera with a simple press... you know how many times you would "accidentally" launch the camera if it did??? I'm glad it doesn't as it would drive me insane if it did.. :eek:

5. The red dots in the launcher... is he an idiot... really, it took me 2 seconds to realize what the dots mean. I like it... it tells me when an app has been updated... thusly if I start to get "force closes" from an app with a red dot, ummm, means that the update sucks... nice feature to have... also you can use any number of launchers that don't have this feature, get over it dude :p

6. The Battery thing... I agree with everyone else.. this is probably an oversight that will be corrected, but honestly who is looking at battery stats constantly? I can just hit the sprocket gear right next to the battery and then hit battery... :rolleyes:

7. Battery Life... has this guy ever used an Android phone before... it takes at least 5 charging cycles typically for a battery to stabilize in order to judge true battery life... as I have not had my phone for that long, I won't even comment other than to say... 48 hours is insufficient time to judge the overall battery life of a phone.

8. The "Z" Menu.... this is when you swipe up from the bottom and it goes to the widgets that can't be changed. I found this to be the only thing that he said to have some merit... although I think ZTE may eventually allow you to change this or turn it off. I do find some of the widgets helpful... would like to see the addition of a quick way to get to the camera... not at all bad, just takes some getting use to.

Looking at his other articles, it appears that he makes his living by tearing up phones for whatever is bad with it and by never focusing on positives.

Look, the phone is $450... and is better than or at least equal to phones $200 + its price.... this guy is expecting what... the phone to give him a free hand job, make him an espresso or spit out $100 bills every so often.... its a phone not a solution to all of life's problems. To me, it is a very good phone, better than the following because of have used each of these more than 2 days so I can adequately say so:

1. Galaxy S6 & S6 Edge - not a better camera, but no bloatware... he wants to talk about a phone that stutters.... sometimes I am like... ta ta ta ta today Samsung

2. LG G4 - phone could have been great but the choice of the 808 I feel was wrong... yeah the 810 runs hot but taking a step backward does not make a flagship phone... great, you have an awesome camera that takes forever to launch and leather back that should have came with NFC & wireless charging, alas it did not

3. Nexus 6 - the only phone that is equal to the Axon in functionality and peppiness... however too big for most

4. Zenfone 2 4GB - 4GB of RAM, nice, SD Slot nice, dual sim nice, real flaky UI over lollipop, tons of bloat and a processor that seems to give up when it is needed the most bad.

I feel that the Axon experience is what or real close to what the new 2015 Nexus 5 / Nexus 6 will be like with some refinements with the camera (hopefully) and the addition of wireless charging. Really, missing an SD Slot is standard nowadays, would I like it sure, would I like a 64GB version that also had wireless charging, of course.... I'm a realist though and know you can't have everything... ask iPhone users.. :laugh: