[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Make Believe:
Hi apparently select group of Axon 40 Ultra enthusiasts,

I promised to get back to you with my Axon experience. To sum it all up, it's a bit of a mixed bag and ended in disappointment because after a few days it went into a bootloop which even a factory reset couldn't solve. So I had to sent it back to TradingShenzhen. About this company, for those who still think about importing a Chinese phone after reading this, I had a great experience with them. They are very approachable, great communication, fast and secure shipping and the after sales service in my case is great. They accepted my return without a hassle. I got a return address in Europe and they confirmed repayment within 2 days after I returned the phone.

Now about the phone. I really regret this didn't work out, because design wise, and I know it's a matter of taste but, most beautiful phone I've ever seen. The design is just beautiful. Built quality is great, the mat finish on the back is perfect and I loved the nochless design and the semi waterfall screen. The camera bump is big and because it's of centre the phone wobbles on a flat service, but I loved the looks of it.

The UDC is very well implemented and a great technical effort. The selfie cam works just fine for videocalls, are the pictures great? No. Is the tech impressive, yes. I always take my pictures with the main camera setup, so for me it's not a big deal. For those who use the selfie cam a lot, this is not your phone.

Didn't had that much time to take pictures, but by first impression is that it's a very capable smartphone camera setup.

Great thing, the phone seems to have the same hardware as the global version, more or less. So I believe it has band 20, which for be in the Netherlands was great. Reception was excellent. And as a music fanatic, the 1 TB storage was the reason I bought this phone from China instead of the Global release and just wish there were more phone with it in the market.

The software side of things are the reason for my mixed feelings and this simply has to do with the fact that's the phone is from China and the bootloader can't be unlocked. For years now ZTE doesn't cooperate with unlocking the bootloader so don't expect it will now.

I didn't had much trouble with MyOs. It looks pretty decent. English translation is fine and it doesn't have much bloatware. ZTE software like ZTE care, is in Chinese always, so that didn't help.

You can't change the launcher. So Nova for example runs as an app, but you can't set it up as the default launcher. With shortcuts through widgets I was able to install every customization I wished, but it was a bit of a hassle.

All Google service seem to work, except for assistent. No way to get that running.

Android auto doesn't work. App installs fine, but it won't connect. And since the bootloader will most likely never be unlocked it will never work.

And then, it died on me. It went into a bootloop. I could get in the recovery menu, but even a factory reset from there didn't save this phone.

So what to do next, buy another one? Live with the fact that I can't use Google Assistent and Android auto? Buy a Xiaomi 12s Ultra, with the Xiaomi Europe Rom? Wil the lack of band 20 and storage be a problem? And can I accept the noch after having a pop up selfie for years and got a taste of the impressive UDC tech from ZTE? Maybe I'll just be patient and wait to see what the Xiaomi 13 Ultra brings to the table since it will be released globally. I don't know... Just really hoped the Axon 40 Ultra would be it.