ZTE Axon M vs ZTE Axon 40 Ultra Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 17, 2017	Jun 08, 2022
Prices (MSRP)
$725

Design

Dimensions
5.94 x 2.82 x 0.48 inches 150.8 x 71.6 x 12.1 mm	6.36 x 2.87 x 0.31 inches 161.53 x72.96 x 8.0 mm
Weight
8.11 oz / 230.0 g	6.63 oz / 188.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum	Back: Glass
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Left: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 68.98% screen-to-body	6.8-inch, 94.80% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	AMOLED, 1500 nits
Resolution
1920x1080px, 424 PPI	2480x1116px, 400 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Additional display
5.2 inches, 1920 x1080 px, IPS LCD, Colors: 16 777 216, Touch screen: Yes, Capacitive, Multi-touch: Yes

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
8 (Poor)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro-AB (14 nm)	Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SM8450 (4 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 2150 MHz Kryo	Octa-core 1x3.00GHz Cortex-X2 3x2.50G​Hz Cortex-A710 4x1.8​0GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Adreno 530	Adreno 730
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB	8GB/128GB 12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (7.1 Nougat)	Android (12)

Battery

Type
3180 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 65.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
20 MP (Doubles as a front camera, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2.8" Pixel size: 1 μm	64 MP (OIS, Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F1.6 Focal length: 35 mm
Second camera
	64 MP (Ultra-wide) Focal Length: 16 mm
Third camera
	64 MP (Telephoto, Periscope) Optical zoom: 5.7x Focal Length: 91 mm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps), 720p (240 fps) Time-lapse video, Picture-taking during video recording, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	Yes
Front
	16 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
M4/T4
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66
4G (FDD) Bands
2, 4, 5, 12, 29, 30, 66	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 4, 2	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE, HSPA, HSUPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Dual Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Oct 09, 2017 FCC ID value: SRQ-Z999
Measured SAR
Head: 0.68 W/kg Body: 0.10 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.48 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.59 W/kg

Alternative variants

With 12 RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/256GB

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