ZTE Axon 7 users accept a continued delay advanced afore official Oreo update

ZTE Germany accepted that the Axon 7 will be adapted to Android Oreo in April 2018. By then, it’ll all be about Android P.

ZTE Germany confirmed that the Axon 7 will be adapted to Android Oreo in April 2018. By then, it’ll all be about Android P.

The Axon 7 bound became one of our admired “flagship killers” aback it aboriginal launched aback in May 2016: it had a attractive AMOLED screen, absorbing front-facing speakers, accomplished array life, and a admirable camera all for aloof $399.99. What was decidedly absorbing was that although it wasn’t a Google-branded device, the Axon 7 was one of the aboriginal smartphones to accept the Android 7.1.1 update. Android 7.1.1 was clearly appear in December 2016 and accustomed on the Axon 7 three months later.

With Android Oreo, however, it could be an absolutely altered story. ZTE Germany appear in a accessible appointment that the Axon 7 will accept the Android Oreo amend in April 2018 with Stock UI. What Stock UI entails is cryptic at the moment, but our assumption is that it’ll accommodate beneath bloatware and appropriately accommodate snappier performance.

While it’s abundant that the aggregation is committed to accouterment the latest software amend to Axon 7 users about the world, it’s a abashment that that amend is advancing so late. Android Oreo was clearly appear aback in August, acceptation by the time the Axon 7 receives Oreo, it will accept been 8 months back the antecedent release. As well, by then, we’ll already be talking about Android P. This isn’t different to the Axon 7. Consider the recently-unveiled Axon M, for instance. ZTE’s foldable smartphone is not alone aged in agreement of its architecture and specs but additionally software: it launched with Android Nougat in October 2017.

Of course, appropriate software updates and ablution phones with the latest OS are problems that we see with best Android OEMs. Phones like the LG V30 and Samsung Galaxy Note 8, both appear in August and launched in the afterward months, came after Oreo, and it’ll apparently be a while until US users see the amend on those devices. That is the adverse absoluteness of Android fragmentation.

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ZTE Germany appear in a accessible appointment that the Axon 7 will accept the Android Oreo amend in April 2018 with Stock UI.