ZTE Axon M: Say hello to a whole new type of flip phone

This foldable, dual-screen phone transforms into a tiny tablet.

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Oct. 19, 2017 12:42 p.m. PT

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Watch this: ZTE Axon M has 2 screens and opens into a 6.8-inch tablet

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At first you think, "OMG, no. What's with the brick?" And then you unfold the thick, heavy ZTE Axon M like a book to reveal two 5.2-inch screens that flatten out to give you 6.8 inches of screen real estate (measured at the diagonal). And then you get excited by the possibilities. The phone has transformed into a tiny tablet -- albeit with a garish seam slashed through the middle that makes is look kind of like a Nintendo 3DS.

ZTE's Axon M is a flip phone with twice the screens

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We knew foldable phones were coming (actually, coming back). But now that it's here, is the Axon M all it's cracked up to be? The Axon M is ZTE's most compelling answer to the iPhone X, Galaxy Note 8, Google Pixel 2 and LG V30, and it isn't because the Axon M can offer the same. It's because it's so completely different than anything else you'll be able to buy as we hurl headlong into the explosively make-it-or-break-it holiday season.
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