On Tuesday, ZTE unveiled the Nubia Z50 Ultra. In December, ZTE introduced the Z50, one of its first smartphones under the brand name.
The Nubia Z50 Ultra is driven by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor. Unique features of the recently released smartphone’s hardware include an AMOLED screen with ultra-narrow bezels and an under-display camera (UDC) for use in taking selfies and making video calls.
It also has a 64 megapixel triple camera arrangement on the back. It has a 5,000 mAh battery and supports 80W rapid charging.
Nubia Z50 Ultra Specifications & features
Nubia’s newest smartphone, the Z50 Ultra version, sports a 6.8-inch OLED display with no notch or punch hole, providing users with a near bezel-less viewing experience. The screen can display images at a Full HD+ (1,116 x 2,480 pixel) resolution at a refresh rate of 120 frames per second and a touch sampling rate of 960 frames per second.
It also uses pulse width modulation (PWM) dimming at a frequency of 1440 cycles per second. It has a peak brightness of 1500 nits, color depth support of 10 bits, and coverage of the DCI-P3 color space in its whole.
With a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, up to 16 GB of LPDDR5x RAM, and up to 1 TB of UFS 4.0 storage, the Nubia Z50 Ultra is a powerful smartphone based on Android 13.
It has a 64-megapixel Sony IMX787 primary camera with optical image stabilization (OIS), a 64-megapixel periscope zoom camera with OIS, and a 50-megapixel ultra-wide camera that can also take macro shots for its optics. The back cameras are aided with a ring LED light and many spectral channels.
The dual-SIM Z50 Ultra’s 16-megapixel under-display camera (UDC) has a 2.24m extremely big pixel size from OmniVision. The manufacturer claims that the Z50 Ultra’s enhanced light transmittance by 30% results in better selfie photographs than its predecessor.
Thanks in large part to the AI super-sensing engine and image super-transparency advancement technology, the screen’s transparency has been increased by a factor of 50%.
With its 5,000 mAh battery and 80W rapid charging, this phone is a powerhouse. A 4212 sq. mm big vapour chamber liquid cooling unit and Wi-Fi 802.11ax, Bluetooth 5.3, NFC, an IR blaster, and a USB Type-C connection are also included.
- 6.8-inch AMOLED display with FullHD+ resolution
- Camera under display and 120 Hz refresh rate
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Platform
- Adreno GPU 740
- 8 GB, 12 GB or 16 GB of RAM
- 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB or 1 TB of internal storage
- 16 MP front camera
- Three rear cameras:
- Main lens with 64 MP sensor
- 64 MP periscopic lens
- Ultra wide-angle/macro lens with 50 MP sensor
- 5G connection, Bluetooth 5.3 LE, W-iFi 6E and USB-C port
- 5,000 mAh battery with support for 80W fast charging
- Android 13 under the MyOS 13 interface
Nubia Z50 Ultra Pricing and Availability
The base model of the Nubia Z50 Ultra is available in either Black or Grey.
The base model, 8 GB + 256 GB, costs CNY 3,999 (approximately USD 575), while the 12 GB + 256 GB and 12 GB + 512 GB models cost CNY 4,299 (about USD 618) and CNY 4,699 (roughly USD 675), respectively.
Nubia Z50 Ultra premium model with 16 GB RAM and 1 TB storage costs CNY 5,999. (roughly USD 862).
The Nubia Z50 Ultra Starry Night Collector’s Edition has a price tag of CNY 4,999 (about USD 719), and it features 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage space. The blue limited-edition phone was designed to evoke the mood of Vincent van Gogh’s iconic Starry Night painting.
China is the first market to receive pre-orders for the Z50 Ultra, and sales will go off on March 14.
