Last year December, Nubia announced the Nubia Z50 with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset onboard. The device came equipped with other attractive features, including a marvellous curved-edge display, 64-megapixel dual cameras, and a 5,000mAh battery. And now, the ZTE sub-brand has unveiled the Nubia Z50 Ultra as its second Snapdragon 8 Gen 2-powered phone.
The smartphone, being an “Ultra” model, it offers enhanced specs over the Z50. The USP of the device is that it comes equipped with a notch-less AMOLED display with ultra-thin bezels.
The Nubia Z50 Ultra measures 163.9 x 76.3 x 8.3mm and weighs 228 grams. It houses a 6.8-inch OLED display, which offers a full experience as there is no notch or punch-hole on it.
The screen offers a Full HD+ resolution of 2480 x 1116 pixels, a refresh rate of 120Hz, a touch sampling rate of 960Hz, a 1440Hz PWM dimming, a peak brightness of 1500 nits, 10-bit colors, and a 100 percent DCI-P3 color gamut.
The Z50 Ultra is equipped with a custom-made 16-megapixel OmniVision OV16E1Q under-display camera with a 2.24μm super large pixel size. The company said that the light transmittance has increased by 30 precent. This allows the Z50 Ultra to capture better selfie shots than before.
In addition, the AI super-sensing engine and image super-transparency enhancement technology assist in increasing screen transparency by 50 percent for video calls.
Moving to the rear camera department, it features a 35mm 64-megapixel Sony IMX787 main camera with OIS support, an 85mm 64-megapixel periscope zoom camera with OIS support, and a 50-megapixel ultra-wide camera, which doubles up as a macro camera. The rear cameras are assisted by a ring LED flash and multi-channel spectral sensors.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset is present under the hood of the Nubia Z50 Ultra. It comes with up to 16 GB of LPDDR5x RAM and up to 1 TB of UFS 4.0 storage. It packs a 5,000mAh battery with 80W fast charging support.
Furthermore, the device offers other features, including a 4212mm2 large vapor chamber liquid cooling system, a dual SIM card slot, 5G, Wi-Fi 802.11ax, Bluetooth 5.3, NFC, an IR blaster, an X-axis linear motor, and a USB-C port.
Lastly, the device comes preloaded with MyOS 13-based on Android 13 OS, which has only eight apps that cannot be uninstalled.
ZTE Nubia Z50 Ultra Specifications
Display: 6.8-inch (2480 × 1116 pixels) Full HD+ AMOLED 20:9 aspect ratio flexible curved screen with 120Hz refresh rate, 960Hz touch sampling rate, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, 10-bit color depth, up to 1500 nits brightness
Chipset: Octa Core Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 4nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 740 GPU
RAM/Storage: 8GB / 12GB / 16GB LPDDR5X RAM with 256GB / 512GB / 1TB (UFS 4.0) storage
Operating System: Android 13 with MyOS 13
SIM: Dual SIM (nano + nano)
Rear Camera:
- 64MP primary camera with LED flash, f/1.6 aperture, Sony IMX787 sensor, OIS, 35mm lens
- 50MP 116° ultrawide camera with Samsung JN1 sensor, f/2.2 aperture, 2cm macro
- 50MP periscope telephoto camera with OmniVision OV64B sensor, 8K video recording
Selfie Camera: 16MP under display camera with OmniVision OV16E1Q sensor, f/2.0 aperture
Fingerprint sensor: Yes, In-display
Multimedia: USB Type-C audio, Dual smart PA, Stereo dual speakers, DTS: X Ultra
Connectivity: 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5.2, GPS/GLONASS, USB Type-C
Battery: 5000mAh (Typical) with 80W fast charging
Nubia Z50 Ultra Price and Availability
The Nubia Z50 Ultra has arrived in multiple variants in China such as:
- 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage – 3,999 Yuan (~$577)
- 12 GB RAM + 256 GB storage – 4,299 Yuan (~$620)
- 12 GB RAM + 512 GB storage – 4,699 Yuan (~$678)
- 16 GB RAM + 1 TB storage – 5,999 Yuan (~$866)
As seen above, the special Nubia Z50 Ultra Starry Night Collector’s Edition, which comes with 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage, is priced at 4,999 Yuan (~$721). It comes in blue, and the design of the special edition phone is inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night.” The regular Z50 Ultra comes in black and grey colors.
All the variants of the Z50 Ultra are available for pre-order in China starting today. Its first sale will start at 10 am (local time) on March 14.
