ZTE’s sub-brand Nubia revealed a couple of months ago that the Nubia Z17 will get the Android Pie update. However, after that announcement, there was no news related to that. Now the company has confirmed that the smartphone, which was launched in June 2017, will soon get the latest Android 9 Pie update.
The company has announced that the company will start recruitment for beta testers to test the Android Pie Beta version on the Nubia Z17. Later, the company will officially roll-out the stable version of the Android Pie update to all the users.
This will be second major update for the company’s 2017 flagship smartphone after the Nubia 6.0 update that brought Android Oreo version last year.
Coming to the specifications, the smartphone features a bezel-less design and comes with a 5.5-inch 1080p display panel protected by Corning Gorilla Glass. Under the hood, the phone comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor clocked at 2.45GHz.
It packs 8GB of RAM and 128GB of ROM. There are other memory options available, including 6GB RAM with either 64GB or 128GB of internal storage. As for the camera, it comes with a 23MP + 12MP camera sensors with f/1.8 aperture and 1.4um large pixel.
The camera setup supports 2x optical zoom and 10x dynamic zoom. The focus time is also impressive at 0.03 seconds. On the front side, the Nubia Z17 comes with a 16MP sensor with f/2.0 aperture and 80-degree wide angle lens.
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As for the software, the phone comes with Android 7.1 Nougat out-of-the-box with Nubia UI 5.0 on top. Connectivity features include Dolby Atmos, Hi-Fi+, NFC, Bluetooth 4.1 and dual-band Wi-Fi b/g/n/ac. The phone is powered by a 3,200mAh battery which charges up to 50% in 25 minutes.
