ZTE-backed Nubia recently announced its flagship Z-series smartphone in its home country China, dubbed Nubia Z50 Ultra, which features top-of-the-line specifications and an under-display camera.

Today, the Nubia Z50 Ultra flagship smartphone is officially available for purchase in the Chinese market, with a starting price of 3,999 yuan which roughly converts to $584.

Nubia Z50 Ultra
Nubia Z50 Ultra

The smartphone’s base model with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage costs 3,999 yuan (~$5824), while the 12GB RAM and 256GB storage model is priced at 4,299 yuan (~$627). The 12GB RAM and 512GB storage version is available for 4,699 yuan (~$685), and the 16GB RAM with 1TB internal storage model costs 5,999 yuan (~$874). There’s also a Star Collection Edition with 12GB RAM and 512GB storage, costing 4,999 yuan (~$729).

Coming to the specifications, the Nubia Z50 Ultra features a 6.8-inch OLED display that offers a Full HD+ screen resolution of 2480 x 1116 pixels, a refresh rate of 120Hz, a touch sampling rate of 960Hz, 1440Hz PWM dimming, peak brightness of 1500 nits, 10-bit colors, and a 100 percent DCI-P3 color gamut.

Under the hood, the device comes powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, coupled with LPDDR5x RAM and UFS 4.0 internal storage. There’s a 4212mm2 large vapor chamber liquid cooling system to keep the phone’s temperature in check when it’s under a heavy workload.

In the camera department, there’s a 35mm 64-megapixel Sony IMX787 primary camera sensor with OIS support, an 85mm 64-megapixel periscope zoom camera with OIS support, and a 50-megapixel ultra-wide camera, which also doubles up as a macro camera.

The phone’s highlight remains 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 percent, allowing the phone to capture better selfie shots than before.

It comes with 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. The device runs the Android 13 operating system with MyOS 13 custom interface. The phone is powered by a 5,000mAh battery with 80W fast charging support.

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