The Nubia Z80 Ultra has just been unveiled as the brand’s latest flagship smartphone. This model brings Qualcomm’s latest and greatest, a massive battery pack, an upgraded main camera, and much more. So here’s everything you need to know.
1. Nubia Z80 Ultra: Design & Display
Nubia’s latest premium phone appears quite similar to its predecessor. So you still get a rectangular camera module on the rear with a large cutout for the main sensor. The device has a flat side, front, and rear panel. It measures 8.6mm thick and weighs 227 grams, with an IP68 + IP69 rating for water and dust resistance. Nubia’s Z80 Ultra arrives in multiple color options, namely Phantom Black, Condensed Light White, and Starry Night Collector’s Edition. There is even a Luo Tianyi Limited Edition variant, which features a bright red design.
On the front, the device sports a tall 6.85-inch BOX X10 OLED display with a 1.5K resolution, a 144Hz refresh rate, up to 960Hz touch sampling rate, 10 bit color depth, 100 percent DCI P3 color gamut, DC dimming, 2592Hz PWM dimming, and up to 2000 nits of peak brightness. The panel also houses an in-display fingerprint scanner.
2. Performance
The Nubia Z80 Ultra arrives as the latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 powered flagship smartphone, which brings upgrades in performance, graphics, and efficiency. This high end chip is paired with up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 1TB of UFS 4.1 storage. It runs on the latest Android 16 OS based Nebula AIOS 2 custom skin out of the box. The limited edition model also offers exclusive HD wallpapers and custom boot animations, fingerprint unlocking, charging, and more.
A massive 7,200mAh battery pack powers this model, which supports 90W wired fast charging, 80W wireless fast charging, and reverse wireless charging. Other notable features include WiFi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, NFC, dual speakers, and a USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 1 port.
3. Camera
Nubia is known for offering powerful smartphones with its flagship lineup, but these weren’t known for their photography prowess. Only certain models got the high end camera systems. However, the company aims to improve the camera experience with the Z80 Ultra. One of the biggest improvements is to the main camera. The older Z70 Ultra packed a 1/1.56-inch main camera, which has been upgraded to a larger 50MP 1/1.3-inch OmniVision LightMaster 990 sensor.
This camera supports OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) with a wide f/1.5 aperture. It is coupled with a 50MP 1/1.55-inch ultra wide angle lens with a 120 degree field of view and an f/1.8 aperture, and a 64MP 1/2-inch periscope telephoto shooter with 15cm telephoto macro support, OIS, and an f/2.4 aperture. While the ultra wide camera is getting an upgrade, the telephoto camera appears to be identical to last year’s model.
For those looking to take photography more seriously with this device, Nubia has also introduced a new Professional Photography Kit for this model. It features a leather and titanium build with mechanical operation keys that offer the feel of a real camera. There are also various other controls for finer tuning, a T-mount for external lens support, and a filter adapter ring that lets users attach the 67mm camera filter.
4. Pricing and Availability
The Nubia Z80 Ultra was just unveiled in China in multiple storage configurations. It is already on sale in China, with the global release arriving soon, so here are the pricing details:
- 12GB + 512GB – 4,999 Yuan (~$702)
- 16GB + 512GB – 5,299 Yuan (~$744)
- 16GB + 1TB – 5,699 Yuan (~$800)
- 16GB + 512GB (Starry Night) – 5,599 Yuan (~$786)
- 16GB + 512GB (Luo Tianyi Limited Edition) – 5,799 Yuan (~$814)
- 16GB + 512GB (Starry Night) – 5,999 Yuan (~$842)
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