Nubia looks set to expand its foldable lineup in a big way. A new leak from Evan Blass has revealed two upcoming devices — the company’s first book-style foldable and the next entry in its clamshell series.
Until now, Nubia has only released flip-style foldables, with two generations already out. The newly leaked Nubia Fold changes that. The images show a full-size book-style model that puts Nubia directly up against Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 7 and other big names in the category.
The inner display shows off uniform bezels. Flip it over, and things get eye-catching: a massive camera island taking up nearly a third of the back, with three circular lens cutouts, a ring light, a pill-shaped flash, and some branding off to the right. The whole module sticks out quite a bit too, giving the phone a noticeably chunky camera setup for a first-gen book-style foldable.
That said, one of those “lens” cutouts might be purely cosmetic — there is a common practice of adding decorative openings, as seen on the RedMagic 11 Pro+.
The tipster also shared some schematics of the book-style foldable that reveal a centered punch-hole selfie camera on the outer display, a top-right punch-hole selfie camera on the inner display, along with the placements for the speakers, microphones, SIM tray, and USB-C port.
The second device, the Nubia Flip 3, continues the company’s habit of redesigning its flip phone every generation. The first model had a circular cover display; the Flip 2 switched to a tall rectangular one; and now the Flip 3 render shows a full-width outer screen that wraps around the dual cameras. It looks somewhat similar to the Xiaomi Mix Flip 2 – just one of the cutouts is much smaller than the other on Nubia’s design.
One interesting detail is the dual-LED flash, which sits on the lower half of the back instead of next to the camera module. Honor made a similar choice on the Magic V Flip 2, and while the placement will look odd and somewhat less practical to some, it does clear up space for the larger cover display.
There’s still no word on specs or pricing, and the launch timeline is wide open. Nubia could announce these devices before the end of 2025, or hold them for early 2026. To recall, the first- and second-gen flip models launched in February 2024 and January 2025, respectively. Either way, the leak makes it clear the brand is gearing up to push into both major foldable categories at once.
(Source: Evan Blass)
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