Last year, when Nubia unveiled the Nubia Z9 flagship, it was a big deal since we hardly had any true bezel-less phones in the market. Fast forward to 2016, and we have seen a few new phones with no bezels, so it may not be as big of a deal as it was last year. However, Nubia is here to show us its take on the bezel-less flagship for the second year by unveiling the brand new Nubia Z11 flagship in China. The company made this flagship official in an event today in Beijing, China.

The phone is powerful as well as beautiful. Thanks to its bezel-less display, the Nubia Z11 has managed to reduce its dimensions and its screen covers 81% of the body. So, the Z11 is one of the most compact 5.5-inch smartphones in the market today. Its dimensions are: 151.8 x 72.3 x 7.5mm and the phone weighs 162 grams. The phone gets a metal body with 2.5D glass on both sides. The body goes through nano-injection molding and precision CNC finish to ensure that the overall built turns out to be premium.

As for the specs, the Nubia Z11 comes with a 5.5-inch 1080p bezel-less negative LCD display with 500 nit brightness, wide viewing angles and anti-reflective screen. Further, the display comes with the new generation of FiT technology. First seen on the Nubia Z9 last year, the FiT edge touch technology adds various functions to the edge of the smartphone. So for things like starting or switching between applications, adjusting screen brightness or clearing up background apps, various edge-based gestures come to the rescue.

Inside, the Nubia Z11 comes with the mighty Snapdragon 820 chipset clocked at 2.15GHz. Nubia seems to have worked together with Qualcomm to implement the TruSignal technology on the chip inside its new flagship. To give you some numbers, the TurSignal tech reportedly optimizes phone antenna to reduce call drops by 30%, increase data speeds by 40%, and reduce power consumption due to connections by 20%. You get two memory variants, 4GB RAM + 64GB storage and 6GB RAM + 128GB storage. You can further expand this storage up to 200GB via MicroSD. Further, the phone supports dual SIM dual standby with 4G+ and VoLTE. The fingerprint sensor is located at the back and unlocks in just 0.1s.

At the back, the Nubia Z11 comes with a 16MP camera (Sony IMX298) with 6P lens, Blue glass IR filter, f/2.0 aperture, OIS, PDAF and the company’s NeoVision 6.0 tech. Up front, the phone features an 8MP sensor with f/2.4 aperture and 80 degrees wide angle lens.

As for the software, the phone runs on Android 6.0.1 out of the box with Nubia UI 4.0 on top. The battery will be of 3000mAh which although, sounds small, will reportedly provide up to 1.37 days of heavy usage and 2.17 days of average usage. The company says this is possible because of its NeoPower technology. The battery supports fast charging at 9V 2A.

C0ming to the pricing, the standard version of the Nubia Z11 with 4GB RAM + 64GB storage starts at 2499 Yuan ($376) while the top-end version with 6GB RAM + 128GB ROM retails for 3499 Yuan ($526). The phone is up for booking and will go on sale on July 6 at 10:00 AM. There will also be a C. Ronaldo special edition of the Nubia Z11, however, the company is yet to reveal pricing and release details about this version.

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Nubia Z11 is one of the most important smartphones for the company this year, given that it will be coming with top-notch specs and a bezel-less display. The GM of the company, Ni Fei had recently confirmed the bezel-less display on the device, which clearly makes it one of the highlighted features of the device. However, apart from this, thanks to the past TENAA listing, we knew that the phone was going to come with powerful specs, including Snapdragon 820. But if you had any doubts, then today, you should know that the Nubia Z11 (NX531J) was spotted on AnTuTu benchmark confirming powerful specs and top-notch performance.

According to today’s AnTuTu listing, the Nubia Z11 comes with Snapdragon 820 with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. There will be a 16MP camera at the back and an 8MP shooter up front. Also, the phone will sport a 1080p display. While the screen size is not revealed here, TENAA listing confirmed that it will be a 5.5-inch panel. Inside, the phone features a 2900mAh battery. As for the software, it comes with Android 6.0.1. This is great news as both Z11 Mini and Z11 Max came with Android 5.1 lollipop on top.

Now, coming to the performance, on AnTuTu, the Nubia Z11 managed to score about 140,000 which is a pretty good score. This puts the phone in the top rankings alongside phones like the Xiaomi Mi5, Galaxy S7 and the Le Max 2.

So, what do you think about the Nubia Z11? It is turning out to be quite a powerful smartphone.

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Nubia seems to be busy this month. The company first unveiled the Nubia Z11 Max phablet with an impressive screen to body ratio at the start of June. Now, the company is preparing to launch yet another product by the end of this month and it’s none other than the anticipated Nubia Z11 flagship. We have been hearing about this device at regular intervals in the past few months and now, finally, we have an official date when the phone will be released. The Z11 launch event will be held at the famous Beijing National Convention Center on June 28.

The company released a poster for the release of the new handset, and unsurprisingly, it features a picture of Cristiano Ronaldo. However, like the Nubia Z11 Max unveiling, don’t expect C. Ronaldo to be present at the event, since he will be currently busy with Euro 2016.

While Nubia is yet to officially start teasing the features of the new Nubia Z11, we already know most of the details about the device, thanks to its TENAA certification earlier. The phone will come with a bezel-less design, much like its predecessor. We can clearly see the design on the image of the front on TENAA. As for the specs, the phone will come with the Snapdragon 820 chipset under the hood clocked at 2.15GHz with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. We still don’t know whether there will be a 6GB RAM version, but we haven’t seen this high-end model on TENAA yet. Up front, it will sport a 5.5-inch 1080p bezel-less display. TENAA failed to give out the camera specs of the device, but considering the sensors on Nubia Z11 Max and Mini models, we can expect to see a 16MP shooter at the back and an 8MP sensor up front. The  battery is expected to be around 2900mAh, since the phone’s thickness is said to be limited to 7.75mm.

Now that Nubia has confirmed the launch event, we can expect a lot more information about the device in the next few days.

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ZTE’s subsidiary smartphone brand, Nubia has an official event on the 18th of this month. The company will most likely release a flagship smartphone at the event, either the rumored Nubia Z11 or the Nubia X8. While we are still unclear which one will meet us at the event, earlier today, new renders of the ZTE Nubia Z11 have emerged revealing some interesting information about the upcoming handset.

We had already seen the leaked front panel of the device a few days back. Looks like the phone in the new render sticks with the same design as the previous leak. However, at the back, we have some interesting features. First of all, you will notice that there are two cameras on top of the device. So, it looks like the Nubia Z11 will bring back the dual camera design trend to the industry.

Although there was initially a couple of flagships with such a setup, recently, most manufacturers have used a single rear camera setup on their smartphones. Since Nubia smartphone are specially known for their cameras, the company could be trying out something different in this department with the Z11.

Another feature that’s unlike previous generations is the fingerprint sensor on board. However, that’s hardly any surprise given that most flagships that have launched since the second half of 2015 have come with this feature.

This is not the first time we are hearing about a dual camera setup from Nubia. A couple of days back, a few Weibo posts, found by mydrivers, detailed the patents filed by the company regarding a dual camera setup on a smartphone. So, this feature could really end up on the Z11.

However, at this moment, it’s hard to confirm these features, just on the basis of a couple of weak renders. We would need some more concrete information like real life images to confirm whether these renders are the real deal.

As for the specs, the phone is expected to come with a 5.2-inch display with 2K resolution, 4GB RAM, 128GB internal storage, Snapdragon 820 quad-core chipset, 20.7MP rear camera, 13MP front camera and Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS. The body should be metal with bezelless display and FiT technology.

If Nubia announces the Nubia Z11 on January 18, it could turn out to be the second official handset with Snapdragon 820. Stay tuned for more details.

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This year at CES 2016, we didn’t see any new release from ZTE’s subsidiary, Nubia smartphones. However, according to the latest information, Nubia does have a smartphone launch in plan and we will most likely meet the next generation Nubia Z11 flagship on January 18. In addition to this news, we have also spotted a few alleged pictures of the front panel of the handset, showing off its bezelless design in white color.

From the pictures leaked today, Nubia Z11 seems to continue with the design language of the previous generation Nubia Z9. We can’t see any borders, confirming the bezelless design, so it will most likely feature the company’s patented aRC (arc Refractive Conduction) technology. Also, in one of the images where the Z9 is directly compared with the Z11, we can see that the top and the bottom bezels have also been reduced, further increasing the phone’s screen to body ratio.

As for the specs, it is said that the ZTE Nubia Z11 will come with Snapdragon 820 processor with 4GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. The screen up front will most likely be from Sharp, much thinner than existing panels and will measure 5.2-inches diagonally. At the back, you can expect to see a 20.7MP rear camera while up front, a 13MP shooter. The phone should also come with a fingerprint sensor on board. As for the software, it should come with Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS right out of the box.

This would be the first smartphone from the company after SUNING invested in Nubia at the end of last year. Nubia is said to release the smartphone on January 18, which is just a couple of weeks away. So, we can expect a lot more information on the handset in the coming days.

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