Introduction
A bit fragmented, the nubia Z50 household trickled into existence beginning with the Z50 correct virtually a 12 months in the past, adopted by the Z50 Extremely within the Spring and the Z50S Professional in late July. It is the latter one we now have for overview now, and it could possibly get us overrated for the upcoming subsequent technology of nubia Zs.
The Z50S Professional continues alongside a digital camera path that ZTE/nubia have been pursuing for just a few smartphone generations. It includes a 35mm-equivalent major unit – a staple focal size of the nubia Z lineup and the ZTE Axons. It is totally different from what its different 35mm-equipped stablemates have, and the 1/1.49″ sensor right here is the largest one utilized by ZTE to this point. It is not a foul begin, however the different cameras are much less outstanding. At the least, the AF-capable 50MP 13mm ultrawide appears to be like extra promising than the modest 8MP 80mm telephoto.
Considerably camera-related, a slider swap on the aspect of the telephone can function a shortcut for the digital camera app – a tactile cue that goals to work in tandem with a physique designed to evoke recollections of a time when cameras weren’t smartphones.
It is a smartphone alright although, the nubia Z50S Professional, and a fairly well-specced one. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 inside it is just simply now being changed by the Gen 3 as essentially the most highly effective Android chipset, and with as much as 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, you definitely will not be strapped for reminiscence.
The brilliant and high-res 6.78-inch OLED show will definitely hold you entertained, the 5,100mAh battery will guarantee it does so for some time, and the 80W charging will allow swift top-ups for when ‘some time’ will not be sufficient.
ZTE nubia Z50S Professional specs at a look:
- Physique: 163.6×75.9×8.6mm, 228g.
- Show: 6.78″ AMOLED, 1B colours, 120Hz, 1200 nits (peak), 1260x2800px decision, 20:9 side ratio, 452ppi.
- Chipset: Qualcomm SM8550-AC Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4 nm): Octa-core (1×3.36 GHz Cortex-X3 & 2×2.8 GHz Cortex-A715 & 2×2.8 GHz Cortex-A710 & 3×2.0 GHz Cortex-A510); Adreno 740 (719 MHz).
- Reminiscence: 256GB 12GB RAM, 1TB 12GB RAM, 1TB 16GB RAM; UFS 4.0.
- OS/Software program: Android 13, MyOS 13.
- Rear digital camera: Commonplace (most important): 50 MP, f/1.6, 35mm, 1/1.49″, PDAF, OIS; Extremely broad angle: 50 MP, f/2.0, 13mm, 125˚, AF; Telephoto: 8 MP, f/2.4, 80mm, 1/4″, PDAF, OIS, optical zoom.
- Entrance digital camera: 16 MP, f/2.5, 26mm (broad).
- Video seize: Rear digital camera: 4K; Entrance digital camera: 1080p@30fps.
- Battery: 5100mAh; 80W wired charging.
- Connectivity: 5G; Twin SIM; Wi-Fi 6e; BT 5.3; NFC; Infrared port.
- Misc: Fingerprint reader (beneath show, optical); stereo audio system.
nubia Z50S Professional unboxing
The Z50S Professional arrives in a field that itself has been styled to resemble a digital camera from the previous, prepping you for the appears to be like of the telephone that is inside.
Alongside the handset, you are getting a snap-on clear rear protecting cowl that additionally envelops the corners in reasonably cheesy shiny plastic – useful, maybe, but in addition polarizing with regards to appears to be like.
The charging answer shall be extra universally likable – an 80W adapter with a USB-C cable.