The Nubia Z50 comes in glass back and vegan leather back variants
The Nubia Z50 is made out of metal and glass, as expected. The green model comes with a vegan leather backplate though. The phone has a heavily curved display on the front, with thin bezels. A centered display camera hole is also included here. All the physical buttons sit on the right side, and on the black model, the power/lock key is red. Three cameras are included on the back, and the design of the camera section is rather interesting. There is also a ‘nubia’ branding next to the camera island. You’ll find a 6.67-inch fullHD+ (2400 x 1080) AMOLED display on the front, with a 144Hz refresh rate. We’re looking at a 20:9 aspect ratio here, and a 360Hz touch sampling rate. This is a 10-bit color display, and it goes up to 1,000 nits of brightness at its peak.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 fuels the device
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC fuels this smartphone, Qualcomm’s best so far. There are models of the phone with 8GB, 12GB, and 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM. Nubia also offers 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB of UFS 4.0 flash storage, depending on the model. Android 13 comes pre-installed on the phone, along with MyOS 13 skin. There are two SIM card slots included here (2x nano SIM). A 5,000mAh battery is also included, and the phone supports wired charging up to 80W.
There are two cameras on the back, and one on the front
A 64-megapixel main camera (f/1.6 aperture, Sony’s IM787 sensor, OIS, 35mm lens) is backed by a 50-megapixel ultrawide camera (116-degree FoV, Samsung JN1 sensor, f/2.2 aperture, 2cm macro). A single 16-megapixel camera (f/2.45 aperture) sits on the front. A Type-C USB port can be found at the bottom of the phone. Dual smart PA is also included, as are stereo speakers. DTS:X Ultra is supported, while the phone comes with Bluetooth 5.2. It also supports 5G (SA/NSA). The Nubia Z50 is 8.46mm thick in its glass variant, and 8.71mm in the vegan leather variant. The glass model weighs 199 grams, while the vegan leather variant is a bit lighter at 197 grams.
Three color options are available
The Nubia Z50 comes in Black and White colors with a glass back, and a Green color with a vegan leather backplate. The pricing starts at CNY2,999 ($430) in China, and it goes up to CNY5,999 ($860). We’re not sure if ZTE has any plans to offer this phone outside its homeland.
