The premium smartphone market is thriving at this point: you get your gaming-specific phones, your camera-focused flagships, your killer flagships, your battery champions. But so far we haven’t had a cameraphone that’s also a gaming phone and that’s the niche the nubia Z60 Ultra seeks to fill.
Before starting the test, a quick unboxing. The nubia Z60 Ultra comes with a hard plastic case, an 80W charger, and a USB-C cable.
The nubia Z60 Ultra is a flagship with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, up to 24 GB of RAM, is IP68 waterproof and has an under-display camera.
But it’s the camera system that really shines, at least on paper. ZTE is the only manufacturer that maintains a physical 35mm prime lens, something that photographers, especially old school ones, love it for. The 35mm has a narrower field of view than the 23-24mm focal length that is the default these days. At 35mm, you also get good subject-background separation – bokeh or background blur, thanks in equal parts to the nubia Z60 Ultra’s large 1/1.49-inch sensor.
The ultrawide promises to be equally interesting: it’s a little narrower than usual at 18mm (still very wide), but it has a large 1/1.55-inch sensor and a bright f/1.8 lens. The zoom is an 85mm f/3.3 periscope with a large half-inch sensor.
We expect great things from the nubia Z60 Ultra’s camera system, provided the software can keep up with the hardware.
Finally, a word on design and construction. The nubia Z60 Ultra is a rectangular phone with thick sides. It’s heavy at 246g, but that’s the price you pay for a massive 6,000mAh battery.
The phone is encased in a matte metal casing that is both a pleasure to touch and beautiful to look at.
That’s all for now, stay tuned for more information.
The nubia Z60 Ultra
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