After the Nubia Z9 Max and Nubia Z9
Mini, the Chinese smartphone maker ZTE
has launched its Nubia Z9 smartphone,
which like other high-end handsets
sports the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
processor. The handset, currently limited
to China, comes in three variants, namel
ZTE Nubia Z9 Classic , ZTE Nubia Z9
Elite, and ZTE Nubia Z9 Exclusive . The
variants are based on different memory
and inbuilt storage configurations, and
the Exclusive variant also includes a
fingerprint reader.
For now, users in China can book the
smartphones which are set to go on sale
starting May 21. The firm has not
mentioned any details on the
smartphones' global rollout. While the
ZTE Nubia Z9 Classic is priced at CNY
3,499 (roughly Rs. 36,000), the ZTE
Nubia Z9 Elite and ZTE Nubia Z9
Exclusive are priced at CNY 3,999
(roughly Rs. 41,200) and CNY 4,499
(roughly Rs. 46,300) respectively. The
handsets run on Nubia UI 3.0 based on
Android 5.0 Lollipop.
As mentioned above, the three dual-SIM
ZTE Nubia Z9 smartphones feature
nearly identical specifications. All three
sport a 5.2-inch full-HD (1080x1920
pixels) resolution IPS display with 2.5D
CGS (Continuous Grain Silicon)
technology and pixel density of 424ppi.
Featuring a reflective bezel that is just
0.8mm thick, the display gives the
impression of stretching from edge to
edge. The company has also included
Frame Interactive Technology (FIT)
gestures that are based on ways of
holding the nearly bezel-less phone, suc
as unlocking the phone with a swipe
along both sides, bringing up the camer
app when holding the phone up with
both hands, and other similar gestures.
The ZTE Nubia Z9 is powered by a 64-b
octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
processor (four 2GHz Cortex-A57 cores
four 1.5GHz Cortex-A53 cores) with
Adreno 430 GPU (600MHz). The
smartphone equips a 16-megapixel rear
camera powered by a Sony IMX234
Exmor RS sensor, f/2.0 aperture and 6P
lenses, and an 8-megapixel front facing
camera powered by a Sony IMX179
Exmor R BSI sensor and with 80-degree
wide viewing angle and f/2.4 aperture.
Measuring 147.4x68.3x8.9 mm, the ZTE
Nubia Z9 weighs 192 grams and is
backed by a 2900mAh battery. The
connectivity features include 4G LTE,
Bluetooth 4.1, NFC, Wi-Fi, GPS, MHL 3.0
and USB OTG. It will be available in Blac
and Gold colour variants.
Coming to the differences between the
three ZTE Nubia Z9 models - the ZTE
Nubia Z9 Classic features 3GB of
LPDDR4 RAM and 32GB of inbuilt
storage, the ZTE Nubia Z9 Elite comes
with 4GB of RAM (not specified if LPDDR
or LPDDR4) and 64GB of inbuilt storage,
and the ZTE Nubia Z9 Exclusive comes
with 4G of RAM and 64GB of inbuilt
storage as well as a TIO fingerprint
sensor on both the power button and
volume rocker. Notably, the company ha
also not specified if the smartphones
come with microSD card slots.
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