ZTE’s nubia brand just announced the Nubia Z18, the
company’s latest flagship smartphone in the ‘Z series’ in China, as it had
promised. It has a 5.99-inch Full HD+ 18:9 aspect ratio display with 91.8%
screen-to-body ratio, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by
Snapdragon 845 with up to 8GB RAM, runs Android 8.1 (Oreo) with nubia UI 6.0 on
top, has a 16-megapixel rear camera with f/1.6 aperture, PDAF, OIS along with a
24-megapixel secondary rear camera for portrait shots. It has AI scene
recognition that can recognise 500 scenes.
It has an 8-megapixel front camera with support for
Face unlocking that scans up to 106 facial points and also lights up the screen
when you lift the phone to unlock the phone quickly. It has a glass back that
also has a Corning Gorilla Glass protection, all-metal Aluminum alloy frame and
comes with a dedicated voice button. There is a fingerprint sensor on the back
and packs a 3450mAh battery with support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 4.
Nubia Z18 specifications
- 5.99-inch (2160 × 1080 pixels) 18:9 FHD+ In-Cell 2.5D curved glass display, 96% NTSC color gamut, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
- 2.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 845 64-bit 10nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 630 GPU
- 6GB LPDDR4 RAM with 64GB (UFS 2.1) storage, 8GB RAM with 128GB internal storage
- Android 8.1 (Oreo) with nubia UI 6.0
- Dual SIM
- 16MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, f/1.6 aperture, PDAF, OIS, EIS, 24MP secondary rear camera with f/1.6 aperture
- 8MP front-facing camera with wide-angle lens, f/2.0 aperture
- Fingerprint sensor
- DTS+D-BASS
- Dimensions: 148.58×72.54×8.55mm; Weight: 172g
- 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C
- 3450mAh (typical) / 3350mAh (minimum) battery with Quick Charge 4.0 fast charging
The Nubia Z18 comes in Midnight Black and Nebula Red
colors, is priced at 2799 yuan (US$ 409) for the 6GB RAM
with 64GB storage and the 8GB RAM with 128GB storage version costs 3299 yuan
(US$ 482). The Limited Edition Van Gogh Starlight
Collector’s Edition is priced at 3,599 yuan (US$ 526). It
will go on sale in China from September 11th.
