A new Nubia phone is coming and thanks to photos
shared on Weibo, we know it will launch as the Nubia Z20. Yes, it appears Nubia
is skipping the number 19 and jumping straight to 20. But seeing as we are in
the year 2019, doesn’t it make sense that the name follows the year?
The Nubia Z20 will succeed the Nubia Z18 which
launched last September. To show off the phone, Nubia has partnered with Dr.
Deng Licai of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who goes by @Astroman201410 on
Weibo.
The scientist was able to capture the solar eclipse
which occurred in Chile yesterday with the Nubia Z20. In his Weibo post which
includes photos taken by the phone, he praised the camera prowess of the device
and says it has greatly improved over its predecessor.
This is not the first time Nubia is working with Dr.
Deng Licai. Last year, he also got to test the Nubia Z18 before its release
which he used to take photos of the Milky Way. Nubia’s President and co-founder,
Ni Fei, retweeted the post and added that the Nubia Z20 is a flagship camera
phone. Weibo also shows that he made the post with the Nubia Z20 which hints
that the phone is close to launching.
The Nubia Z20’s specs and design are unknown at the
moment but we expect it will come with a Snapdragon 855 processor. It should
also launch with Android Pie out of the box. It will be nice to get a bigger
battery but Nubia may also decide to add a bigger display.
We expect more details of the phone will surface in
the coming weeks.
