nubia’s Weibo account ran a poll among fans asking what would be the most-valued features of the upcoming nubia Z-series flagship. “Appearance” won the poll with “photography” a close second – it may or may not be a coincidence that those two are combined in the latest leak. It allegedly shows a render of the nubia Z30, which has an under-display selfie camera. The ZTE Axon 20 series from last year were the first phones to bring such a camera to market, but the Axon 30 series has abandoned it.
Maybe that is transferring over to the
nubia line – it’s hard to beat the looks of an under display camera. That
display is showing some curved sides too, which are matched by the curved sides
of the back. On the back is a quad camera with the “100x hybrid zoom” label.
Below that are the focal lengths – 16 mm for the ultra wide camera and 135 mm
for the telephoto (5x magnification over the main camera). That is presumably a
periscope, even though it is not drawn as such in the render.
Will the nubia Z30 have a secondary
display on its back, just like its predecessor did? It’s possible, but it’s not
seen in the render and the folks on Weibo are just speculating for now. The Z20
had a fairly large 5.1” AMOLED on its back (720 x 1,520 px), which could almost
disappear when turned off (putting wallpapers on the back was cool, main camera
selfies were even cooler).
The nubia Z30 will be powered by a
Snapdragon 888 chipset, this was confirmed almost as soon as the chipset itself
was announced. But that was months ago and we still don’t know when the phone
will be unveiled.
