ZTE’s Nubia brand has announced a new mid-range gaming smartphone in China called Nubia Play. It comes with shoulder buttons for enhanced gaming.
The smartphone is equipped with 6.65-inch AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution at 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The screen delivers DCI-P3 colors and sports 4096 levels of automatic brightness. The display also boasts 144Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling rate. It has an in-display fingerprint sensor for fast and secure unlocking.
The Nubia Play specs include octa-core Snapdragon 765G SoC and comes in options of 6GB / 8GB RAM with 128GB storage and 8GB RAM with 256GB ROM. There is no microSD card support though. To keep the CPU temperature in check, it has ICE 2.5 rack mounted liquid cooling system.
The mobile features in 5100mAh battery which supports 30W fast charging. It has 12MP selfie camera at the front while the back side sports a combination of 48MP + 8MP + 2MP + 2MP shooters and LED Flash.
Nubia Play Specifications
- Dimensions: 171.7 x 78.5 x 9.1 mm
- Weight: 210 Grams
- SIM: Dual Slots
- Operating System: Android 10 based NubiaUI 8.0
- Biometrics: In-display fingerprint sensor
- Display: 6.65-inch AMOLED display with 2340 x 1080 pixels FHD+ resolution, 19.5:9 aspect ratio, 144Hz refresh rate, 240Hz touch sampling rate, 6.9ms low response time, DCI-P3 colors, 4096 levels of automatic brightness, multi-touch support
- Chipset: Octa-core Snapdragon 765G mobile platform with Adreno 620 GPU
- Cooling: ICE 2.5 rack-mounted liquid cooling with multiple heat dissipation, 61mm liquid cooling tube, thermal graphite, thermal gel (reduces CPU temperature by up to 16-degree C)
- RAM: 6GB / 8GB LPDDR4X (depending on model)
- Storage: 128GB / 256GB built-in (depending on model)
- Front camera: 12MP
- Rear cameras: Quad-rear cameras with LED Flash
- 48MP main with 1/2-inch Sony IMX582 sensor, F/1.75 Aperture, 6P lens, 0.8um pixel size, 0.1s PDAF
- 8MP with 120-degree ultra-wide angle lens
- 2MP macro with F/2.4 Aperture
- 2MP depth sensor with F/2.4 Aperture
- Battery: 5100mAh (typical) / 5000mAh (minimum) with 30W fast charging support
- Audio: 1217 Linear speakers with DTS Audio
- Connectivity: 5G (SA/NSA), Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Dual band (2.4GHz / 5GHz), Bluetooth V5.0, GPS (L1+L5)/GLONASS/Beidou, USB Type-C, NFC
- Others: Dual touch gaming shoulder keys
Nubia Play price list
- 6GB RAM + 128GB storage model: 2399 Yuan (US$ 340 / Rs. 26,100 approx.)
- 8GB RAM + 128GB storage model: 2699 Yuan (US$ 380 / Rs. 29,280 approx.)
- 8GB RAM + 256GB storage model: 2999 Yuan (US$ 425 / Rs. 32,540 approx.)
The Nubia Play colors include White, Black and Blue shades. It is already up for order and will start selling in China from April 24th.