ZTE nubia X

  • Released 2018, November
    181g, 8.4mm thickness
    Android 8.1; Nubia UI 6
    64GB/128GB/512GB storage, no card slot
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  • 6.26"
    1080x2280 pixels
  • 24MP
    2160p
  • 6/8GB RAM
    Snapdragon 845
  • 3800mAh
    Li-Po

ZTE nubia X - Specs

Network Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
  CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
  CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (6CA) Cat18 1200/150 Mbps
Launch Announced 2018, October
Status Available. Released 2018, November
Body Dimensions 154.1 x 73.3 x 8.4 mm (6.07 x 2.89 x 0.33 in)
Weight 181 g (6.38 oz)
Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame
SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display Type LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 6.26 inches, 97.8 cm2 (~86.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 2280 pixels, 19:9 ratio (~403 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
 Secondary display (on the back): OLED, 5.1 inches, 720 x 1520 pixels, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Platform OS Android 8.1 (Oreo); Nubia UI 6
Chipset Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm)
CPU Octa-core (4x2.65 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 385 Silver)
GPU Adreno 630
Memory Card slot No
Internal 64GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM, 512GB 8GB RAM
Main Camera Dual 16 MP, f/1.8, PDAF
24 MP, f/1.7, PDAF
Features Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Selfie camera Dual Uses main cameras
Features Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack No
 DTS HD sound
32-bit/384kHz audio
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Radio No
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
Features Sensors Dual fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Battery   Non-removable Li-Po 3800 mAh battery
Charging Fast battery charging 18W (Quick Charge 4)
Misc Colors Blue Gold, Sea Blue, Black Gold, Deep Gray, Starry Night (512 GB only)
Models NX616J
Price About 450 EUR

ZTE nubia X - User Reviews

  • You should decide between nubia z20 and meizu 16s pro instead. Both are beautiful phones.

  • First of all, the nubia X is older than the Meizu 16XS. Interestingly, they both have 403 ppi. The Meizu 16XS has Android 9.0, while the nubia X has Android 8.1. The Meizu 16XS has a 48 MP camera, while the nubia X has a 24 MP camera. Meizu 16XS has better camera. P.S. The nubia X costs more than the Meizu 16XS

  • Hi everyone which has better camera nubia x or meizu 16xs. Torn between this two phones.

  • In reply to your question. The Nubia X comes pre-installed with Google Play and Google services. The international version/global version. Even if you reset the phone all Google You can buy it now with Android pie factory pre-installed from gearbest.

  • is it come with English apps or Chinese apps and have it installed Google play apps already ?

  • Thank ya so much....much obliged....looking forward to it!

  • My reply to request to a preorder link for the Nubia Z20 International/global version, there is no direct link at present to preorder the nubia Z20. When available i will leave comment.

  • In regards to a comment to a direct link to the nubia x International version on gearbest. Just go and download the gearbest app from google play store and sign up to a gearbest account and choose your currency of nigera.

  • Not to mention, it is better to have 2 displays as you could save battery since the rear display is only 720p and with that said, lower battery consumption whenever you are outdoors or dying to save juice for emergency purposes.. Also, batt life of the phone is impressive.

  • please,i live in nigeria....pls give me a direct link to place an order, though am eyeing already the elder brother, nubia z20 which will be allegedly out in september for the global version. if you have a direct link for me to preorder it...ill be so grateful....thank ya so much

  • Mine shipped with android 9.0 pie. Custom Global Rom

  • I believe my information is important to those making a decision about purchasing the Nubia X so called global version with a global or international ROM. The good news is you can buy the international version supports all global network bands and comes with Google Play Store and Google services with the colour ocean blue from gearbest. Check it out...

  • same. I just hope for an official global version.

  • the more i look at this phone the more i feel likw buying it

  • Indian customer don't purchase nubia product service center very worst in chennai tamilnadu

  • omg i died xd

  • and is this phone bezel less just like the nubia z9 and nubia z17 ?

  • There are only 3 sausage phones on the market, sony sausage 1, sausage 10 and sausage 10 plus.

  • Aliexpresa, u need a credit or debit card, and costs around Php25k

  • Not really a "sausage phone" at that width, that's more the Samsungs at about 70mm, this just has small bezels although not as small as on the pre-release photo on here if you look at photos of the actual phone.

  • 73 mm width? No, thanks, sick of sousage phones

  • It looks nice and had a good design. If only this phone (ZTE Nubia X) can be upgraded into Android 9 instead of staying on Android 8, perhaps I would like to purchase it for my next phone. Hope ZTE will make a better version and create an upgrade one in this competition era with other flagship of branded smartphones out there in the world.

  • This looks aesthetically much better than Vivo's NEX Dual Display. The latter looks like a total mess compared to ZTE's.

  • Crazy design, but at least it's a new idea.

  • If you've seen the movie "Snowden", you need to buy this type of phone! I would definitely buy one!

  • Great idea, but quite disappointing execution. This phone could be close to perfection, if the camera would be stellar - it's not, there's even no OIS.

  • The back screen for selfie

  • can somebody help installation on Nubia X please!!!

  • nice phone i want it . where i can buy this ? philippines pnly

  • No. They will release 5g sd855 version this year

  • Another stunner. There is a rumor that a smaller 5"+ version will come out in 2019, in a few months.

  • looks like cool

  • Yet another slippery soap bar?

  • No review?

  • The best looking smartphone yet

  • No 3.5mm jack.No deal

  • And too thick

  • According to Zack this phone has an IR-blaster on top. Perhaps GA can adjust its specifications-page of this model?

  • i u developer of smartphone

  • The back screen its just for supporting main camera. No need turn on both display.

  • no not the hideous 4 camera setup. it would look shit

  • Only a 3800mAh Li-Po battery is risky on 2 screens, with the battery degrading over time, it might not hold up

  • Such info is wrong! it has I think 94 to 94.6 Screen to body ratio!

  • I dont get how this phone only has 86% screen to body ratio, it looks like a 93% at least... Is this pic a fake?

  • ‎ and mini 5" coming in jun 2019. waiting ....breaking news

  • nice one!

  • Can you turn on both screens at the same time?Say for example you are using the front screen while the back shows the time or a screensaver

  • Just a suggesting. Make both screens super amoled and a 5000 mah battery. Also remove all the bloatware. It will become an instant killer.

  • Definitely worth a detailed GSMArena review ;)

  • Around mix 3 chin thick

  • I love this one. The invention and other features in this phone are amazing! This is smart! Thanks for keeping the physical fingerprint scanner since in display fingerprint scanners are still not there yet. The body dimension also enables to use with one hand which is nice. Maybe amoled screen at the front with 4 cameras at the back, just like galaxy A9's and adding both ois and eis, keeping the dual tone flash, all arranged horizontally at the top. Perfect

  • are the bezels iPhone big? or not that big?

  • The bezels do look small as you can see here, but once you actually see it in person, they aren't that small.

  • YotaPhone already into dual screen since 2012

  • Hopefully what you said is true. I can wait a couple of months for this phone. Maybe I'll see a better prospective new phone in that span. Maybe not. But right now, this is what I want. My 2nd choice is honor note 10 but it seems I can't flash custom roms in there and I'm a little bit hesitant to buy kirin/mali phones for gaming, despite the cpu/gpu turbo concept.

  • Well someone can press button by accident.

  • Does anyone know if this will work on Verizon? It shows some CDMA bands, but I would like to be sure.

  • Anyone know if this will work on T-Mobile?

  • Not yet. Usually it takes 2-3 months for the global version. The lte bands in the list also suggests the global version is coming. But as of now I don't see a global version released.

  • The selfie camera was on the back of it. That is why the phone is dual screen.

  • the bottom bezel is bit large in actual phone.Please change the image it just not as original phone.

  • Can you use this on US Verizon network? It has CDMA but I wanted to make sure

  • Ok i get what you mean now. But does nubia x have non-china released version? I think only China version. And i read article about google not allowing china rom phones and unofficial android (like fire tv) to have google play store working on them. On xda, one person said his nubia x can't get play store to work. Otherwise I would have ordered it already. I already saw a local seller.

  • Not completely custom as in nubia phones have roms based on locations, like u can have chinese, global, indian etc. I switched from global to Indian because that was the latest. Completely custom is something u get from XDA and all, where they specify what works and what doesn't. I remember Chinese rom having issue with playstore, but other ones doesn't. To check these roms, you have to go to the country based nubia site, u l get the latest rom there.

  • That is why there is a back screen for capturing selfies with back camera duhh

  • You use the back camera, thats why you've got a full funtioning second screen on the back

  • You can buy any mobile phone online. They will deliver in your country. AliExpress.com | Easy Online Shopping www.aliexpress.com Or download app in play store

  • thene is no front camera, ..soooo funny

  • This phone looks great! I am seriously thinking to buy one when it will be available. I only hope that camera will be good enough.

  • Will this phone ever ship to Nigeria/Africa? And, please, who can explain why certain (niche?) phones (e.g. phablets like Huawei 8X Max, etc.) are not intended for Nigeria/Africa?

  • I saw a youtube unboxing. I think there's a case included. Dark semi-transparent case

  • What do you mean by "not completely custom"? I'm talking about lineage custom rom and the like. Are we talking about same kind of custom roms? There's a person who already have the phone. Has problems installing play store

  • I don't have this phone. As I told you I have a nubia Z17 and Z11 minis. I have installed custom in one , but not completely custom, as I changed from one country OS to another country. I loaded that from internal memory only and it went through smooth. The risk is same when you do the same any other phone. But the battery life I get for mine is awesome with just 2950 mAh, and it charges fast too.

  • Like it or not, i think the Nubia X just shook the mobile industry. Really intelligent from their part using the secondary camera as the primary too. Do you actually getting it ? It is futuristic guys. The actual leaping forward or or innovation is this one. No one thought of this idea. i am mesmerized. Good job. Definitely looking forward to buy this. And yeah, who cares about a case for this type of phone when the killer feature is the second display. Yeah the latter is oled and the main one is lcd, now you might be thinking that it is a bit crazy but i think that they presume you will use the second display the most. that's it. i guess it is right.

  • please tell me that you are now seeing the led thing at the upper back ?

  • the other screen activates only with you press the specific side button. otherwise you are safe to enjoy your 'action ' videos xD HAHA

  • Anybody knows if it has wireless charging?

  • Wait for the international version, it'll come Pre-installed with google play store.

  • I was going to choose to buy this phone but according to xda, they have a problem installing google play store. I already have to give up the 3.5mm jack and the micro sd slot and fm radio. If it really can't have google play store installed, i might go buy honor note 10 instead

  • Just wanted to make sure the phone actually is capable of selecting some other languajes that's all, is it?

  • For sure you can change language. Now I am using ZTE Axon 7 and it has dozens of languages.

  • that actually is a beautiful bezelless phone without a notch, the only issue i got with it is the lack of a headphonejack, thats a real selling point to me. Otherwise that would be a really nice phone (because i think notches are disgusting)

  • I like this design. If manufacturers implements a glass back, better have a screen in it so to justify the back as having glass for functional purposes and not just for aesthetic.

  • If you can good luck finding it, just go to the local Chinese take out and have them do it, if not just flash it with a custom ROM but you may not have all available features

  • No. What i meant was split screen was the last new feature of android that was important for me. Oreo and pie features are not that important for me. Do you already have this phone? How is battery life? And does the absence of sd card slot make it harder to fix if the phone was bricked during flashing of custom rom?

  • Is there a way for me to change the languaje to this phone? i mean, can i select english in to the languaje selection or it's just chineese?

  • I feel like this phone is the new Axon M and it will be actually an amazing phone

  • :). Split screen is available in my Nubia. In developer options there is even an option for a secondary display, which will show up small on top of the main display, with customizable sizes. But I could never find out the use of it.

  • For its price its a great úphone but whats the battery consumption??? And can we use only one screen?? Working with one and accidetaly pressing buttons on other one should be stressfull

  • It will be funny watching adult industry movies without any case in the bus if the other screen turns on as well. :-)

  • One of the bad things that I see with this phone and having the double screen is the amount of cooling for the components inside the phone without burning up would have to be amazing

  • scratch ..!! scratch ..!! scratch ..!! front and back screen so the phone will stand???

  • full view

  • And you have successfully killed the notch.. Good Job hahaha

  • The Vivo Nex S doesn't have NFC, which was a downer initially for me. I was able to overcome that by pairing it with a Galaxy S3 watch and made NFC payments through that.

  • it has screens on both side :)

  • Ok thanks. I was just wondering if the os has bugs and they never give updates to fix them. Then I might need a custom os. I only care about os updates if there good features like split screen. Oreo and pie don't have anything useful for me really. I have never had any zte or nubia phones so I'm asking

  • Then don't buy it!

  • there is no secondary camera in the front. so if you want to take a selfie, you can use the camera in the back and see yourself on the second screen.

  • To get remove camera from the front for example then you don’t have to introduce notch etc. . When companies tried to do something different, there always exists someone who criticize them.

  • You heard it here first

  • Doing that is easy compared to other phones I believe as there is an option to install packages directly from your card or internal storage. But the point is would you go for a custom os that you are not sure if it will fully work. It's same not mostly I see for all nubias, I own 2 models. But I have seen Axon models with later os and better updates.

  • what is the purpose of 2 screen on that phone ?? that 3800mah Good luck if that phone can last for a day. person how will buy that phone always rub the back or the front of that phone. and hard to find a hard case for that !!

  • want, give! We will not see it in eu... too bad

  • No , its has 2 screens so back camera will be your front camera once you turn you phone around to take a selfie..

  • It seems it does not support NFC. How can it be nowadays??

  • Yes, when you turn this phone back, you will see that rear cameras are also a sefie cameras, becasue of this device has a second screen on its back :) Isn't it a genius solution?!

  • Wow. Now THAT is a design!

  • That phone was supposed to be over 90% screen-to-body ratio.

  • Does it got any front camera

  • I used to have yotaphone 2...yes nubia x is a beautiful smartphone without notch. Waiting the price in Indonesia.

  • I can imagine that there maybe a global or international version available soon. If there is a global version, i would be interested in buying one.

  • If it were B28 band I would buy it. Mobile with such great specs without ......

  • But does nubia phones (all nubia, not just z17) can have unlocked bootloader? Do nubia phones have custom rom support?

  • I own a Nubia z17 mini released in 2017 April, which I bought early this year. Still stuck with marshmallow and no updates when I checked with customer care.

  • Where they put all the sensor's and led notification on this phone?

  • nice revolution

  • What ?... Both side screen.

  • Technologies changes wireless is the future.

  • Does nubia/zte give updates? Android upgrades?

  • If you are a person who would think that you should buy an iphone, stick with it because this is nothing like an iphone.

  • This beauty is almost perfect. Except it has no 700MHz (B28) for Australian's Telstra LTE / Optus FDD-LTE. Argh..

  • So that when you flip the the phone to look at the secondary display you can still unlock the the phone by putting your finger on the same place and it will also be easy to unlock if you are legendary handed.

  • Only complain for me, would be 4k 60p Video Recording! other than that! awesome!

  • I just bought an iPhone Xs Max and this makes me want to switch. The notch is really bothering me

  • That is a smart , although lacks a 3.5 mm jack but this approach is good.

  • I've just sign up to tell ZTE they did a really good job on their latest model, dual despaly just you could use a single set of cameras and avoid the notch!, brilliant!

  • And I was thinking, Note 9 is the best looking phone of 2018...

  • almost perfect except no 3.5mm jack, too bad

  • This is better than doing nothing and I think this is the best. They think of something for the consumers. Thank you ZTE.

  • Americans would be crying now in their pants for dissing ZTE.

  • This is better than doing the same thing all over and over again. Shame on those lazy companies who earns money just to pay their highly paid employees does nothing to for the consumers.

  • awesome

  • only zte make phone I mean great phone who want overpriced iPhone xs

  • Very interesting indeed

  • Honestly one of the best ideas I've seen in a long time. I'm not sure if it'll be a long term solution to the notch, but I love what they're trying. My guess is, if higher end manufacturers were to build a similar phone, dual screens, the cost to the consumer would be even higher than where we are now. Over $1500. For the price their selling it at, I would definitely get one, that is, if importing the phone wouldn't cause the total price to sky rocket. If I was able to get a phone like this for $600 CDN, then yea, I'd be getting one right now.

  • This idea is definitely interesting. I'd say that the secondary screen can be smaller(but big enough for selfie) but may also have finger print scanner implemented underneath? This secondary screen only needs to carry essential functions like selfie view, finger print reader, and just maybe the "initial" display before unlocking your phone? That'd be very, very interesting.

  • why do you need two fingerprint sensors like for real

  • Omg!

  • Well this thing is from future 😋😋, ditching front facing cameras for dual display, hmmm, not bad..

  • Talk about a come back :p

  • This phone looks freakin' cool!!! ♡●♡

  • u know what ? this is what those fruit fans said innovation.

  • Looks awesome, no notch, nice design, second screen high-end spec and Best price!!! Nice ZTE!!

  • I really think this a big step towards the new generation of smartphones There are some details issues (OLED as back screen, LED as frontal? ), thickness (imagine a slimmer phone with the same specs) , & some other minor things, but overall, I really do like this concept

  • not really. with a 5inch Oled and 720P resolution the battery usage will be half ...

  • Actually you will end up using the amoled outside in sunlight and the ips inside home ... not bad.

  • back screen should be e-reader screen.

  • I think it's because oled screens are super thin. I don't think they are better than IPS though. At 1080p an lcd is plenty sharp but an oled with pentile isn't. Whites are kind of dull too. Running a higher resolution oled isn't saving battery either. I'm looking for a large screen and 1080p oled screens simply will not do.

  • That way you get a great camera for selfies, and with flash too, because it is the main camera. Clever. 64GB version for 400 euros, same price as crappy and ugly new Samsung A7... Nubia X will surely be my new phone if i can find one.

  • Very impressive, the chineses now are the true innovators...but still a bit heavy at 181 g.

  • so you telling me the back screen that you rarely use... is an oled screen? but the screen that you use 99% just a better than normal led

  • The Yota phone was honestly the most innovative and practical of all the secondary screen phones. Practical because e-ink saves so much more battery than an LCD panel.

  • There is a secondary camera

  • Like for the yota? Or the ZTE Axon M? Or the Meizu Pro 7? Or any Iphone that has a cutout on the back? What I am saying: the second screen is nothing new.

  • so no secondary camera, instead you get a secondary display? case companies should think hard to make the case of this phone lol

  • The front looks gorgeous!!! Love it