nubia Z70 Ultra review

26 November 2024


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> Sure, we've come to accept punch holes as a necessary evil
No, I don't accept punch holes.

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    • Anonymous
    • LfV
    • 26 Nov 2024

    Anonymous, 26 Nov 2024You are wrong here, you commented on magic v3 review which... more*exactly what happened

      copenahgen72, 26 Nov 2024As the owner of the Nubia Z60 Ultra, I consider the Z70 Ult... moreLowering the telephoto from 85mm to 70mm is definitely not a plus, even if the brighter focal aperture is great (f/3.3 vs. f/2.5). 70mm is an odd focal length to use compared to 85mm, which is THE best focal length for portrait photography. I agree with everything else you've said though. Making the ultrawide 12mm and downgrading the sensor to an absolutely tiny one was an absolutely unacceptable move. What they really should've done was this:

      ZTE nubia Z70 Ultra:
      •Measurements — 164.0 × 77.2 × 9.0mm
      •Display — 6.85", 95.3% screen-to-body-ratio, 1-120Hz, LTPO OLED, 2720×1224 (~435 PPI), 20:9 aspect ratio, 240Hz touch sampling rate, 2400nits (peak), HDR10+, Dolby Vision
      •Build quality — Glass front (matte; Gorilla Glass 7i), aluminium frame (matte), glass back (matte; Gorilla Glass 7i), IP68/IP69 dust/water resistance (1.5m for 30 minutes), MIL-STD-810H compliant
      •Chipset — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
      •Memory — 256GB UFS 4.0 + 16GB LPDDR5X RAM / 512GB UFS 4.0 + 16GB LPDDR5X RAM / 1TB UFS 4.0 + 16GB LPDDR5X RAM
      •Rear cameras:
      ✓Omnivision OV50H40 — 50MP, variable f/1.6-f/4.0 (10-step), 35mm (standard), 1/1.3"-type, 1.2µm, QPAF, OIS
      ✓Omnivision OV50E40 — 50MP, f/1.8, 100° FoV, 17.5mm (ultrawide), 1/1.55"-type, 1.0µm, QPAF (1.5cm-∞)
      ✓Omnivision OV64B40 — 64MP, f/2.8, 85mm (periscope telephoto), 1/2.0"-type, 0.7µm, ML-PDAF (8cm-∞), OIS, 2.4× optical zoom
      •Selfie camera:
      ✓Samsung ISOCELL JN5 — 50MP, f/1.8, 35mm (standard), 1/2.74"-type, 0.64µm, QPAF, under-display
      •Sound — Loudspeakers + stereo speakers
      •Battery and charging — 6,150mAh Si/C; 80W wired (USB-PD 3.0)
      •Sensors — Fingerprint (under-display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, colour spectrum

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        • Z60U all day
        • HBi
        • 26 Nov 2024

        The difference in quality is truly shocking between UW Z60U and this especially at night (i had to open a separate tab to compare) no wonder they didn't include head to head comparison with Z60U lol Also that main camera bump is too large and is VA really worth it? It would be 100x better without VA but with Z60U UW cam :/

          Sugo, 26 Nov 2024Dear GSMArena reviewers, in the ultrawide camera section yo... moreThank you for pointing it out - it has now been fixed.
          Georgi

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            • Manjit paik
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            • 26 Nov 2024

            Anonymous, 26 Nov 2024Same thing with v30 main cam vs z60 ultra ultrawideNice phone please give me

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              • Anonymous
              • LfV
              • 26 Nov 2024

              Anonymous, 26 Nov 2024You are wrong here, you commented on magic v3 review which... moreSame thing with v30 main cam vs z60 ultra ultrawide

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                • Anonymous
                • LfV
                • 26 Nov 2024

                Anonymous, 26 Nov 2024No. Disabling base iso does not exist. If sensor has bas... moreYou are wrong here, you commented on magic v3 review which has same main cam sensor, yet it doesn't start at even 100, yet alone 160. What I described is exactly what I described

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 26 Nov 2024

                  Anonymous, 26 Nov 2024Except in this case low iso range gets capped off, we have ... moreNo. Disabling base iso does not exist.
                  If sensor has base iso of 24, phone maker is not gonna " set " 100 as base.

                  You are not going to see 2 phones with for example using ov50a using 100 and 200 as base.



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                    • Anonymous
                    • 0p}
                    • 26 Nov 2024

                    Reviews here

                    Lack of ltpo on other brands: 😡
                    Lack of ltpo on this phone: no problem

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Fek
                      • 26 Nov 2024

                      Drop to 50% and no mention of that being a con.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • Fek
                        • 26 Nov 2024

                        Not to praise Asus but Rog 9 got much less CPU throttling and one of the cons was "it throttles"

                        But a drop to 50% with Nubia is fine?

                        Also the updates and translations is mediocre as usual, yet it is not mentioned as a con.

                        Usual review woes I guess...

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                          • Sugo
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                          • 26 Nov 2024

                          Dear GSMArena reviewers, in the ultrawide camera section you uploaded the same pictures on 18mm, 13mm and 24mm. To better clarify, the first picture in the 18mm section is absolutely the same picture in 13mm section and in 24mm section; same exact file; same exact exif data; no difference in focal length. The same is for the second photo of 18mm, 13mm, 24mm, the third one and so on. Please fix the issue and upload the right ones. As a owner of a ZTE Axon 40 ultra I was waiting for this review to change my phone and for what I can see now the uw camera is a terrible letdown. Thank you

                            Disappointing results, but can we take a moment to point the quick review from GSMarena ?
                            We groaned, complained and waited for so long to get the Z60 ultra review earlier this year, so kudos to publish the Z70U with such rapidity !

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 26 Nov 2024

                              jiyen235, 26 Nov 2024the battery is a huge letdown, is it a pre-release bug or s... moreWhat's funny is that Nubia's president made fun of rival brands for downgrading their components, accusing them of selling "fake flagship phones with only flagship chips". But guess what? His own company's latest phone comes with a massively downgraded ultrawide camera and worse battery life over its previous generation.

                              https://www.notebookcheck.net/Nubia-president-accuses-rivals-of-selling-fake-flagship-phones.922291.0.html

                              Irony at its finest.

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                                • Alex Norris
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                                • 26 Nov 2024

                                indlvarn, 26 Nov 2024Current generation phones are such a disappointment. Either... moreI was waiting for the release of this phone, expecting to see progress in cameras, but in reality it turned out even worse than last year

                                  Cool phone, no camera hole, nice design and camera.

                                    Current generation phones are such a disappointment. Either nothing new or impressive, or even degradation comparing it to last year.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • tA$
                                      • 26 Nov 2024

                                      Physical design: 100
                                      Features: 💀

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • LfV
                                        • 26 Nov 2024

                                        Anonymous, 26 Nov 2024With same sensor14t and magic v3 got lower for main cam sensor and mix flip and v30 got it lower for sensor that was used in z60 ultra ultrawide. In this case it's oems capping it off and we have it happen even for 1/1,31" sensor.

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