nubia Z70S Ultra review

04 June 2025


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Nubia really fumbled the bag. Again. I like the design of this lineup, especially the Van Gogh edition but man, the rest doesn't live up to the expectations.

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    • Anonymous
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    • 04 Jun 2025

    jiyen235, 04 Jun 2025You're factually incorrect. The Z60 Ultra reviews done... moreI believe what I see not what other people say.
    The original charger that came with the phone in a box.
    Maybe people are not aware that you have multiple charging options available in settings and not using its full potential to charge with the max speed if temps are allowing it.

      I would be more than happy with such UDC selfie quality, I don't do many selfies anyway. I wish there were more phones with this technology, smaller, so hopefully soon..

        I disagree with the reviewer. "Pretty great pictures"? They are mediocre at most when it comes to small details and processing. For sure, they are not on the Ultra level.

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          • 04 Jun 2025

          The pictures from the UDP selfie camera look pretty decent IMHO.

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            • 04 Jun 2025

            Throttlin like crazy, 04 Jun 2025So it gets to 60c after a prolonged load while the performa... moreToasty, is the name of this year. Every flagship has sub 70% sustained cpu perf on s8e. Its a pretty demanding chip.

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              • Tobz
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              • 04 Jun 2025

              Do they have esim?

                Aierlan, 04 Jun 2025Looking at the photos here and on other reviews I don'... morei've seen shots of it from a youtuber and the Z60 Ultra's camreas easily were NOT that great, this is better, even if only slightly.

                It's all ZTE's processing that's messing everything up, in RAW mode this'll give the S25 Ultra a run for its money fr.

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 04 Jun 2025

                  More than 6 years and UDC still VGA quality.
                  This is why other quit plans to use this tech.

                    Unoptimized piece of hardware, with terrible software policy and high price.

                      Woah! GSMArena posted a thermal scan photo of the phone under load! 🫨😱

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                        • HBi
                        • 04 Jun 2025

                        So it gets to 60c after a prolonged load while the performance levels at around 8 gen 1+ levels WHATS IS THAT?!?! Last year Z60U had one of the best performance (and its actually has 2x better score in sustained performance than this one). Also how come that Z60U with smaller capacity has way better battery life? So its a crazy downgrade to last years model almost in every term (the screen got better and an additional button is always a nice addition) :/

                          jiyen235, 04 Jun 2025how did the main cam perform better exactly?Looking at the photos here and on other reviews I don't think it was any worse. That's my opinion

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                            • That UW is a joke
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                            • 04 Jun 2025

                            Remember when Nubia actually had OIS and big sensor on their UW (its actually was last years model lol) now they put some hot garbage that even on native focal length produces crazy blurry mess

                              jiyen235, 04 Jun 2025ZTE is the main outlier i think, everyone else has better b... moreZ60 Ultra was too good to be a ZTE phone, so they had to nerf it 😂😭

                                David 040882, 04 Jun 2025Most other smartphones joining this "trend" are a... moreZTE is the main outlier i think, everyone else has better battery life than before but ZTE had already such a big headstart, by having a 6k mah li-ion battery, that the move to Si/C just isnt big enough.

                                What's weird is that they have both a larger battery and a newer chip with a newer android version but they cant even match, let alone beat, last year's excellent Z60 Ultra. I saw that phone's numbers and was perplexed, and was wondering how they'd top it, well they just didnt lmfao

                                  Aierlan, 04 Jun 2025The problem is the z60 ultra and z60 ultra leading version ... morehow did the main cam perform better exactly?

                                    Anonymous, 04 Jun 2025My Z60Ultra still goes to a 100% in less than a 30 min and ... moreYou're factually incorrect. The Z60 Ultra reviews done by gsmarena clearly show that this phone only reaches 73% after 30 mins, what sort of supercharger are you using on your phone? 😹😹

                                    Just because Apple and Samsung are horrible doesnt mean ZTE has to be lol, i dont get why you're bringing them up, im criticizing ZTE. If everyone were just comparing themselves to Apple and Samsung we'd be stuck in 2021 hardware lol

                                    And i want them to improve, ZTE actually nailed the battery last year with the Z60 Ultra, and that phone was one of the greats imo at that time, but this phone has such poor battery life that i cant even say it's good let alone great. That's my main issue, they di d it before and failed to do it again.

                                    This phone has neither great battery, software, software support nor camera software, the hardware itself is great but it has too many holes to truly be good. Gcam can save the camera but a lot of times it bugs out or the videography doesnt work properly so a good baseline performance from the cameras needs to be there, if not that, at least the battery needs to be great.

                                      jiyen235, 04 Jun 2025ZTE might win the award for the most disappointing large ba... moreThe problem is the z60 ultra and z60 ultra leading version were still better for cameras. The main camera although a smaller sensor performed just as well as this (actually probably a bit better). The ultrawide was better than any other flagships last year at at 18mm was great for video. Periscope was more or less the same. Makes much more sense to go for that for anyone considering this phone (assuming it's still available)

                                        Battery life - "it's not a standout showing, but it's not going into the Cons section either." And in the Cons section..... 🤦

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