ZTE nubia Z80 Ultra

Specifications
ZTE nubia Z80 Ultra
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  • 6.85" 1216x2688 pixels
  • 64MP 4320p
  • 12/16GB RAM Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
  • 7200mAh 80W80W
Released 2025, October 22 227g, 8.6mm thickness Android 16, Nebula AIOS 2 256GB/512GB/1TB storage, no card slot
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Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / CDMA2000 / LTE / 5G
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  CDMA 800
3G bands HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
  CDMA2000 1x
4G bands LTE
5G bands 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 26, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66, 71, 77, 78, 80, 81, 83, 84, 89 SA/NSA
Speed HSPA, LTE, 5G
Launch
Announced 2025, October 22
Status Available. Released 2025, October 22
Body
Dimensions 164.5 x 77.2 x 8.6 mm (6.48 x 3.04 x 0.34 in)
Weight 227 g (8.01 oz)
Build Glass front, aluminum frame, glass back
SIM Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM
 IP68/IP69 dust tight and water resistant (high pressure water jets; immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min)
Display
Type AMOLED, 1B colors, 144Hz, 2592Hz PWM, HDR10, 2000 nits (peak)
Size 6.85 inches, 113.7 cm2 (~89.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1216 x 2688 pixels (~431 ppi density)
Protection Unspecified
Platform
OS Android 16, Nebula AIOS 2
Chipset Qualcomm SM8850-AC Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (3 nm)
CPU Octa-core (2x4.6 GHz Oryon V3 Phoenix L + 6x3.62 GHz Oryon V3 Phoenix M)
GPU Adreno 840
Memory
Card slot No
Internal 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 16GB RAM, 1TB 16GB RAM
 UFS 4.1
Main Camera
Triple 50 MP, f/1.7, 35mm (standard), 1/1.3", 1.2µm, PDAF, OIS
64 MP, f/2.5, 70mm (periscope telephoto), 1/2.0", 0.7µm, multi-directional PDAF (15cm - ∞), OIS, 2.7x optical zoom (vs. 26mm cam)
50 MP, f/1.8, 18mm (ultrawide), 1/1.55", PDAF
Features Laser AF, color spectrum sensor, Ring-LED, dual-tone flash, panorama, DSG HDR
Video 8K@30fps, 4K@30/60/120fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS, HDR10, 10‑bit video
Selfie Camera
Single 16 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/2.8", 1.12µm, under display
Features HDR
Video 1080p@30fps
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Sound
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack No
 24-bit/192kHz Hi-Res audio
Snapdragon Sound
Comms
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e/7, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Bluetooth 6.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless / 5.4 (China)
Positioning GPS (L1+L2+L5), GLONASS (G1+G5), BDS (B1I+B1C+B2a+B2b), GALILEO (E1+E5a), QZSS (L1+L5)
NFC Yes
Infrared port Yes
Radio No
USB USB Type-C 3.2, OTG
Features
Sensors Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Battery
Type Si/C Li-Ion 7200 mAh
Charging 80W wired, PD3.0, QC4 (International)
90W wired, PD3.0, QC4 (China)
80W wireless
Misc
Colors Black, White, Starry Night Blue, Luo Tian Yi Red
Models NX741J
Price About 650 EUR
Our Tests
Performance AnTuTu: 2941801 (v10), 3874804 (v11)
GeekBench: 10971 (v6)
3DMark: 7604 (Wild Life Extreme)
Display 1723 nits max brightness (measured)
Loudspeaker -24.7 LUFS (Very good)
Battery Active use score 20:13h

User opinions and reviews

  • Anonymous
  • 23 hours ago
  • s7r

I have the Z80 Ultra and I have NOT read anywhere of one vital (to me) feature that ALL phones need to have. We've all heard of bypass charging. Virtually all OEM's that provide the feature do so ONLY while playing games. The only exception...

thanks for the review. for notifications problem in nubia OSes, always disable any battery optimization on these apps plus check developer options and toggle "disable child processes" here option if necessary as well. also for camera, Gcam ...

  • Adam
  • 27 Nov 2025
  • 39x

Excellent Review Mate. Appreciate your thorough explanation. Ive just ordered mine. I think ZTE Nubia Phones are Phenomenal State of the art.

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