ZTE fulfilled its promise and has unveiled two new smartphones today. The rumoured Nubia Z17s as well as the Z17 miniS are now official and available for pre-order. The former starts at 1,999 yuan or $300, while the latter starts at 2,999 yuan or $450. Both models will go on sale on October 19 in China.
The flagship Z17S model features a beautiful 5.73-inch FHD+ display that is powered by an Snapdragon 835 processor and a 3,100 mAh battery. It has a 12-megapixel rear camera with f/1.8 aperture and a secondary 23-megapixel camera for 2x optical zoom and background blur.
The Z17 miniS model comes with a smaller 5.2-inch display and Snapdragon 653, but it has a bigger 3,200 mAh battery. It also has dual rear and front camera setup with 13 MP and 16/5MP sensors.
Nubia Z17S specifications
- 73-inch (2040×1080 pixels) Full HD+ LTPS display with 96% NTSC color gamut, Corning Gorilla Glass protection
- 45GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 835 64-bit 10nm processor with 710MHz Adreno 540 GPU
- 8GBLPDDR4x RAM with 128GB (UFS 2.1) storage, 6GB LPDDR4x RAM with 64GB / 128GB (UFS 2.1) internal storage
- Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) with Nubia UI 5.1
- Dual SIM
- 12MP rear camera with Sony IMX362 sensor, 1.4μm pixel size, f/1.8 aperture, 1/2.55″ CMOS sensor, dual-tone LED flash, secondary 23MP camera with Sony IMX318 sensor, f/2.0 aperture
- 5MP + 5MP dual front-facing cameras with f/2.2 aperture, 79.9-degree wide-angle lens
- Fingerprint sensor
- TAS2555 smart Amplifier, 7.1 channel DTS audio
- Dimensions: 147.46×72.68×8.5 mm; Weight: 170g
- 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11ac dual-band (2×2 MU-MIMO ), Bluetooth 4.1, GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, NFC, USB Type-C
- 3100mAh battery with fast charging
Nubia Z17 miniS specifications
- 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD 2.5D curved glass display with 450 nits brightness, 85% NTSC color gamut, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
- Octa Core Snapdragon 653 processor with Adreno 510 GPU
- 6GB RAM, 64GB internal storage
- Android 7.1 (Nougat) with Nubia UI 5.0
- Dual SIM
- 13MP (monochrome) + 13MP (RGB) dual rear cameras with Sony IMX258 sensor, f/2.2 aperture, OIS, 4K video recording
- 16MP front-facing camera, f/2.0 aperture, 80-degree wide-angle lens, secondary 5MP camera with f/2.2 aperture
- Fingerprint sensor
- 5mm audio jack, AW87319 amplifier chip, DTS audio
- Dimensions: 147.5 × 71.2 × 7.6mm; Weight: 155g
- 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4/5GHz), Bluetooth 4.1, GPS + GLONASS, NFC, USB Type-C
- 3200mAh battery
