Nubia Z70 Ultra: True Full-Screen, AI Flagship Excellence

In this year's first batch of Snapdragon 8 Ultimate Edition flagship models, Nubia has not been absent, bringing a more comprehensive and personalized flagship—the Nubia Z70 Ultra.
"True full-screen," "35mm humanistic main camera," and "unique lens Deco design" have become its exclusive tags. Let’s explore this highly personalized flagship product together.

Design: 100% True Full-Screen and Personalized Lens Deco

In terms of product design, the Nubia Z series has always pursued ultimate design, with the term "full screen" being its exclusive label. The all-new Nubia Z70 Ultra features the world's first exclusive 1.5K ultra-high-resolution true full-screen, delivering a 100% full visual experience.

From the basic specifications, this screen's quality is quite impressive: a 6.85-inch AMOLED flexible flat panel, 2688×1216 resolution, 144Hz intelligent refresh rate, 2000nit peak brightness, and a maximum 2592Hz ultra-high PWM dimming. From indoors to outdoors, from smooth visuals to eye protection, it covers all the essential features, ensuring a flagship-grade visual experience.

However, after thorough use, the true full-screen equipped with seventh-generation under-screen camera technology, featuring an ultra-narrow 1.25mm bezel, offers an immersive experience unmatched by other flagship phones, whether for gaming or video playback. This is its unique advantage.

Moreover, this screen uses second-generation Dragontrail glass, maintaining excellent drop resistance and scratch resistance, capable of handling many unexpected scenarios of daily usage.

Looking at the back, unlike the large circular designs prevalent in the market, the lens Deco design of the Nubia Z70 Ultra remains highly personalized. The 35mm humanistic main camera is surrounded by a classic flowing red ring, standing out among other lens designs with its unique recognizability.

Regarding the rest of the body design, an additional physical mechanical shutter button has been introduced, emphasizing one-touch quick shots. Its design aligns more with intuitive operational logic. Let's explore its practical functionality further below.

Imaging: 35mm Humanistic Main Camera + Physical Mechanical Shutter Button

The physical mechanical shutter button of the Nubia Z70 Ultra is located slightly below the right side of the screen. When holding the phone horizontally, my index finger can comfortably reach it, unlike the slightly strenuous pressing experience with the iPhone 16 series.

Its operational logic is also straightforward. A long press quickly launches the camera, even when the screen is off or in standby mode. However, during gaming, a long press still launches the camera, which may disrupt gameplay. Users should avoid pressing it accidentally during gaming.

Within the camera interface, this physical shutter button mimics a DSLR shutter, with a half-press for focus and a full press for taking photos. A continuous press triggers burst shooting. This design aligns with intuitive logic, consistent with the operation of a physical DSLR camera, avoiding any disconnection in user experience. Although its functionality is relatively simple, this shutter button is the most intuitive among phones with camera buttons.

Returning to imaging, the imaging concept of the Nubia Z70 Ultra revolves around its customized 35mm humanistic main camera. This 50MP fourth-generation native 35mm customized optical lens boasts the industry’s largest main camera aperture and is the first bio-mimetic dynamic lens modeled after the human eye, known as the “Light Shadow Spiritual Eye.”

The 35mm focal length is a classic distance for humanistic photography. The resulting image quality is clear, with accurate floral and foliage colors, making it an excellent main camera. Thanks to its improved aperture, even the cropped 50mm focal length delivers remarkable image quality, retaining substantial detail with minimal smudging effects.

More importantly, this main camera supports a variable aperture of f/1.59 to f/4.0. For close-up subjects, it can precisely focus and automatically switch to a small aperture to produce photos with natural bokeh transitions. Check out how well it handles edge details—clear and natural, isn’t it?

The telephoto lens is a 64MP periscope telephoto lens with an 85mm focal length, another classic focal length for humanistic photography. This focal length is more suitable for capturing distant scenes or close-up details, utilizing AI large-model algorithms to enhance image details in telephoto scenarios. Thus, whether in daylight or low-light conditions, it ensures high-definition images with a high success rate.

Additionally, the 50MP ultra-wide-angle macro lens with a 13mm equivalent focal length can also capture stunning landscape photos with virtually no distortion. Hence, in terms of imaging, the Nubia Z70 Ultra not only delivers better optical bokeh effects but also introduces a physical shutter button, making every shutter press feel ceremonial.

System: Nebula AIOS, Innovative Future Mode

AI is a hot topic in the smartphone industry. In recent times, we’ve seen many successful AI applications in smartphones. The Nubia Z70 Ultra’s built-in Nebula AIOS introduces an entirely new Future Mode, enabling superior human-machine interaction through pure voice commands.

By pulling down the right side of the home screen menu, Future Mode can be quickly enabled. In this mode, you can summon the Nebula smart voice assistant from any system interface and voice your needs for execution.

For instance, you could tell it, “Book me a ticket for Saturday afternoon from Guangzhou to Beijing,” and it will automatically open the booking app, filter suitable flights, confirm your selection via voice, and complete payment, saving you the hassle of manual searches.

Similarly, for voice-assisted tasks like searching for images, captioning, and posting on Xiaohongshu, you can instruct the voice assistant to locate saved images, match captions, and successfully post them.

Furthermore, tasks like navigation and stock monitoring can also be carried out via pure voice interaction, eliminating manual steps and offering practical AI features. This demonstrates how Nebula AIOS can achieve better natural AI conversations and screen comprehension, providing a smarter AI experience.

Other features like AI portrait magic, one-sentence photo capturing, AI translation, and AI image recognition also rely on pure voice interactions, freeing users’ hands for easier phone operations. This is highly recommended for everyone to experience.

Performance: Snapdragon 8 Ultimate Edition + 6150mAh Battery

In terms of basic configuration, the Nubia Z70 Ultra is equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Ultimate Edition mobile platform, LPDDR5X, and UFS 4.0, achieving first-tier industry performance standards. In a 30-minute Honor of Kings test, it achieved an average frame rate of 120.1 fps and power consumption of 3.27W, showcasing excellent performance and power efficiency.

Additionally, the Nubia Z70 Ultra screen supports a 144Hz refresh rate and 2500Hz instant touch sampling rate. For MOBA games like Honor of Kings, this ensures better touch responsiveness, providing seamless skill transitions for an eSports-level gaming experience.

Furthermore, the Nubia Z70 Ultra features a 6150mAh second-generation Nanhai battery. Using silicon-carbon anode material, it offers ultra-high energy density, significantly boosting battery life. Whether gaming, watching videos, or using it for a day outdoors, there’s no need for battery anxiety.

Conclusion

In summary, as one of the first flagship models equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Ultimate Edition mobile platform, the Nubia Z70 Ultra boasts top-notch configurations across the board, delivering industry-leading performance.

With its true full-screen display, 35mm humanistic main camera, highly distinctive exterior design, and innovative Future Mode providing practical AI features, the Nubia Z70 Ultra can be described as a comprehensive and personalized AI imaging flagship.