ZTE went on stage today, unveiling its much-rumored new crop of
handsets in its upscale Nubia line. Just as we heard before, there is a Nubia Z7 in play, ready to take the torch from the current Nubia Z5
flagship, but ZTE will also flank it with the Z7 Max and Z7 mini.
Surprisingly enough, the first two don't differ in screen size, while
the specs difference is very mild from one model to another, too.
Starting with the Nubia Z7, we have to tell you
that this thing is no less decked out than LG's G3 flagship, for instance, It has the same 5.5" Quad
HD screen with the splendid 1440x2560 pixels of resolution, quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor, 3 GB of RAM, 32 GB of storage, 13
MP camera with optical image stabilization on the back, 3000 mAh battery, and 4G LTE connectivity. As you can expect, it is also a dual SIM LTE device, making it the Asian user's dream handset. At 139 x 71 x 9 mm, the Z7 is also very compact for its screen diagonal - for comparison, the touted G3 is bigger at 146.3 x 74.6 x 8.9 mm, while carrying the same screen size. The Z7 would sell for the respectable $550 / €410 equivalent when it hits shelves in its native China.
that this thing is no less decked out than LG's G3 flagship, for instance, It has the same 5.5" Quad
HD screen with the splendid 1440x2560 pixels of resolution, quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor, 3 GB of RAM, 32 GB of storage, 13
MP camera with optical image stabilization on the back, 3000 mAh battery, and 4G LTE connectivity. As you can expect, it is also a dual SIM LTE device, making it the Asian user's dream handset. At 139 x 71 x 9 mm, the Z7 is also very compact for its screen diagonal - for comparison, the touted G3 is bigger at 146.3 x 74.6 x 8.9 mm, while carrying the same screen size. The Z7 would sell for the respectable $550 / €410 equivalent when it hits shelves in its native China.
Contrary
to its name, the Z7 Max also has a 5.5" display panel, but it comes with
1080p resolution. The overall size grows, however, to 152.7 x 76 x
8.7mm. There are also 2 GB of RAM, instead of 3 GB, and these seem to
sum up the difference between the Z7, and its cheaper Max variation. We
say cheaper, as the Z7 Max will go for the fairly modest $320 / €240.
Last
but not least is the Z7 mini, which comes with a 5" Full HD display and
plenty of flashy colors for the exterior, but other than that it still
sports the fast Snapdragon 801 processor, 13 MP rear camera, and a 5 MP
front-facing shooter, too. The internal storage amount drops to 16 GB,
but since all three phones have a microSD slot, it's not a big deal.
Surprisingly, however, the "mini" is quite elongated, taller than even
the Z7 Max, at 140.9 x 69.3 x 8.2mm. The Z7 mini has a smaller, 2300 mAh
battery, and a very affordable price tag of $240 / €180 without a
contract. Only the camera of the Z7 seems to sport an OIS mechanism, to
set the flagship apart. Those are the prices for the China launch,
though, and it's not clear yet if they will translate to similar tags
worldwide, if the new Nubias make it outside of their homeland. What do
you make of ZTE's new crop?
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