ZTE Nubia Z9 Unveiled, Features Borderless Screen, Snapdragon 810, 4GB of RAM

More and more interesting flagship smartphone unveiled lately, especially with Snapdragon 810 and 4GB of RAM.

ZTE has announced their flagship device, ZTE Nubia Z9. The unique design of this flagship is the borderless side display. The 5.2inch Full HD display has ultra-thin side bezel measuring at only 0.8mm giving it an impression of bezel free display.

The Nubia Z9 comes with 3 variants although 3 of the models are using the high performance CPU, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810. The only different are the storage and the RAM.

It used SONY IMX234 16 MP f/2.0 with OIS rear camera and SONY 8 MP with 80 degree lens for selfie. The latest version of Nubia UI 3.0 (Android Lollipop) offers rich camera feature including NeoVision 5.1 for near DSLR control.

The audio is boosted with NeoSound 4.0 and a AKM4961 Hi-Fi audio processor plus Dolby 7.1 surround. As for battery juice, it packed with 2,900 mAh battery

The phone features ZTE’s Frame Interaction Technology (FiT), through which users will be able to swipe the edges of the frame to launch apps, access setting and set gesture-based shortcuts.

Example of the gesture shortcuts:

Nubia Z9 will start on sales from 21st May and only available in China market at the moment. Will be expecting my importer to bring it to Malaysia in few months.

Pricing wise:

Classic version: 3GB of RAM + 32GB of storage – RMB 3,499 (US$ 564)

Elite version: 4GB of RAM + 32GB of storage – RMB 3,999 (US$ 644)

Exclusive version: 4GB of RAM + 64GB and TIO (fingerprint sensor) – RMB 4,499 (US$ 725)