Nubia Z17 is a high end smartphone that can be acquired at a bargain price.
It's on the same class with the Oneplus 5 and the Xiaomi Mi 6 but, a few dollar cheaper and more affordable.
The ZTE Nubia Z17 comes with many great features such as a trendy Dual-Camera setup and the rugged Snapdragon 835 Chipsets within. It boasts of Quick Charge 4+ support. It also packs a Rear-mounted Fingerprint Reader and other great features below:
ZTE Nubia Z17 Key Features
Body: Aluminum chassis, 2.5D Gorilla Glass.
Color: Aurora Blue, Black Gold, Obsidian Black, Solar Gold, Flame Red color schemes.
Display: 5.5" IPS LCD, 1,920x1,080px resolution, 403ppi.
Rear cameras: Dual 12 MP, f/1.8 + 23 MP, f/2.0, 1/2.55" sensor size, 1.4µm pixel size, phase detection autofocus, 2x lossless zoom, dual-LED (dual tone) flash; 2160p@30fps video recording
Front camera: 16MP Sony IMX371 sensor, 1.0µm pixel size, f/2.0 aperture; 1080p/30fps video recording.
OS/Software: Android 7.1.1 Nougat; nubia UI 5.0 custom overlay.
Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 835: octa-core CPU (Kryo 280, 4x2.35GHz + 4x1.9GHz), Adreno 540 GPU.
Memory: 6/8GB of LPDDR4X RAM; 64/128GB UFS 2.1 storage.
Battery: 3,200mAh Li-Po (sealed); Quick Charge 4+ fast charging support.
Connectivity: Dual SIM; 3-Band carrier aggregation, LTE Cat.9 (450Mbps/50Mbps); USB Type-C (v1.0); Dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac; GPS, GLONASS, BDS; NFC; Bluetooth 5.0; Infrared port.
Misc: Rear-mounted fingerprint reader; single speaker on the bottom.
Nubia Z17 Shortcomings
~ No ingress protection
~ No microSD slot
~ No stereo speakers
~ No 3.5mm
~ No OIS or EIS
Price of Nubia Z17 and Where To Buy
Nubia Z17 sells at about US $465. It's available on Aliexpress.com and Amazon.com. You can order from any of them.
ZTE Nubia Z17 Full Specifications
NETWORK
Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCH
Announced 2017, June
Status Available. Released 2017, June
BODY
Dimensions 152.6 x 72.4 x 7.6 mm (6.01 x 2.85 x 0.30 in)
Weight 173 g (6.10 oz)
SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
DISPLAY
Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches (~74.7% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (~403 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version) - nubia UI 5.0
PLATFORM
OS Android 7.1.1 (Nougat)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835
CPU Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo)
GPU Adreno 540
MEMORY
Card slot No
Internal 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 128 GB, 8 GB RAM
CAMERA
Primary Dual 12 MP, f/1.8 + 23 MP, f/2.0, phase detection autofocus, 2x lossless zoom, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
Features 1/2.55" sensor size, 1.4 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panoramaVideo2160p@30fps
Secondary 16 MP, f/2.0
SOUND
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack No
- Dolby Atmos audio enhancement
- 24-bit/192kHz audio
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
COMMS
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, LEGPSYes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes
Infrared port Yes
Radio No
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
FEATURES
Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5
Java No - Fast battery charging: 50% in 25 min (Quick Charge 4.0)
- MP4/H.264 player
- MP3/WAV/FLAC/eAAC+ player
- Photo/video editor
- Document viewer
BATTERY
Non-removable Li-Po 3200 mAh battery
MISC
Colors Aurora Blue, Black Gold, Obsidian Black, Solar Gold, Flame Red