Nubia Z50 review: A flat-screen Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 flagship that undercut everyone.
The flat-screen Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 bargain.
Z50 dropped a full 8 Gen 2 into a flat 144 Hz body at $449 — a price that embarrassed the Galaxy S23 line and forced response from rivals. Camera tuning and software lagged the badge; for raw performance and screen quality per dollar it was one of 2022's sharpest deals.
01Display
84/10084/100 trails the 86-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2022.
02Camera
74/10074/100 trails the 79-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2022.
03Performance
88/10088/100 puts it above the 85-point average for flagship phones of 2022.
04Battery
82/10082/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2022.
05Build
78/10078/100 trails the 82-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2022.
06Value
86/100At 86/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among flagship phones of 2022 — 10 points above the cohort average.
- Full Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 at $449 — undercut Samsung/Xiaomi by hundreds.
- Flat 144 Hz panel + 80 W charging.
- Unusual 35 mm-equivalent main camera.
- Up to 16 GB RAM, Wi-Fi 6E.
- No IP rating.
- MyOS quirks abroad.
- 8 MP macro filler.
- 2 OS updates.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 210-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .