SpecEagle review · Nubia

Nubia Z50 Ultra review: Notchless 35mm + 85mm focal-length flagship.

SpecEagle Editorial·Mar 2023·$640
Overall
84/100
Class rank
#87 of 241
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

A camera for photographers.

Z50 Ultra borrowed the focal lengths from full-frame photography — 35mm street and 85mm portrait — and skipped the conventional 24mm wide entirely. A bold camera philosophy that drew enthusiasts who shoot like photographers.

01Display

86/100

86/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2023.

TypeAMOLED, 120Hz, Under-Display Camera
Size6.8 inches
Resolution1116 x 2480 px

02Camera

84/100

84/100 puts it above the 81-point average for flagship phones of 2023.

Main 35mm64 MP Sony IMX787, f/1.6, OIS
Ultrawide50 MP, 116 deg
85mm portrait64 MP OmniVision OV64B
Selfie16 MP UDC

03Performance

90/100

90/100 puts it above the 88-point average for flagship phones of 2023.

ChipsetSnapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4nm)
GPUAdreno 740

04Battery

84/100

84/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2023.

Capacity5000 mAh
Charging80W

05Build

80/100

80/100 trails the 84-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2023.

What works
  • Classic 35mm + 85mm focal lengths from photography
  • Notchless UDC display
  • 64 MP across all three rear cams
What doesn't
  • No conventional 24mm wide — niche framing
  • Heavy 227 g
  • MyOS divides opinion
Cross-shop it against
iPhone 16 Pro Max
$1,199 · score 91/100

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 241-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .