Nubia Z9 review: A 2015 phone with a near-bezel-less "frameless" edge-touch display.
The "frameless" edge-display pioneer.
Nubia Z9 pushed an aggressive near-bezel-less "frameless" design with edge-touch gestures years before curved screens went mainstream. The hot SD810 and accidental edge touches were the costs, but the camera's pro mode and bold design built Nubia's enthusiast following.
01Display
70/10070/100 trails the 74-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2015.
02Camera
60/10060/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2015 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
60/10060/100 trails the 64-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2015.
04Battery
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2015 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
70/10070/100 trails the 72-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2015.
06Value
56/10056/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2015.
- "Frameless" edge display with side-touch gestures.
- OIS camera with manual pro mode.
- Compact 147 g.
- Distinctive Nubia red-circle design.
- Snapdragon 810 overheated.
- Edge accidental touches were common.
- Small battery.
- Nubia UI rough abroad.
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 100-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .