Flagship · 2023

ZTE nubia Z50S Pro

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent high-end phones like the Samsung Galaxy S23+ Camera shares the Xiaomi 13's main sensor

Best for

Strength , 80W fast charging

Extras Cooling system, Optical zoom

Watch out No more updates

6.8″ AMOLED · 120Hz

8+ Gen 2 12 / 256 GB

5100 mAh 80W charging

50 MP 3 rear · 16 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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In the Real World

See how the ZTE nubia Z50S Pro looks and feels in everyday use.

Full specifications

Display

6.8″ · AMOLED · 1260 × 2800 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.8"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1260 × 2800 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

1029 nits

HDR

Supported

Performance

Qualcomm SM8550-AC Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2 (4 nm) · 8-core 3.36 GHz · Adreno 740 (719 MHz)

High performance

Comfortably handles demanding games and heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8550-AC Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

High-end

AnTuTu

1,751,325

v11

GeekBench

5,569

Graphics test

GFXBench 83 fps

CPU

8-core, 3.36 GHz

GPU

Adreno 740 (719 MHz)

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5X

Storage type

UFS Storage 4.0

CPU layout

1x3.2GHz Cortex X3 + 2x2.8 GHz Cortex A715 + 2x2.8 GHz Cortex A710 + 3x2.02 GHz Cortex A510

Software & updates

Android 13, MyOS 13, no planned android upgrades · 2-year support (brand estimate)

Likely end of life

This phone is past its update window — it still works, but new Android versions and most security patches have stopped.

Operating system

Android 13, MyOS 13, no planned android upgrades

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

50 MP f/1.6 main · OIS · 16 MP selfie

Stabilised

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.6

OIS

Telephoto

8 MP f/2.4

Ultrawide

50 MP f/2.0

Front camera

16 MP f/2.5

Main sensor

Sony IMX800, 1/1.49", 1µm

Premium sensor

Same sensor in

Xiaomi 13 , Honor 70

Slow motion

Yes, 480 fps

Camera extras

8K video, optical zoom, RAW, Night mode, manual focus

Video

8K @ 30 fps

Battery

5100 mAh · 80 W wired

Plenty

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

5100 mAh

Lab active use

12:29h

Wired charging

80 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Very good (-25.2 LUFS) · Stereo

Stereo speakers

Loudspeaker

Very good (-25.2 LUFS)

Speakers

Stereo

Audio features

Hi-Res audio

Memory

12 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

12 GB

Storage

256 GB

Configurations

12/256GB · 12/1TB · 16/1TB

Storage type

UFS 4.0

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 7

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 7

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.3

GPS systems

A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)

USB

USB-C 3.1

USB OTG

Yes

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G full · 5G works

Full

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G BC0, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B2, B5, B8

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B17, B20, B28b, B28a

5G n1, n3, n5, n8, n28b, n28a, n41, n78

Build & Design

228 g · 8.3 mm

Height

163.9 mm

Width

76.3 mm

Thickness

8.3 mm

Weight

228 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena · Read full review

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 15

Wins on most 4 wins 1 loss

Smoother display

120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 1260 × 2800 vs 1179 × 2556 resolution · 6.8″ vs 6.1″ screen

Higher benchmark score

1.8M vs 1.5M AnTuTu

Better video capture

Telephoto · OIS vs — · 8K @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video · 16 MP vs 12 MP selfie

52% larger battery capacity

80 W vs 20 W charging · 5,100 mAh vs 3,349 mAh battery

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 228 g vs 171 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S23

Trades blows 2 wins 1 loss

Longer tested battery life

12h 29m vs 11h 27m active use · 80 W vs 25 W charging · 5,100 mAh vs 3,900 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 228 g vs 168 g

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In the Real World

Full specifications

Display

Performance

Software & updates

Camera

Battery

Audio

Memory

Connectivity

Network bands

The bands Nigerian networks use

All reported bands

Build & Design

Sensors

How it stacks up against the rest.

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