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ZTE nubia Z70S Ultra

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent flagship phones like the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max

Best for

Strength , 80W fast charging

Extras Leather back, All-screen front

6.85″ AMOLED · 144Hz

8 Elite 12 / 256 GB

6600 mAh 80W charging

64 MP 3 rear · 16 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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In the Real World

See how the ZTE nubia Z70S Ultra looks and feels in everyday use.

Full specifications

Display

6.85″ · AMOLED · 1216 × 2688 · 144 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

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

Screen size

6.85"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1216 × 2688 px

Refresh rate

144 Hz

Smooth

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

1395 nits

HDR

HDR10

HDR

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 7i or Longxi glass (gen 2)

Performance

Qualcomm SM8750-AB Snapdragon 8 Elite (3 nm) · 8-core 4.32 GHz · Adreno 830

High performance

Comfortably handles demanding games and heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8750-AB Snapdragon 8 Elite (3 nm)

Current CPU tier

Flagship

AnTuTu

2,710,000

v10

GeekBench

9,136

Graphics test

3DMark 6,560 (Wild Life Extreme)

CPU

8-core, 4.32 GHz

GPU

Adreno 830

Process

3 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5X

Storage type

UFS Storage 4.0

CPU layout

2x4.32 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix L+ 6x3.53 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix M

Software & updates

Android 15, Nebula AIOS 1.5 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

Updates ending soon

How long the maker keeps shipping iOS and security updates — the main thing that decides how many years this phone stays current.

Operating system

Android 15, Nebula AIOS 1.5

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

~1 year

Camera

50 MP f/1.7 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/1.7

OIS

Telephoto

64 MP f/2.5

Ultrawide

50 MP f/2.0

Front camera

16 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

Omnivision OV990 Light and Shadow Master, 1/1.3", 1.2µm

Flagship-class sensor

Slow motion

Yes, 240 fps

Camera extras

8K video, optical zoom, RAW, Night mode, laser AF

Video

8K @ 30 fps

Battery

6600 mAh · 80 W wired

Plenty

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

Capacity

6600 mAh

Lab active use

12:52h

Wired charging

80 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Good (-26.2 LUFS) · Stereo

Stereo speakers

Loudspeaker

Good (-26.2 LUFS)

Speakers

Stereo

Audio features

Hi-Res audio

Microphones

Memory

12 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

12 GB

Storage

256 GB

Configurations

12/256GB · 16/512GB · 16/1TB · 24/1TB

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

5.4

GPS systems

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

USB

USB-C 3.2

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 B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B2, B5, B6, B8, B19

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B17, B18, B19, B20, B26, B28b, B28a

5G n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n25, n26, n28b, n28a, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78

Build & Design

228 g · 8.6 mm · IP68

Built to last

Height

164.3 mm

Width

77.1 mm

Thickness

8.6 mm

Weight

228 g

IP rating

IP68

Water resistant

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 17

Trades blows 2 wins 2 losses

Higher benchmark score

2.7M vs 2.2M AnTuTu

Better video capture

Telephoto · OIS vs — · 8K @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video · 50 MP · f/1.7 vs 48 MP · f/1.6 main

Weaker display tech

AMOLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · Tradeoff: 6.85″ vs 6.3″ screen

Heavier in hand

228 g vs 177 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S25

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Higher-res main camera

50 MP · f/1.7 vs 50 MP · f/1.8 main · 16 MP vs 12 MP selfie

65% larger battery capacity

80 W vs 25 W charging · 6,600 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Lower benchmark score

2.7M vs 3.1M AnTuTu

Heavier in hand

228 g vs 162 g

Full comparison

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