Lower mid-range · 2025

ZTE nubia Air

Name: ZTE nubia Air
Brand: ZTE

Our Take CPU benches near recent lower-mid phones like the Samsung Galaxy A25

A dependable lower mid-ranger with all-day battery and an AMOLED screen.

Best for Streaming · social · long days out

Strength All-day battery (5000mAh), AMOLED screen

Skip if Heavy gaming or multitasking

6.78″ AMOLED · 120Hz

Unisoc T8300 8 / 256 GB

5000 mAh 33W charging

50 MP 20 MP selfie

5G NFC

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Full specifications

What stands out

Cooling hardware helps with sustained gaming performance

Display

6.78″ · AMOLED · 1224 × 2720 · 120 Hz

OLED + smooth

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

Screen size

6.78"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1224 × 2720 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Brightness

4500 nits

HDR

Not listed

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 7i, Mohs level 5

Performance

Unisoc T8300 (6 nm) · 8-core 2.2 GHz · Mali-G57 MP2

Basic CPU

Best for messaging, calls, and light browsing. Avoid heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Unisoc T8300 (6 nm)

Current CPU tier

Lower mid-range

AnTuTu

479,500

v10

CPU

8-core, 2.2 GHz

GPU

Mali-G57 MP2

Process

6 nm

RAM type

LPDDR4X RAM

Storage type

eMMC 5.1 Storage

CPU layout

2x2.2 GHz – Cortex A78 + 6x2 GHz – Cortex A55

Camera

50 MP f/1.6 main · 20 MP selfie

A standard camera setup — sharp in daylight, expect noise in low light.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.6

Front camera

20 MP

Slow motion

No, 30 fps

Video

1080p @ 30 fps

Battery

5000 mAh · 33 W wired

Plenty

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

Capacity

5000 mAh

Lab endurance

49:00h

EU cycle rating

1,000 cycles

Wired charging

33 W

Removable

Memory

8 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

8 GB

Storage

256 GB

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 5

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 5

Bluetooth

5.4

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

USB

USB-C

USB OTG

Supported

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Build & Design

172 g · 6.7 mm · IP68

Built to last

Height

164.2 mm

Width

76.6 mm

Thickness

6.7 mm

Weight

172 g

IP rating

IP68

Water resistant

Sensors

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

Sensors

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

Specifications sourced from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

Quick reads against a few phones in the same price tier. Tap any one for the deep comparison.

Apple iPhone 17

Loses on most 1 win 3 losses

35% larger battery capacity

5,000 mAh vs 3,692 mAh battery

Weaker display tech

AMOLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · Tradeoff: 6.78″ vs 6.3″ screen

Lower benchmark score

480k vs 2.2M AnTuTu · Lower mid-range vs Flagship tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 1080p @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video

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Samsung Galaxy S25

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

25% larger battery capacity

5,000 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Lower benchmark score

480k vs 3.1M AnTuTu · Lower mid-range vs Flagship tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 1080p @ 30 fps vs 8K @ 30 fps video

Heavier in hand

172 g vs 162 g

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