Smartphone ZTE nubia X - advantages and disadvantages

The average price below $500 for a ZTE nubia X 8-core smartphone with 2 screens is an indispensable advantage. Skeptics, of course, will start looking and find flaws. And maybe they will be significant for someone, but unimportant for someone. Therefore, the article is intended to consecrate the novelty from the main sides. The choice is up to the user.

Much depends on what the future user's selection criteria are. This model is focused on a wide range, which is the reason for the popularity of these smartphones. Although many characteristics significantly overlap consumer needs with their capabilities. For example, 2 fingerprint scanners, video recording rate of 240 fps. Even some professional camcorders or laptops do not have such parameters, but more on that below.

Price-quality ratio

The word “Chinese” in the description of the smartphone no longer classifies the model as a disadvantage, and even adds a point to the dignity column for some users. Of the advantages, of course, the price, but most likely the balance of price and quality. A qualitative increase in performance, against the backdrop of rising prices for top models, increases this ratio in favor of Chinese corporations. Already the ZTE smartphone does not sound like another Chinese rattle, but like a reliable brand, and there is a reason for this.

ZTE style is recognizable by maximum positive experience. Advertising smartphone ZTE was the rating of sales of relatively high-quality devices among many consumers with low purchasing power. The fact that many opt for this model has brought her popularity. And the fact that this brand has a minimum of malfunctions was also understood by many users after many years of use. Budget smartphones with long-term quality can only be produced by the best manufacturers.

This model answers the question of how to choose a normal smartphone at an adequate price. If you look for which company is better to buy inexpensive and, moreover, popular models of 2019, then the ZTE nubia X smartphone will certainly come into view for its rich functionality, performance and the presence of 2 screens. It is very different from its predecessors and makes up for the lost reputation of 2-screen smartphones. The filling of the chip which consists of 8 high-frequency cores. Now about the characteristics in more detail, fortunately, there is something to brag about.

Specifications

CPU

The main CPU has an architecture: ARM Cortex - Kryo 385, 4 Cortex A75 cores with a clock frequency of 2.8 GHz; 4 cores Cortex A55 with a clock frequency of 1.7 - 1.8 GHz; Adreno 630 GPU - GPU. This powerful new processor has improved support for virtual reality. And compared to its predecessor, the Adreno 540 GPU has a 30% lower power consumption. This is a lot, especially if you use multimedia applications or for active games. Manufactured using 10 nm process technology.

The Adreno 630 GPU has support for Full HD+ and HD+ resolution screens.

Displays

The main screen, measuring 6.26 inches diagonally, occupies the entire area of ​​the smartphone. Without cutouts for buttons, sensors, scanners or cameras, which simply do not exist on the front side. One huge screen is very beautiful and original. The resolution of this screen is 1080 × 2280 pixels, Full HD+ standard. The image is perfectly visible at different brightness even in the sun. Type LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, 16M colors.

The screens are protected by Gorilla Glass 3. This glass is the most durable and is comparable to hardened steel. Easily withstands pressure from a 100-foot-per-inch press and rolling 135-gram metal balls onto it. Both screens are equipped with such glass.

The second screen on the back side is smaller - 5.1 inches diagonally. 19×9 aspect ratio and HD+ resolution, 1520×720 pixels. It is made using AMOLED technology, where a pixel consists of 5 sub-pixels, organic light emitting diodes. This technology provides high contrast and brightness images without increasing power consumption, providing high efficiency.

The second screen can be used as a control for the first one for additional settings in various applications and games.

cameras

The main camera is dual: 16 and 24 megapixels with an aperture of the first camera f / 1.8; the second is f/1.7. It is tied into an artificial intelligence (AI) program and has many effects. Such as autofocus, recognition of people, animals, scenes. As well as image stabilization during shooting, not only twitching the camera, but also objects swaying in the wind.

Set various filters and algorithms for contrast, saturation, brightness and sharpness. With the distortion of tones and even forms in a qualitative direction, removing boring backgrounds and forms. For casual users, such AI filters are a know-how, leaving color accuracy to artists with professional DSLRs and huge lenses.

The AI ​​filter for even walking footage is available in Full HD 30fps. For Full HD 60 frames / sec and 4K video, stabilization will have to be done on a personal computer.

HDR mode allows you to take high-quality pictures and videos for children and ordinary users in extreme conditions. An essential advantage is that the device can record video at a frame rate of 240 Hz. Even many camcorders cannot boast of this parameter.

There is no front camera, which can be attributed to the shortcomings of the smartphone. However, you should not rush. Since in practice it may not be needed if there are 2 screens. Video communication can be conducted from the main, dual camera, located above the second display on the same side. The same goes for taking selfies.The rear camera in this case becomes the front, and for the main display remains the rear.

Sound

There is vibration. Audio formats: MP3; WAV; FLAC; eAAC + player, ringtones. DTS HD, 32 bit, 384 kHz discrimination. There is active noise cancellation with a dedicated microphone. The downside is the lack of a headphone jack. You will have to use a bluetooth headset.

Power supply

The smartphone has a 3800 mAh battery.

There is support for Quick Charge 4.0 fast charging technology. Voltage 9 volts, current 2 amps, power 18 watts.

Memory

Depending on the amount of installed RAM, a solid-state drive of the appropriate size is supplied. There are 3 types of configuration, the price of a smartphone depends on this indicator. The data is published in the table.

There are no memory expansion slots via microSD.

Sensors

Accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity, compass, 2 fingerprint sensors.

The problem of fear of using the fingerprint scanner is solved. Now there are 2 of them. If one of them “jams”, then the second one will open the smartphone and the user can fix the error on his own by changing or updating the fingerprint scanner driver. In addition, unlocking a smartphone through a fingerprint scanner in this model occurs instantly, in one millisecond.

Other characteristics

There is support for 2 SIM cards - dual-sim, as well as a USB Type-C port. Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n / ac, dual band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, 4G VoLTE, GPS + GLONASS and Bluetooth 5. No radio.

Message exchange

SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM Browser HTML5.

Cooling

The use of 2 displays in the phone can lead to overheating of the structure. Therefore, engineers took care of good heat dissipation. A multilayer graphene system through ventilation copes with this task.

Dimensions and weight

154.1 x 73.3 x 8.65 mm.

The gadget weighs 181 g.

Software

Android 8.1

The smartphone has an operating system Android 8.1 Oreo. The constant advantage of this operating system is that there is a function to control applications running in the background, indicating the percentage of battery consumption. It is also possible to completely stop the application.

This solution allows you to control the operation of the device in more detail. And also significantly reduce energy consumption. In cases where the battery is slightly discharged, and the possibility of recharging will be after a while, you can view the operation of applications and disable less important ones.

For example, a certain program or game is in an active state, but there is no need and opportunity to work in it. Promptly, looking into this application, you can see and de-energize it.

The battery percentage is displayed in the Battery menu. Below is the display time.

In Android 8.1 Oreo, depending on the background of the installed wallpaper, the background of the quick settings will also depend. Moreover, the background of quick settings is translucent, through which the picture of the previous screen is visible.

The considered OS has another convenience, there is an indication of the low battery of accessories connected via Bluetooth. This is very convenient, especially when the device itself does not have such an indication.

The ZTE nubia X smartphone does not have a headphone jack.Previous operating systems had difficulty installing Hi-Fi codecs to support Bluetooth devices. In the new Android 8.1, this problem is solved, you can easily install the aptX HD or LDAC audio codec. Or another Hi-Fi codec that can be paired with almost any wireless audio device with high quality audio signal transmission.

Very convenient is the possibility of the effect of "picture in picture". With this feature, you can continue to watch the video by moving it around the screen while working with any application.

You can set your own settings for each notification channel. Prioritize an individual notification app or block it, turn on Do Not Disturb

And the last little detail, when you turn off the smartphone, the option to reboot or shutdown is offered.

In addition to the indispensable advantages, the program has a number of significant drawbacks that need to be eliminated during the operation of the smartphone. Many applications are configured by default not for the convenience of the user, but for the benefit of the software publishers themselves. Therefore, you have to "sweat" setting up applications. Some will have to be abandoned by carefully studying the user agreement, which usually few people do. And also read user reviews about this application from various sources.

Shell

The presence of 2 displays forces developers to use an auxiliary application, which has been developed and applied as a proprietary shell nubia UI 6.0. Further updates are expected in the future.

Model Features

The presence of many functions, sensors, cameras, etc. increases the load on the OS and increases the incidence of software failures and failures.The optimal number of necessary tools with good technical data can not only expand, but also complement the capabilities of a smartphone.

• Heavy-duty Gorilla Glass 3;
• Availability of 2 displays;
• Screen without cutouts;
• High performance processor.

• No wired headphone jack
• Lack of slots for memory cards;
• The case consists mainly of glass screens with poor heat dissipation;
• The difficulty is in the settings of programs in which permissions are configured not in favor of the user.

The most basic feature is the presence of 2 screens. The second screen has reduced power consumption, so in normal mode it can display the time, calendar or screensaver, passing it off as a picture on the body.

Since the smartphone has 2 screens, there is simply nowhere to “solder” 2 fingerprint scanners. Therefore, manufacturers have placed them on the side panels. One on the right, below, under the volume control. Second from the left, from the bottom, under the power/lock button.

All this makes ZTE nubia X more than an original smartphone.