The Z60 Ultra Photographer Edition Gets A Slightly New Look, But Apparently No Other Changes
When you see the Nubia Z60 Ultra for the first time, it certainly looks very… different from the average smartphone. It’ll be very easy to pick this device out from a lineup, but in my opinion (don’t attack me, Nubia lovers), I think it just slightly crosses the line of “ugly” just due to how much is happening on the back panel. However, the form comes second to the function, and just by looking at the back of the phone, you know this phone is meant to be a photography-focused king.
We’ll talk about the specs later, but with the release of the new Nubia Z60 Ultra Photographer Edition, the design gets a few tweaks, though nothing drastic. I’d have tried to explain what the original design looks like, but I can’t figure out how to do that in a concise fashion. The Photographer Edition seems to drop the glass back and go for a design closer to what vintage cameras looked like.
Enclosing the camera at the very top is a silvery metallic strip that narrows a little bit after clearing the camera area. Beneath that, the other cameras sit on a glossy black section that fits into a rectangle with the above parts. This entire camera module is on a raised platform.
Beneath that, and almost to the bottom, is a textured vegan leather finish similar to what old cameras used to have. At the very bottom, there’s another silvery metallic bezel. So, with the Photographer Edition, at a glance, you can tell that the phone was born to take pictures and good ones at that. I can’t notice any differences in the design though, and the specs seem to be exactly the same as the regular Z60 Ultras.
The Nubia Z60 Ultra Is A Beast On A Regular Day; Photographer Edition Or Not
When it comes to the cameras, the Nubia Z60 Ultra is no slouch. In fact, its camera specs sit snugly in the high-end, especially when you look at the finer details. First off, the primary camera and ultrawide are both 50MP and the 3.3x telephoto is 64MP. However, all three lenses have OIS and PDAF, with the primary camera also getting laser autofocus and 35mm focal length (which isn’t typical but prized for portraiture).
On top of that, you’ll be able to record 8K footage at 30fps, and the camera is also capable of HDR10 content and 10-bit video recording. The selfie camera has a 12MP lens, but it hides under the display. Of course, under-display cameras are still doing their best to attain higher quality (and ZTE has been one of the companies trying them out the most), so this one isn’t fantastic, but it does make the phone look very pretty when you’re doing anything apart from taking selfies.
Plus, with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, a 6,000 mAh battery and 80W fast charging, up to 24GB/1TB, and a 6.8-inch 120Hz HDR10 AMOLED screen, it ticks all the other boxes needed for a proper flagship.
