The Nubia Z80 Ultra will be officially unveiled on October 22. Over the weekend, Nubia published a number of images showcasing the smartphone’s design in detail. The look has barely changed compared to the Nubia Z70S Ultra.

While Nubia has slightly redesigned the camera module, it still has a slightly rounded frame with a dedicated shutter button and a display that, thanks to an under-display camera, eliminates the need for a notch or punch-hole. Nubia has now confirmed via new teaser images that the Z80 Ultra is equipped with the following three cameras:

• 18 mm ultra-wide-angle camera (1/1.55-inch sensor, f/1.8 lens)
• 35 mm main camera (50 MP, 1/1.3-inch sensor, f/1.7 lens)
• 70 mm telephoto camera (f/2.4 lens)

Nubia uses the same 35 mm f/1.7 main camera with a 1/1.3-inch OV990 sensor as in the Nubia Z70S Ultra. The telephoto camera retains a 70 mm focal length lens with a 35 mm format equivalent, but with an aperture of f/2.4, it is slightly brighter. Details on this camera’s sensor are still pending. The most significant upgrade is the ultra-wide-angle camera, as Nubia is replacing the 13 mm f/2.0 camera and its 1/2.88-inch sensor with an 18 mm f/1.8 camera and its 1/1.55-inch sensor.
 

Sample photos from the 35 mm main camera focus on a natural look

The first sample photos taken with the Nubia Z80 Ultra’s 35 mm main camera are primarily intended to demonstrate the camera’s “natural perspective”. Nubia also takes a restrained approach to image processing, focusing on natural rather than oversaturated colors and a relatively high contrast ratio. Some of the sample photos appear blurry, but viewers should not draw any conclusions about the low resolution of the shared images.
 

18 mm is just about “ultra-wide”

The ultra-wide-angle camera may have a significantly larger sensor, but with a focal length of 18 mm, it doesn’t capture nearly as large a field of view as its predecessor. The sample photos are not particularly informative, as Nubia took these pictures under relatively undemanding conditions. The model’s skin tones vary between the images, indicating a moderately reliable white balance, but these images also display subdued colors and natural-looking contrasts.
 

70 mm telephoto camera combined with digital zoom

According to the inscription on the camera module, the Nubia Z80 Ultra reaches 50x zoom, for which Nubia has to resort to 12x digital zoom – the image quality is unlikely to be acceptable. In the sample photos, Nubia limits itself to a maximum of 2x digital zoom, showing an even higher contrast ratio than with the ultra-wide-angle and main camera.
 

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