ZTE sub-brand Nubia on Thursday expanded its iconic “Z” series of smartphones catalogue with the launch of a watered-down version of its premium flagship Z17, christened as the “Nubia Z17 Lite” in the Chinese market. Like the other high mid-range smartphones, the Nubia Z17 Lite also comes packed with many high-end features including Snapdragon 653 SoC, 6GB of RAM, dual rear camera setup, Android 7.1.1 Nougat OS, DTS sound support and a powerful 3,200mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0 technology support for fast charging. Carried a price tag of CNY 2,499 (approximately Rs. 24,700), the new Nubia Z17 Lite will be made available for purchase in China starting September 6 (Wednesday) in Gold, Blue, Black colour options. As of now, the company has not revealed the pricing details and availability of the smartphone for other markets.
Design wise, the Nubia Z17 Lite sports a sleek metal unibody design with two-sided bezel-less display and metal frame all around, meaning that the device comes with a relatively premium build quality. Basically, the Nubia Z17 looks very similar to its young sibling Nubia Z17, including the horizontal rear-side dual camera arrangement. The new Nubia Z17 Lite also features on-screen navigation buttons and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, that is housed in the back panel of the device. The volume rockers and the power/lock buttons are all placed on the right-hand edge of the smartphone, while a traditional red circular capacitive Home button is situated on the front panel of the device, located just below the display. The speaker grilles are seen at the bottom edge of the handset along with a USB Type-C charging port sitting in the middle.
Nubia Z17 Lite Specifications and Features:
As far as specifications are concerned, the Nubia Z17 Lite comes equipped with a 5.5-inch Full-HD IPS bezel-less display with a screen resolution of 1080 × 1920 pixels and a scratch resistant Corning Gorilla Glass coating on top of the display. Under the hood, the smartphone is powered by a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 octa-core processor (4 x Cortex-A72 cores clocked at 1.95GHz & 4 x Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.4GHz) clubbed with Adreno 510 GPU to handle the graphics content. In terms of memory, the Nubia Z17 Lite is backed by a 6GB of LPDDR3 RAM and 64GB of internal storage, which can’t be further expanded due to the absence of a microSD card slot. Talking about its software fronts, the Nubia Z17 Lite runs company’s proprietary Nubia 5.0 custom UI skin, based on Google’s Android 7.1.1 Nougat operating system.
For photography, the Nubia Z17 Lite houses a dual rear camera setup that comes combined with one 13-megapixel primary camera with Sony IMX258 colour sensor and one 13-megapixel secondary camera with Sony IMX258 Monochrome sensor. The rear camera features on the smartphone include Phase Detection Autofocus (PDAF), an f/2.2 aperture, dual-tone LED flash and company’s proprietary NeoVision 7.0 software package. On the front, the device features a 16-megapixel front-facing shooter with Samsung imaging sensor, an f/2.0 aperture and 80-degree wide angle 5P lens for capturing wider selfies and making video calls.
In terms of connectivity, the Nubia Z17 Lite offers various connectivity options including dual-SIM dual standby, 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n/ac), hotspot, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS/A-GPS/GLONASS, NFC, USB OTG, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a USB-Type C port for superfast charging and data transfer. Sensors on the device include an Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient Light sensor, Fingerprint (front-mounted), E-Compass sensor, and Proximity sensor. On the battery front, the Nubia Z17 Lite packs a decent 3,200mAh non-removable battery that supports Quick Charge 3.0 fast charging technology. Dimensionally, the handset measures 152.6 x 72.38 x 7.6 mm and weighs 168 grams.
