ZTE Nubia N2

ZTE Nubia N2: A Good Mid-Range Smartphone

ZTE is a Chinese multinational telecommunications company and is the world's fourth-largest mobile phone manufacturer. While being an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) the company also sells many Android smartphones and tablets under the ZTE brand tag.



The Nubia is the name given to the brand's smartphone section that covers budget friendly, mid-tier and premium smartphone segment. Nubia has gained fame with their stellar design and hardware specifications under a decent price tag. ZTE has launched a new player, Nubia N2 which is a mid-range smartphone that packs decent features is the offering of ZTE that will compete with the growing demands of the mid-range smartphones in the market.

Design and Display: A Budget-friendly feel
ZTE made the Nubia N2 with an all aluminum body cast with curvy edges and the design looks pretty good and feels good in hands. The rear section of the phone is made of metal and the camera is placed at the top with the LED flash. The volume button and the power button are neatly placed and feel sturdy and durable. The Nubia logo is visible at the back rear center of the phone and looks stylish.



The entire smartphone has design similarities with the previous smartphones made by the company. The Nubia N2 has an AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors 5.5 inches display with 720 x 1280 resolution and 267 PPI pixel density. The display is vivid and produces bright colors. The megapixel of the camera could have been better and it is a slight downside. However, it provides enough clarity in all lighting conditions.

Processor: Quietly a good power pack
The Nubia N2 is powered by Mediatek MT6750 which is an Octa-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 with Mali-T860MP2 GPU. The MT6750 SoC is ideal for mid-range smartphones and is backed by a 4 GB RAM. The official Mediatek blog reads "MT6750 outperforms previous solutions in terms of power-efficiency and performance thanks to its octa-core CPU based on Cortex A53 (clocked at up to 1.5GHz) and also adds the modern Mali T860 dual GPU (up to 650MHz in MT6750T variant). In addition, MT6750 supports as much as 4GB of LPDDR3 memory (up to 833MHz in MT6750T variant)."



The MT6750 SoC is enough for all the multi-tasking and gaming activities and provides lag-free usage. The blog of the processor manufacturer further reads that the MT6750 SoC is "Ideal for Android M & L projects positioned in the mid segment, MT6750 blends quality features from our most premium solutions with our technology democratization know-how. Our approach enables device makers to offer MediaTek’s superior MiraVision display improvements, advanced image-signal processing technologies and full Cat-6 LTE support in more devices than ever before. MT6750 is also compatible with MediaTek PumpExpress 2.0, our technology that speeds up device-charging."

OS and Internal Storage: Lacks an Updated Software
Nubia N2 comes with Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) out of the box, the Android 6.0 is outdated and many smartphones under the similar price tag compared to the Nubia N2 is receiving the latest Android 7.0 update. Nubia N2 lags behind with an outdated OS and it's a huge drawback, yet Nubia could overcome this by providing an update as the processor supports the Android L platform.



The Nubia UI 4.0 a skin made by the company on top of the Android 6.0 will be there to make the smartphone more user-friendly. In addition to the skin, Nubia also comes with split screen technology, with this users can quickly split the screen into two by swiping up from the bottom of the screen. The screen will be split into the upper and lower sections in portrait mode, and into left and right sections in landscape mode. In terms of internal storage, a 64 GB is provided with an expandable storage of 128 GB that uses SIM 2 to cover all the multimedia storage.

Camera: Quite Good in its class
Nubia N2 has a 13 MP primary camera and has phase detection autofocus and LED flash. It has a geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, and panorama.



The primary camera quite good in all lighting conditions and the images are produced brightly and accurately with the optical image stabilization, and live up to the expectations. of a mid-range smartphone buyer. The secondary camera has 16 MP and captures selfies with good quality.

Connectivity,Price and Battery:
The main attraction of the Nubia n2 is that it packs a massive 5000 mAh non-removable battery, and provides enough juices to last until the end of the day and may last even more.



ZTE priced the Nubia in India at Rs. 15,999. and is available in two shades; Black Gold and Champagne Gold. The smartphone supports Dual SIM (Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM) and its connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, 3G and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in India). Sensors on the phone include a Proximity sensor, an Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor and a Gyroscope.

Verdict:
The Nubia N2 with all ist features and a massive 5000mAh battery is sure to attract the attention of a prospective buyer. Nubia N2 is priced rightly at Rs. 15,999 and the smartphone delivers good specifications under this price range and its competitors are Huawei Honor 8 Lite 4GB, Moto G5 Plus, and Samsung J7 Prime.