nubia Z60S Pro Revew

Overview

nubia Z60S Pro excels in being on top of the thin red line that's the balance between flagship specifications, performance, and price. Gorgeous design and display, powerful Neovision AI camera, excellent performance, power efficiency, and cooling are the six pillars that will elevate your smartphone experience on every level, including creativity, immersive audio-visuals, and fun. This Z60S Pro review will cover every aspect of the model. As usual, we begin with an overview of the specifications and information about what's in the box. In the case of the Z60S Pro, these are accompanied by a video preview of the design and the box's contents.

Specifications

nubia Z60S Pro features a 6.78-inch OLED display by BOE using the Q9+ OLED material. It has a resolution of 1260 x 2800 px resulting in a higher 452 ppi. The unit supports 10-bit color bit depth with 100% DCI-P3 color space coverage. It also supports a 120Hz intelligent refresh rate and a 1000 Hz instantaneous touch sampling rate. The local peak brightness is specified at 1200 nits and HDR10+ certification is also mentioned. The screen employs 2160 Hz PWM dimming with Global DC Dimming and is SGS Low Blue Light and Flicker-free certified. A Longxi Durable Glass ensures its protection. A top-center punch hole houses the 16MP OmniVision OV16A1Q selfie camera. An in-display fingerprint sensor, dual stereo speakers with DTS: X surround sound, and an X-axis linear motor with customizable haptic feedback are also on board.

The rear camera department of the nubia Z60S Pro is headed by a 50MP Sony IMX906 sensor with a 1-G+6P lens, an f/1.59 aperture, and a 35 mm focal length equivalent. It is adjoined by a 50MP OmniVision OV50E40 ultra-wide camera with autofocus, an f/2.0 aperture, and an 18 mm focal length equivalent. The telephoto unit uses an 8MP SK Hynix Hi-847 sensor paired with an f/2.4 lens. It has an 80 mm focal length equivalent and supports autofocus, OIS, and 3x optical zoom. The cameras are managed by nubia's NeoVision AI Photography System 2.0 with AI Ultra Clear Picture Quality, AI Flash Capture, and AI Telephoto features.

nubia Z60S Pro is based on the 4nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (SM8550-AB) mobile platform housing a 3.2GHz octa-core CPU and a 680 MHz Adreno 740 GPU. There are 8GB/12GB/16GB of quad-channel LPDDR5X RAM on board clocked at 4266 MHz. The UFS 4.0 storage also arrives in three flavors - 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB. It cannot be expanded. A 51000 mAh battery keeps the lights on and supports 80W fast charging. It is managed by nubia's AI 'Zero' power consumption 2.0 technology.

The Z60S Pro has a dual Nano-SIM card tray supporting the following network bands (depending on the market): 2G GSM (B2, B3, B5, B8), 2.5G (BC0), 3G UMTS (B1, B2, B4, B5, B6, B8, B19), 4G LTE-FDD (B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B7, B8, B12, B17, B18, B19, B20, B25, B26, B28, B30, B66), 4G LTE-TDD (B34, B38, B39, B40, B41, B42), and 5G (n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n25, n26, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78). Running on Android 14 with MyOS 14.0 on board, it supports NFC, Bluetooth 5.3, Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be), Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, and Cast Display (ZCast). All major GPS location services are supported as well.

Complete nubia Z60S Pro specifications.

What's in the box

The nubia Z60S Pro arrives in a stylish box with a design reminiscent of analog cameras. When the box is placed in a landscape position, its top and bottom are in silver color. There's a wide middle band in black with an outline of the camera module to the far right. It is used as a reminder of the analog camera lens and is accompanied by the model's name to its left. The brand and model appear on the silver sides of the box as well. The list of accessories includes:

• Pre-applied screen protector
• 80W charger (EU) in a separate box
• USB Type-C to Type-C cable in a separate box
• SIM tray pin
• Hard plastic case with subtle opacity
• User guide