By Herman Lai, posted Jan 15, 2013 at 12:17 PM, 2,736 views,

ZTE Nubia Z5 Preview: A Beautifully Made Premium Smartphone

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It has been announced for almost a month already, and it is ZTE’s new showstopper. It boasts some impressive specs: a beautiful 5-inch 1080p display, a 1.5Ghz quad-core processor and a 13mp rear shooter using Konica Minolta optics. Its aluminum chassis is merely 7.6mm thick, which is extremely thin comparing to the other 5-inch smartphones. However, the downside is it’s not as cheap as like other handsets from Chinese manufacturers. It will set you back 3,456 yuan (US$550) for the aluminum model and 7,890 yuan (US$1,260) for the titanium version. If the price tag did not bother you, then you would have to wait until ZTE launches the device outside China. The time frame is not confirmed yet, but ZTE promised it’ll release sometimes in the first quarter of 2013 and the international version will have support for 4G LTE network. We have a photo gallery of the Nubia Z5 aluminum model to show you after the break.

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Inside the packages, it comes with a SIM pin, NFC tags, headphones and a charger.

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Volume rocker

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Micro-USB port

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Power switch

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SIM pin

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SIM card slot

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What do you think?

ZTE Nubia Z5 is listed as one of our top 10 best Made-in-China smartphone of 2012.

Source: Sina Tech, PConline, Anzhou, igao

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  • MagicMouse

    The phone seems beautiful and pack with top hardware. Frankly it is really appealing but there is only one thing from the picture itself that i already hate.

    Near the home button they is 2 red dot button. Why? how the hell i am suppose to know if left red dot is Menu?Back? multitask? same for the right red dot?
    Even it is configurable you wouldn’t know until you memorize or get used to it.
    It’s a small complain but still they could have made a visual sign still in red instead of a useless dot Imo.

    • uopjo6

      Can’t be that hard to memorize 2 dots left and right…..you don’t even have to memorize, just use it once and you probably learn already. There is no symbol for on/off keys on alot of phones. Do you not know what it does? Please.

  • Pandeus

    @magicmouse, those red dots are what first attracted me to this phone (among other obvious features) and they really do add a touch of elegance to it, instead of the usual bulky looking icons. Also afer watching several hands on videos, zte has the correct placement of the menu and back keys, im a righty and cant stand seeing the back key all the way on the left.