SpecEagle review · Nubia

Nubia Z80 Ultra review: An all-screen, no-notch flagship with a periscope and a 7,200 mAh cell.

SpecEagle Editorial·Dec 2025·$650
Overall
86/100
Class rank
#38 of 46
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
Yes
The verdict, up front

The uninterrupted flagship.

Z80 Ultra is the rare flagship with no notch and no punch-hole — a clean all-screen front over an under-display camera — backed by an Elite Gen 5, a real periscope and a 7,200 mAh cell. The soft selfie and missing wireless charging are the trade. For an immersive, full-screen flagship at a sub-Ultra price, nothing matches it.

01Display

86/100

86/100 trails the 91-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2025.

TypeAMOLED, 144 Hz, under-display selfie (no notch)
Size6.85 inches
Resolution2,480 × 1,116 px
Touchhigh-sampling gaming touch

02Camera

84/100

84/100 trails the 87-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2025.

Main50 MP, f/1.6 (1/1.3"), OIS
Periscope64 MP, 3.7× optical, OIS
Ultrawide50 MP
Selfie16 MP under-display

03Performance

94/100

94/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2025.

ChipsetSnapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (3 nm)
RAM12 / 16 / 24 GB
Storage256 GB – 1 TB

04Battery

92/100

92/100 puts it above the 88-point average for flagship phones of 2025.

Capacity7,200 mAh (silicon-carbon)
Wired90 W
WirelessNo

05Build

82/100

82/100 trails the 86-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2025.

06Value

84/100

84/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2025.

What works
  • True all-screen front — under-display selfie, no notch or punch-hole.
  • Elite Gen 5 + 64 MP 3.7× periscope + 1/1.3" main.
  • 7,200 mAh silicon-carbon, up to 24 GB RAM.
  • IP68/IP69, Wi-Fi 7.
What doesn't
  • No wireless charging.
  • Under-display selfie quality is soft.
  • 228 g.
  • China-first; MyOS abroad.
Cross-shop it against
iPhone 18 Pro Max
$1199 · score 94/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 46-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .