Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 6 is expected to succeed the excellent Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 in Galaxy Unpacked this July, but it looks like the upcoming foldable will have one more rival to compete with when it hits shelves in a few months.
ZTE subsidiary Nubia (also known as the name behind some of the best gaming phones) introduced its first foldable device, the Nubia Flip 5G, at MWC 2024, and despite its budget price, this colorful cover shares more than just a form factor with the Galaxy Z Flip 5.
Known in Japan as the ZTE Libero Flip, the Nubia Flip 5G features a 6.9-inch (1188 x 2790) foldable AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate, as well as a versatile external display that can function as ( wait) a camera. , a music player, a calendar, a stopwatch, a voice recorder, a step counter, a weather app, and of course, a simple old clock.
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On the back of the Nubia Flip 5G there is a 50MP wide-angle lens and a 50MP telephoto lens, while there is a 16MP selfie camera on the front. For comparison, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 has a numerically smaller 12MP wide-angle lens, 12MP ultra-wide-angle lens, and 10MP selfie camera, but we'd advise against drawing early conclusions based solely on megapixel count. ; Image quality often depends equally on processing power. And judging by the specs, that's where the Nubia Flip 5G could fall short of the Galaxy Z Flip 5.
Nubia's first foldable device is powered by Qualcomm's mid-range Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chipset, which is objectively less powerful than the Galaxy's custom Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. The Nubia Flip 5G will not be a slow phone, either way, but the newer technology inside Qualcomm's 2023 flagship chipset results in better battery life, efficiency, and heat dissipation. That said, the difference in on-screen performance will most likely be negligible.
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Speaking of batteries, the Nubia Flip 5G features a 4,310 mAh battery with 33W fast charging, which should keep things going for a day at least.
However, the key selling point of this foldable phone is its price: ZTE has confirmed that the Nubia Flip 5G will be available in Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia for the local equivalent of $599, which It means it will most likely cost the same price in the US (although you may need to purchase one through a third-party retailer rather than Nubia).
At that figure, the Nubia Flip 5G is almost half the price of the Galaxy Z Flip 5, which starts at $999.99 / £1,049 / AU$1,649, so we expect its imminent launch (we were told “Q2” in the MWC) announce the next of many more truly affordable folding phones. Your move, Samsung.
