Nubia has announced the launch of its first 5G-enabled smartphone during the Shanghai Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 in China. The company has introduced Nubia X 5G, which is basically a new variant of the Nubia X.
The dual-screen smartphone from Nubia is powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset, which is an upgrade from the Snapdragon 845 SoC present in standard Nubia X. The phone also comes loaded with Qualcomm X50 modem that basically enables the 5G connectivity. Sadly, the company has not revealed any other specifications of the new 5G smartphone during the unveiling. Furthermore, there is no information on when the phone will be launched, but it would surely available in China when it is officially announced.
That said, one could expect to feature a similar set of specifications as present in the standard Nubia X. One thing is clear that the phone will come loaded with a dual-screen display. The standard Nubia X features a 6.26-inch Full HD+ primary display and a 5.1-inch HD+ OLED secondary display.
The Nubia X sports a dual 16MP (f/1.8) + 24MP (f/1.7) camera set up above the secondary display at the back with dual Pixel PDAF, AI scene recognition, HDR, AI Portrait mode and slow-motion video recording at 240fps. The phone is backed by up to 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB of internal storage.
On the battery front, it comes with 3,800mAh battery along with 18W Fast charging support. The phone runs on Android 8.1 Oreo, which is based on Nubia UI 6.0 X. In terms of connectivity, the device will feature 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS and a 3.5mm audio jack.