nubia Z9 Pro Reviews

So the Nubia Z9 is an interesting handset, which involves powerful hardware under the hood. But would we suggest one spends $600 on it? In its current state – most certainly not. While the Nubia Z9 does have the hardware needed for a premium offering, and while the camera has great potential, the software is certainly on the other end of the spectrum. The UI's lack of functionality may have been a byproduct of an attempt to make it look “simple”, but resulted in it looking underdeveloped instead. The bugs are aplenty, as we felt the need to restart the phone at least once per day, because different parts of the software would just go haywire. And, of course, there's the issue of our chat notifications not showing up, which paints “unreliable” all over this handset. We like what the Nubia team was going for, but without a pretty major update to its UI, we wouldn't dare rely on it as a main phone – its communication is iffy and its battery life just won't last, should an emergency pull us away from an outlet. The Nubia Z9 is a decent attempt to produce a high-level phone, but for $600 – we would pass.