ZTE Nubia Music

The ZTE Nubia Music has a conventional, non-folding form factor with no rugged build certification and no water resistance. It measures 8.6 mm thick and weighs 199 g, giving it a relatively slim and light build for everyday handling.

The ZTE Nubia Music features a 6.6″ IPS LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 720 x 1612 px and a pixel density of 267 ppi, producing a moderately detailed image across its large panel. The display runs at a 90Hz refresh rate for smoother everyday scrolling. There is no branded damage-resistant glass, no Always-On Display, and no support for HDR10, HDR10+, or Dolby Vision; a secondary screen is also absent.

The ZTE Nubia Music is powered by the Unisoc SC9863A chipset, built on a 28 nm process with a 3W TDP and an octa-core CPU split between four cores at 1.6 GHz and four at 1.2 GHz, using big.LITTLE architecture across 8 threads. It is paired with 4GB of DDR4 RAM running at 933 MHz over two memory channels, delivering a maximum memory bandwidth of 7.464 GB/s, with a storage configuration of 128GB eMMC 5.1 and a memory ceiling of 6GB. The integrated PowerVR GE8322 GPU operates at 550 MHz with a turbo clock of 800 MHz, featuring 4 execution units and 128 shading units, and supports DirectX 11, OpenGL ES 3.2, and OpenCL 2. The SoC also includes integrated LTE and 64-bit support, with a 0.512 MB L3 cache. Benchmark results include an AnTuTu score of 154,110, Geekbench 6 multi- and single-core scores of 725 and 164 respectively, Geekbench 5 results of 2,956 multi and 901 single, and PassMark scores of 1,327 overall and 478 single-core.

The ZTE Nubia Music has a single 50 MP rear CMOS camera without optical image stabilization, a back-side illuminated sensor, or additional lenses. Autofocus options include phase-detection and touch autofocus for stills, plus continuous autofocus during video, while laser autofocus is absent. Video recording tops out at 1080p at 30 fps with slow-motion support, but no HDR10 or Dolby Vision recording is available. A single LED flash is present — no dual-tone or RGB configuration — and there is no optical zoom. Manual controls cover ISO, exposure, focus, and white balance, while available shooting modes include HDR, burst, panorama, and timelapse; raw capture and manual shutter speed are not supported. The front camera is a single-lens unit positioned outside the display, with no accompanying flash.

The ZTE Nubia Music runs Android 14 and includes a well-rounded set of privacy tools — clipboard warnings, location privacy options, and camera/microphone access controls — though Mail Privacy Protection and cross-site tracking blocking are absent. Customization is covered through dark mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, widgets, and customizable notifications, while focus modes and app offloading are not available. On the usability side, the OS supports split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, full-page screenshots, a media picker, sharing intents, and Live Text, and allows games to be played while downloading. Further capabilities include on-device machine learning, offline voice recognition, voice commands, device tracking, a child lock, battery health check, extra dim mode, and multi-user support. Direct OS updates from the vendor are not provided, and Wi-Fi password sharing and Quick Start are also absent.

The ZTE Nubia Music is equipped with a 5000 mAh rechargeable, non-removable battery that supports fast charging, and a charger is included in the box. A battery level indicator is present for monitoring charge at a glance. Wireless charging is not available.

The ZTE Nubia Music includes both stereo speakers and a 3.5 mm headphone jack, making it accessible for wired audio use without an adapter. FM radio is not available, and none of the advanced Bluetooth audio codecs — aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, or LDAC — are supported.

The ZTE Nubia Music operates on a 4G LTE cellular network with no 5G support, and connects wirelessly via Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) and Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) in a dual-SIM configuration. It uses a USB Type-C port at USB 2.0 speeds, with cellular download and upload speeds reaching up to 300 Mbits/s and 150 Mbits/s respectively. NFC is absent, and there is no infrared sensor, HDMI output, DLNA certification, satellite SOS, or crash detection. Location is supported through GPS with Galileo, complemented by a compass, gyroscope, and accelerometer, while a barometer and heart rate monitor are not included. Security relies on a fingerprint scanner, with no 3D facial recognition or iris scanner available; a stylus, built-in projector, ANT+, motion tracking, and optical tracking are also absent.

The ZTE Nubia Music includes a video light for use during video recording. The display is flat with no curved edges, and the device uses neither sapphire glass nor an e-paper panel.