A logo sits illuminated outside the ZTE pavilion on the opening day of the World Mobile Congress at the Fira Gran Via Complex on February 22, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo : Getty Images/David Ramos)
A new ZTE handset has been spotted on China's telecommunication certification authority (TENAA), which is rumored to be the ZTE Nubia Z17 Mini.
The upcoming ZTE handset is recently certified in China's TENAA under the model NX569. Although no further detail on the smartphone's marketing name is mentioned on the said listing, the certification website spilled the major specs for the said ZTE phone.
Android Geeks revealed the latest poster for the rumored ZTE Nubia Z17 Mini. As shown in the phone's poster, the Z17 Mini will sport a metal build chassis. It will also include a dual-camera setup and visible antenna lines on its rear panel.
Furthermore, the Nubia logo sits at the center of the back cover, while a circular fingerprint scanner is placed above it. Up front, the smartphone will sport large bezels on the top and bottom panel.
As the specifications are concerned, the TENAA listing revealed the major key specs coming to the Nubia NX569J. The handset will feature a 5.2-inch full HD display resulting to 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution. Under the hood, it is powered by a 1.8 GHz octa-core processor, coupled with 4GB RAM and a 64GB of internal storage, expandable storage via a micro SD card.
According to China Topix, the phone's processor is still yet to be known, although reports suggest that it could be powered either by the Snapdragon 653 or Snapdragon 625 octa-core SoC from Qualcomm. As for the mentioned dual camera setup, no further details are also revealed on the listing. Right now, the phone is expected to come with 13MP primary rear camera with LED flash, while a 16-megapixel sensor will serve as the front camera.
On the software front, the phone runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow operating system out-of-the-box, along with ZTE's latest customized UI layered on top of it. The Z17 Mini will also house a 2930 mAh battery.
Its connectivity options include 4G-LTE, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS/A-GPS and a micro USB port. Sensors on the phone are distance sensor, Gravity sensor, and a light sensor as per the listing. The dimensions of the phone are 146 x 72.14 x 8.1 mm and it weighs 160 grams.
The ZTE Nubia Z17 Mini will be offered in Gold and Silver colour options at launch, which is expected to be on April 6 in China. At the event, ZTE could reveal the bigger Z17 rumored to include a large battery capacity.
