ZTE's Nubia X strives to make dual-screen smartphones mainstream.

At CES this year I met with a team from Chinese phone company ZTE to check out its latest flagship smartphone: The Nubia X. The phone maintains all of the typical specs of most flagship smartphones today, but there's one more thing setting it apart from the field--the dual display.
ZTE listened to tech pundits and consumers complaints about phones having a notch on its beautiful displays and came up with a solution. Nubia X has two screens -- one on the front, and a second on the back. The second screen can easily be used during typical smartphone use (or to take a selfie). The phone also features an in-screen fingerprint scanner.
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Tech specs
The main tech specs are listed below.
- Main screen: 6.26-inch 2280*1080 Pixel FHD+ screen, Secondary screen: 5.1-inch 1520*720 Pixel HD+ screen
- CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, Octa core, 2.649GHz, GPU: Adreno 630
- nubia UI 6.0.2 Base on Android 8.1OS , 6GB RAM + 64GB ROM
- Dual Nano SIM card dual standby
- Camera: 16.0MP + 24.0MP
Availability
The Nubia X will be available at the end of Q1 this year, according to the ZTE team. Will the Nubia X take dual-screen smartphones mainstream? Stay tuned.
Also see
- Forget dual cameras, this phone has dual screens (CNET)
- 5G mobile networks: A cheat sheet (TechRepublic)
- 5G smartphones: A guide for business professionals (TechRepublic download)
- What is 5G? Everything you need to know about the new wireless revolution (ZDNet)
- Best cell phone trade-in options for iPhones and Android phones (CNET)
- The 10 most important iPhone apps of all time (Download.com)
- 5G: More must-read coverage (TechRepublic on Flipboard)