In this review I will discuss the Nubia Z7 Max. I know it's a "dated" device, and today it's possible to find better but this review could be useful to those who, taking advantage of the physiological downturn of prices due to the imminent exit of Z9 Max, they plan to buy this smartphone that, in my opinion, is still very good.
Let me start by telling you that Nubia Z7 Max I was really surprised, not so much for her technical card, common to other competing smartphones, but for her beauty, for the care of details that nubian has reserved it and for the excellent support guaranteed by two very capable modders that with theirs ROM COMBO Android L they allowed us to enjoy this smartphone even in Italian. I will try to convince you too, so let's start with the review.
Unboxing, design and ergonomics
We have now understood, nubian it keeps a lot of appearance and has not spared even on the look of the pack Z7 Max. The classic white box with a thin "equatorial" red line is made of quality cartons, and the effect of the unmistakable brand nubian is definitely very elegant. Opening the box we find it immediately Z7 Max (in this review in black color) occupying the entire space available and under which the housing is located wall transformer with the adapter for the European sockets, charging cable and the instruction book, of course all in Chinese.
Taking in hand the device its dimensions are made to feel, I remember in fact that in a body of 152.7 x 76 x 8.7 millimeters is enclosed a diagonal display of well 5.5 inches and therefore using this smartphone with one hand is not very easy.
The Nubia Z7 Max it looks like this: at the front we obviously find the large display with three touch buttons including the inevitable red circular home button which also acts as notification led, front camera, headset capsule and brightness sensor.
The left side is completely clean while in the right one we find the power button and volume balance.
On the top,jack input from 3.5 millimeters and one infrared port, while on the bottom there is the hole for the main microphone and the door micro-USB for charging.
On the back, we find the nurse at the top left 13 megapixel camera with single flash led, always up the second noise reduction microphone and the bottom left speaker system.
The very good plastics used to make this device, I find very intelligent the idea of using one matte texture for the back cover that prevents formations of annoying anti-aesthetic fingerprints and above all guarantees good grip in hand.
Hardware
Aboard Nubia Z7 Max we find the now well-known CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon 801, a processor quad-core operating at the maximum frequency of 2.5 GHz, which along with the Adreno 330 graphics card and 2 GB of RAM achieves high-level performance. I tried the game for you Real Racing 3: the graphic details are all reproduced at all and I did not find any lag of any kind. Doing benchmark tests on Antutu our smartphone has averaged average scores of 44000 points positioning third place after the Meizu MX4 and Samsung Galaxy Note 4.
The rear and front cameras are respectively 13 and 5 megapixels, but I will discuss these with you in detail in the next paragraph. There internal memory and of 32 GB and can be expanded through microSD up to 64 GB while the battery is a large non-removable drive from 3100 mAh.
Closes hardware hardware great IPS display to 16 million colors which, as mentioned before, is characterized by a diagonal of 5.5 inches, From one full-HD resolution and a pixel density of 400 ppi. The quality of this display is the average of those of the top gamma devices. When brightness is set at the maximum, the colors are bright and the whites do not look like gray. Different speech for blacks that, although low in brightness, are quite deep, they are not at all with brightness set at high values. Finally good is the view under the direct sunlight.
Camera
The rear camera is the real flagship of the Nubia Z7 Max. I remind you that it is a unit of 13 megapixel with focal aperture f / 2.0 and I assure you that it is able to make shots with higher than average quality. nubian has worked hard on camera management software by implementing various features that allow you to set the mode to suit any situation. For example, the " PRO"With manual settings that allows you to get great photos even in low light conditions. Here is a brief photo gallery taken with the Nubia Z7 Max.
As you anticipate before, the front camera is a drive from 5 megapixel with function "Beautify"Integrated.
Audio and video
The front camera can record video in HD while the back even in resolution 4k. As far as video playback is concerned, I have not noticed any sudden lag or sudden crashes: playback is fluid even with the most demanding videos.
Analyzing the audio compartment this smartphone is absolutely average with regard to that in capsule and that with the earphones. On the other hand, the system loudspeaker is very high, although at the maximum volume it does not look very clean.
Connectivity
Nothing to say about WiFi e GPS, just perfect. I spend a few words on cellular connectivity. The Nubia Z7 Max is a smartphone with support dual-SIM LTE, the two slots are in format micro-SIM and both have support for the 4G connection. The SIMs used during the tests are both of the TIM operator and the signal was excellent virtually anywhere, even in LTE coverage areas.
Software
In this section I will analyze the software side of this device by paying particular attention to those aspects closely related to it as well management and battery life and some Features worthy of note. The firmware on the Z7 Max tested is the COMBO ROM Android L, a custom ROM in Italian made by users BB72 e Cuoco92 of the forum Androidiani.com. Although the Italian translation is not complete (with the time it will be improved) and the firmware is still in beta, the ROM in question can be used with 100% and there are few optimizations it still needs. It is very pleasing to the graphic, and has some interesting features like "Split screen"Which allows you to display two windows simultaneously and the"One Hand"Which makes it easy to use the device with one hand, reducing the display size.
Are present energy saving settings but I have to say I never needed it: the battery life is great. These screenshoots speak by itself.
Conclusions
ConclusionsIn conclusion I can tell you that if you are going to buy this smartphone you can proceed without delay. The brand nubian is now synonymous with quality and if you are looking for a device from the big screen, whose strong point is the photographic segment then the nubian Z7 Max is the one for you. I remind you that this smartphone is available on the store of Smartylife.net to this link, with DHL shipping from China included in the price.
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powers have an information. If I purchase the z7max from smartylife with which custom ROM does it come to me? the BB72 1.62 ?? or which one? thank you