nubia NaviX Ultra with Doubao agentic AI and Snapdragon 8E

The nubia NaviX Ultra is official, pairing nubia's Doubao Mobile Assistant — described as an agentic, multi-modal AI — with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset. The launch centers on the phone's on-device AI controls and integrations alongside flagship hardware.

Doubao Mobile Assistant: agentic features and controls

Doubao is presented as an agentic mobile assistant that supports deep reasoning, self-correction, extended-context adherence and generalization. The announcement defines deep reasoning as the ability to create a plan that splits a complex task into simpler sub-tasks. Self-correction lets the AI recover a task that runs into unexpected problems. Extended-context adherence is intended to keep Doubao on track during long tasks. Generalization enables the assistant to apply knowledge from one app to tackle previously unseen problems.

The phone designates a fingerprint-equipped button as the AI key: a tap opens a prompt window, a long press activates voice command mode and a double tap starts a 'video call' with the AI so the assistant can inspect visuals from the phone's cameras. Doubao is multi-modal and can handle text, images, audio and video.

nubia also ships a continuous dialogue mode, currently in beta, for more back-and-forth conversations on complex tasks. For long-running jobs, a widget tracks task progress. The assistant can reorder work intelligently for queued tasks, and users can manually assign priority to important items.

Doubao integrates with third-party apps and can call the APIs of online services, including Lark and CaoCao Mobility, the phone's map app and online music services. nubia says the AI can handle incoming calls (including following response scripts), transcribe voice notes, search screenshots, recognize products on-screen and more.

Performance, software and display

The NaviX Ultra is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and ships with Android 16 layered with nubia's Nebula AIOS 2. Memory and storage configurations use LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.1 storage. Available configurations are:

• 12GB RAM / 512GB storage
• 16GB RAM / 512GB storage
• 16GB RAM / 1TB storage

Display hardware includes a 6.78-inch LTPO OLED panel with a 1 to 144Hz refresh range, a 1,260 x 2,800 pixel resolution and a peak brightness rating of 4,500 nits. The panel supports DC dimming.

The phone measures 7.6mm thick and weighs 208g. It is fitted with a 7,100mAh battery and supports 90W wired charging, 50W wireless charging and reverse wireless charging.

Cameras, availability and pricing

The rear camera array comprises a 50MP main sensor (1/1.4-inch, f/1.6 lens with OIS), a 64MP 3x periscope telephoto with OIS and DCG HDR and a 50MP ultrawide with a 115-degree field of view, f/2.0 lens and autofocus. The front-facing camera is 32MP.

nubia lists the NaviX Ultra for sale on ZTE's online store in China. Pricing stated by the company is CNY 6,000 for the base 12GB/512GB model (the company provided conversions to $895 / £665 / €775 / ₹85,800). The 16GB/512GB version is CNY 500 more. The top 16GB/1TB model is CNY 7,500.