{"id":11277,"date":"2024-06-02T21:35:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T21:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11277"},"modified":"2024-06-02T21:35:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T21:35:49","slug":"nubia-flip-5g-review-cute-cheap-and-flawed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11277","title":{"rendered":"Nubia Flip 5G Review: Cute, Cheap, and Flawed"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Instead of zoom levels, Nubia lists focal length (the distance where lens and sensor converge) measured in millimeters, and smaller numbers mean a wider field of view and depth of field. The Flip 5G camera gives you an option of 50 mm or 26 mm. There is no telephoto lens, so zooming tends to wash out details. The processing is often heavy-handed, sometimes taking a second or two and resulting in an oil painting effect.<\/p>\n

Most optional modes, including portrait, are poor, and the resulting photos never look natural, but you can achieve a reasonable bokeh effect with the regular camera. Rely on the automatic settings and you will be disappointed regularly. It works better if you turn off the AI and best if you are prepared to tinker with Pro mode, but there\u2019s a lot of gimmicky fluff in the camera app. There isn\u2019t much call to use the 16-megapixel front-facing camera outside of video calls, but it\u2019s passable.<\/p>\n

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The Nubia Flip 5G gets off to a bad start on the software front, with the already outdated MyOS 13 on top of Android 13. It is fairly close to stock Android, but there\u2019s some bloatware and pointless shortcuts to download apps and games you almost certainly do not want.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to note that the cover screen does not support third-party apps. It can display notifications, music controls, weather, your calendar, a pedometer, a stopwatch, or a voice recorder, and it enables you to take selfies with the main camera, but that\u2019s about it. The “interactive” pets are super cute (my daughter loved the cat), but they aren\u2019t really interactive; they are just animated wallpapers.<\/p>\n

Nubia has a poor track record for updates. When I asked the company for clarity, it could not provide a definite timeline for Android 14 or subsequent updates. Based on past phones, you will be lucky to get three years, and that\u2019s woeful when you consider Google is offering seven years for the similarly priced Pixel 8A.<\/p>\n

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