ISSUE 71 • ANDROID ADVISOR 25you’re using and adjust the settings appropriately,
taking away the night mode and telephoto options
to focus on stuff you’re likely to want for a selfie.
One consistent annoyance is that this includes a
beautification mode that is on by default and won’t
remember any other default – in short that means
that if you don’t want an AI beauty mode, you’ll have
to remember to turn it off for every single selfie.
The second screen offers another advantage
beyond souped up selfies. It also lets you turn on
both screens simultaneously while using the camera
– pointless most of the time, but handy for portrait
shots where you want the subject to see the shot
before you take it.
As for video, the main lens can shoot in 4K at up
to 60fps. It can even shoot 8K video, but since it’s
limited to 15fps and you probably don’t own an 8K
display to run it on, there’s not really much point.
HDR10 support is a more useful addition, as is OIS
- though the stabilization is fairly basic, and may
disappoint compared to some rival phones.
Software: Double trouble
Unfortunately it’s not all rosy, and while Nubia has
mostly done a good job of incorporating the second
display into the phone, there are still software quirks
that irritate. The Z20 ships with Android 9.0, but
doesn’t feature the gesture controls that Google
began including in that Android version. That means
you’re stuck with the regular navigation bar at the
bottom of the screen the whole time, negating
some of the benefit of the full-screen display.