Обзор Smartphone exec slams ‘fake flagship products’ that are actually disguised downgrades

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• Nubia president Ni Fei has attacked other smartphone manufacturers for offering “fake flagship products.”
• The executive also claimed that the Nubia Z70 Ultra phone bucked this trend, but a closer look reveals a couple of cutbacks.

We’ve seen plenty of next-generation flagship Android phones launching in the last month, ranging from OPPO and vivo to OnePlus and HONOR. Now, a top-ranking smartphone executive has lashed out at rival brands.

ZTE-affiliated phone maker Nubia just launched the Z70 Ultra, and company president Ni Fei claimed on Weibo that many rivals are launching downgraded phones that are actually “fake flagship products with only flagship chips.” The Nubia executive asserted that the cost of the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip was used as an excuse for these unspecified downgrades.