Nubia Z18mini is the successor to Z17miniS, which is the 9th generation of Nubia's Maverick series products, and adopts a full-screen design for the first time. The Z18mini is equipped with a 5.7-inch 1080P screen, which is comparable to the width of a traditional 5.2-inch 16:9 screen phone due to the higher screen-to-body ratio, which is more conducive to one-handed operation. The whole machine adopts the design of hyperboloid glass aluminum alloy middle frame, and the back cover color is as many as 5 kinds, which is fashionable and beautiful. On the side of the fuselage, Z18mini continues the exclusive "Maverick voice" button on the V18, but unfortunately this button cannot be set to other functions. In addition, it retains a 3.5mm headphone jack and uses a Type-C data interface.
 
Z18mini is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 AIE chip, which is the same as vivo X21 and OPPO R15 Dream Edition, which is a special edition of Snapdragon 660 with enhanced AI computing capabilities. And it performs well in power consumption control, with the Z18mini full range of 6GB of RAM, daily use is stress-free. PUBG: Battlegrounds can run smoothly with HD image quality and high frame rate mode enabled, but it will inevitably lag when facing complex scenes. The Z18mini has a built-in 3450mAh battery, which can last a day with moderate use, but it does not support fast charging, which is a little regrettable.
 
In terms of cameras, the Z18mini has a 24 million 5 million dual color camera at the rear, of which the 24 million main camera has a maximum aperture of f/1.7, which has a strong resolution. In good daylight, forgiveness and white balance are excellent, but the samples are oversaturated, and colors are pleasing to the eye but not realistic. Since the Z18mini does not include OIS optical image stabilization, its night performance is not satisfactory, noise control is average, and the image has a strong sense of smearing, but the brightness of the picture is still remarkable. In addition, the Z18mini has a variety of photo modes such as macro camera, clone camera, time camera, electronic aperture, multiple exposure, star trail, light painting and slow speed, etc., and the camera is extremely playable.
 
Z18mini is equipped with nubia UI based on Android 8.1, the overall design style is relatively light, with perfect localization services, and popular features such as face recognition are added. The "Maverick Voice", which can be activated by a one-click of a physical button, supports real-time voice to text, and can be directly shared to WeChat, new schedules and notes; Precise search for contacts, apps, and more. The price of the high-end and low-configuration versions of the Z18mini is 2099 yuan (2199 yuan for the Provence version) and 1799 yuan respectively, which is one of the most cost-effective Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 models.