The UMi Z gets officially launched and it’ll be possible to purchase one starting January 4th. If you’re interested in that we suggest you subscribe to their mailing list to receive a $60 off discount, albeit be aware this is only available to the first 10,000 units sold, click here to know more. But before that, let’s have a look at the terminal!
Powered by an Helio X27, the UMi Z is definitely the most powerful MediaTek-equipped device on the market. The phone sports a an aluminum unibody design which encases a 5.5-inch Full HD display, a 3780mAh capacity battery and two 13.0MP rear and front facing cameras.
The peculiarity is indeed in the camera department, what might look as a dual camera setup actually hides a dual focus system which is accompanied by a quad-LED flash light. On the front you also get a soft-light flash for selfie shootings.
The UMi Z will come with Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box but it’ll be later updated to Android 7 Nougat via OTA.
According to UMi, the The UMi Z goes above looks and they built on the concept of “Form Follows Function”, which is derived from the modern industrial design genre – Bauhaus.
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UMi Z: Specifications
| Brand | UMi |
| Model | Z |
| Color | Gold/Gray |
| Material | Aluminum Alloy Unibody |
| Operating system | Pure Android 6.0 Marshmallow/ Android 7.0 OTA |
| CPU | MTK Helio X27, 10x Cortex A72+ 2.6GHZ |
| GPU | Mali-T880 MP4, 875MHz |
| Memory | RAM 4GB+ ROM 32GB |
| Battery Quick Charge | 3780mAH/4.35V PE+ 2.5A/1.67A(5V/7V/9V) 1.25A(12V) |
| Standby Time | 13-15 days |
| Touch ID | Front Touch ID, Unlock in 0.1-0.3s , Multi-function |
| Display | |
| Screen Size | 5.5 inch |
| Type | SHARP® IGZO (2.5D Arc screen) |
| Resolution | 1920×1080 pixels |
| Touch | Capacitive multi-touch |
| Camera | |
| Rear Camera | 13MP SAMSUNG S5K3L8 Camera PDAF auto-focus Laser auto-focus Quad-LED flash |
| Front camera | 13MP FF SAMSUNG S5K3L8 Softlight LED |
| Video | 1080P, 2K, 4K |
As mentioned at the beginning of the article, you can get the UMi Z with a $60 off discount if you subscribe to their mailing list over here.