Nubia Launches High-end Smartphone With Grip, Gesture Control for US Market

Chinese smartphone maker Nubia launched its 2015 flagship Z9 in New York Thursday with a “borderless” 5.2-inch screen design, 16-megapixel camera with image stabilization and fingerprint sensor technology. The high-end Android phone includes Frame Interactive Technology (FiT), which allows users to control the phone using grip and gesture-based controls that include touching the side of the phone. Users can launch the 16-megapixel camera by turning the phone sideways and placing four fingertips on the edge of the screen, for instance, and they can take one-handed “selfies” by squeezing the handset, said the company. The phone includes optical image stabilization for the camera and uses a Snapdragon 810 processor. The Z9 will be available in three models when it ships in Q3: 32GB Classic ($564), 64GB Elite ($645) and Exclusive ($725), a 64GB model with fingerprint sensor technology, said the company.