Performance
Running on Android 7.1 (Nougat) with Nubia UI 5, the Z17 miniS is driven by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 (28 nm) chipset. This setup includes an octa-core processor featuring four Cortex-A72 cores clocked at 1.95 GHz and four Cortex-A53 cores at 1.4 GHz. Coupled with an Adreno 510 GPU and 6GB of RAM, this phone is capable of handling most tasks smoothly, from multitasking to more intensive applications and moderate gaming. The 64GB of internal storage, expandable via microSDXC in the hybrid SIM slot, should be adequate for typical usage needs, though heavy media users might find it limiting.