The Nubia Z9 Max Elite, a new flagship from ZTE has seen passing through China's product certification center, TENAA. Thus, this could mean that this new flagship device could be released anytime soon.

According to Phone Arena, the forthcoming Nubia Z9 Max Elite will feature a 5.5-inch display, with a 1080 x 1920 resolution. This handset was reported to be powered by Snapdragon 810 SoC, which has an octa-core 1.8GHz CPU and the Adreno 430 GPU.

In addition, a 3GB of RAM and 16GB of built-in storage will be packed with this new ZTE Nubia Z9 Max Elite. It will also have a microSD slot that can be used to expand the handset's memory up to 128GB. Since TENAA has given a green light on this new smartphone, then it should not take too much time before ZTE officially unveils this latest offering.

As for more of its specifications, it was revealed that the latest flagship Nubia Z9 Max Elite will run on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop out-of-the-box. It comes in 154.79 × 76.69 × 8.0 mm, weighs 165 grams, this device will be available in color black and white versions, GSM Arena noted.

Connectivity options including WiFi, Bluetooth, and 4G LTE will be supported by this new ZTE flagship smartphone. This new handset is anticipated to be bundled with a 2900mAh battery, USB Type-C port and a side-mounted fingerprint sensor.

For camera configuration, a report from Mobile burn has stated that this latest Nubia Z9 Max Elite will sport a 16 megapixel for its primary camera and an 8 megapixel for the front snapper. This new smartphone will serve as a phablet version of the flagship Nubia Z9, which indicates that this will be built by metal, writes Mobile burn.

The forthcoming  ZTE flagship Nubia Z9 Max Elite is expected to roll out in China first. However, ZTE is also known for launching handsets in the United States, thus consumers from  other regions could possibly witness this new phablet device in due course.