Nubia's 2026 AI flagship phone gets a refresh, and it's stunning

It has been a couple of months since Nubia launched the NaviX Ultra smartphone. Touted as the “world's first AI agent smartphone”, it was originally released in four colors, but has now launched in a fifth color that is also a special edition.

The new colorway is officially known as the NaviX Ultra Starry Night Collector's Edition; and for anyone familiar with Nubia products, a Starry Night Edition of its flagship phones is a tradition. The new color has a paint job that is based on Vincent van Gogh's popular painting, The Starry Night.

Like the Nubia Z80 Ultra Starry Night Edition, and the Nubia Z70 Ultra before it (available on Amazon.de for €599), the NaviX Ultra Starry Night Collector's Edition is also wrapped in the famous artist's painting, save for the camera island and curved frame that are a lighter shade of blue.

Just as described by Nubia in its Weibo post, the color is a mix of deep blue and gold, and depending on the angle you look at it from, Nubia says you can see the colors shift. The NaviX Ultra Starry Night Collector's Edition also has the brand's signature red/orange power button.

Available in a single configuration that has 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, the NaviX Ultra Starry Night Collector's Edition has a price tag of CNY 6,999 ($1049/€946), which is CNY 500 ($75/€68) more than the other colors with the same configuration. Nubia has already begun accepting pre-orders, and says the phone will be released on November 16 at 10 AM Beijing time.