Nubia Air Pro just entered that thin phone battle at far lower cost, a fight where expensive names like Apple's iPhone Air plus Samsung's Galaxy S25 Edge held all attention until now. This phone is now officially available for purchase. It was first showcased late last June, when neither price nor a buying date got shared. Now it stands listed on Amazon Germany, starting at €432.89, roughly $494 in dollars.

Let's speak of this phone's real surprise first, its body. A metal mid-frame merely 5.99 millimeters thin, weighing only 172 grams. For comparison, Apple's iPhone Air measures 5.6 millimeters at its thinnest point, weighing 165 grams. Meaning that difference is hair-thin, yet their price gap is sky versus ground. In hand it feels nearly equally light, airy, while less than half that money leaves your pocket.

Nubia Air Pro

Its screen math raises eyebrows at this price too. Up front sits a 6.77-inch AMOLED with a peak brightness of 4,500 nits. That number puts many flagships to shame, reading this screen won't strain even under harsh sun. A 120Hz refresh rate plus a 95.4 percent screen-to-body ratio come along, meaning bezels around it barely exist.

Its camera holds two sensors at back, its main one at 108 megapixels. In sample photos shown by this company, detail-catching ability looks quite good. In its driver's seat sits MediaTek's Dimensity 7100, a mid-range octa-core chip, alongside LPDDR5X RAM plus UFS 2.2 storage. Right here you understand how that price stayed this low. Chip plus storage types aren't flagship grade, daily tasks run smooth though heavy gaming isn't its place.

But where thin phones carry their eternal weakness, in battery, Nubia delivered a genuine surprise. Into that 5.99 millimeter body went a 5,000 mAh battery, alongside 45 watt fast charging. Where iPhone Air owners sigh over battery life, this number looks truly enviable.

Two things deserve knowing before buying. First, only its 8/512GB version is purchasable for now, its 256GB model expected later, possibly at even lower cost. Second, availability stays quite limited at launch. Beyond Amazon Germany it hasn't appeared in other regions yet, purchase options haven't even opened on Nubia's own international store. Meanwhile that regular Nubia Air arrived across global markets quite widely, a phone this ZTE-owned brand brought in late 2025 under $300.

Thin phones mean huge prices, that very idea is what Nubia wants broken. Anyone drawn to iPhone Air's design yet backing away at its price now faces a $494 answer standing before them. When it spreads to remaining regions is what's worth watching now.