Nubia Neo 5 Max goes huge with a 7.5-inch screen for mobile gaming comfort

Nubia Neo 5 Max is one of those phones that looks at the normal gaming-phone formula and says what if we just made the screen massive? The reported 7.5-inch display pushes it dangerously close to mini-tablet territory, but that may be exactly the point. Games like PUBG Mobile, Mobile Legends and Genshin Impact benefit from more screen space, especially when virtual buttons start eating half the battlefield.

The Neo 5 Max is also expected to bring a 7,100mAh battery, MediaTek Dimensity 7080, 8GB RAM, 256GB storage, Neo Triggers 5.0, up to 990Hz touch sampling and a large vapor chamber. That makes it less of a classic flagship killer and more of a comfort-first gaming phone for long sessions. The interesting question is whether players want a phone this big, or whether Nubia has accidentally reinvented the small tablet with shoulder triggers.