Overview Doogee Mix - productive budget smartphone with a frameless design
Devices / / December 19, 2019
Xiaomi introduced frameless smartphone Mi Mix in October last year. This event is so impressed with the other producers, they race began to develop their own models with the same design. The first in the race came to the finish company Doogee.
Doogee Mix - the company's flagship smartphone, which promised to combine decent performance, modern design and an affordable price. It is not surprising that many were waiting for its release. Whether justified their hopes, you will learn from this review.
Specifications
housing | Anodised aluminum, glass |
Display | 5.5 inches, HD (1280 × 720), Super AMOLED Samsung, 2,5D |
Platform | Processor MediaTek Helio P25 (MT6757T), kernel 4 of 2.5 GHz and 4 cores of 1.4 GHz; graphics accelerator Mali-T880 MP2 |
RAM | 4 or 6 GB GB LPDDR4x |
Built-in memory | 64 GB, the ability to install a memory card up to 64 GB |
camera | Summary - double, 16 megapixels and 8 megapixels; front - with a 5 megapixel |
link | Two slots: nanoSIM and nanoSIM + microSD; 2G (GSM): 850/900/1 800/1 900 MHz; 3G (WCDMA): 900/2 100MHz; 4G (FDD-LTE): 800/900/1 800/2 100/2 600 MHz (Band 1/3/7/8/20) |
Wireless interfaces | Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0 BLE, GPS, GLONASS, A-GPS |
expansion slots | microUSB, microSD (up to 64 GB, instead of the second SIM card), OTG, 3,5-mm audio jack |
sensors | Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, fingerprint reader, compass, gyroscope |
operating system | Android 7.0 Nougat |
Battery | 3 380 mAh (nonremovable) fast charge |
Dimensions | 144.0 × 76.2 × 7.95 mm |
Weight | 193 g |
Note the processor and memory. Helio P25 was introduced in February 2017 and is not yet too familiar to our readers. It promoted to 16 nanometer technology and includes eight cores Cortex-A53 clocked at 2.5 GHz. It works with RAM LPDDR4X, whose volume can reach 6 GB.
The memory subsystem Doogee Mix also looks impressive. 4 or 6 GB of RAM is enough for even the most power hungry applications and games. This is a good foundation for the future, thanks to which it will be possible to use your smartphone a few years without any problems. Not withheld manufacturer and built-in memory, so that in terms of technical characteristics of the device looks promising.
Packaging and appearance
Doogee Mix comes in a compact box of black cardboard. I do not know whether there is cardboard coated soft-touch, but if there is, then this is it. Looks neat, nice to hold in their hands.
The box is located very smart, charger, USB-cable. Of additional accessories there is a protective film, a metal bracket Stand, stuck on the back cover, and a black plastic bag. It is made from the pleasant to the touch plastic, skintight body and looks very cool.
Despite all the advantages of the cover, the first time you'll be sure to use Doogee Mix without him. The smartphone has such a spectacular design that hide it in case a hand is not raised. The rear cover is closed noble glass, the side faces have a rounding pleasant, and the front surface combats lack upper body portion.
It is worth saying a few words about the lack of a framework. All advertising materials Doogee marketers to draw pictures of the smartphone, which the screen extends from edge to edge. In fact it is not.
Frames are, and they are quite broad. However, I believe that this is not a fault of the device. The appearance of the frame does not spoil, but significantly increase the ease of use. Thanks to them, you just did not accidentally press the taking smartphone palm.
Location of controls is quite standard, except that the front camera moved to the lower right corner. Navigation is done with the help of on-screen buttons. However, if you want to increase the usable area of the screen, you can hide them. In this case, all the action will perform the only physical button device, which is also integrated fingerprint. Or have to use third-party tools, such as Simple Pie program.
Display and Audio
Doogee Mix screen looks fine. It is made by technology Super AMOLED, which made it possible to achieve a good contrast and color reproduction. The display shows the juicy picture, which is not common even on more expensive devices. At maximum brightness smartphone can be easily used even in bright sunlight.
Separately want to say about the sensitivity of the stitch. He clearly fulfills even the light touch, so typing on Doogee Mix - a pleasure. The only caveat - a bit overvalued minimum brightness level, which makes reading the screen in the evening is not too comfortable. But this problem can be solved with the help of special software filters from third-party developers.
For some users, it may seem that HD-resolution smartphone is not enough. But in reality, no pixelation is not detected, all fonts and graphics look clear and beautiful. So that the claim can be safely ignored.
The audio system is also no question does not arise. The sound quality of the headphones and loud. And the sound of the speaker in general it seemed to me the best of all smart phones that have been on my reviews lately. Bass, of course, no, but the middle and high frequency sound is clean and properly even at maximum volume.
Performance
Available edition was a copy with 6 GB of memory, so that all the tests were conducted on him exactly. However, we can confidently say that for younger model results will be roughly the same.
As you can see from the above screenshot, Doogee Mix shows excellent results in synthetic tests. Not surprising, because in the modern smartphone should the processor and a large amount of RAM.
In real problems the device behaves no worse than in the tests. All testing smartphone never faltered, even when performing intensive tasks. All modern games also proved to him on the shoulder, with the majority of them with high graphics settings.
autonomy
Doogee Mix capacity battery - 3380 mAh, which is not a record value today. However, the smartphone can be attributed to certain image devices, so a huge battery would look out of place here.
To its credit, the developers can say that the autonomy of the smartphone was at a good level. I do not know, that was the main reason - AMOLED-screen or a good optimization of the system - but the gadget uses energy very sparingly. For a night out 2-3% charge per day of normal use 60-70% more. One day Doogee Mix battery accurately enough, and some users will be able to survive even 1.5-2 days.
Camera
Weakest point Doogee Mix - camera.
We have become accustomed to all low-cost Chinese smartphones dual camera - only an imitation. With this you can still accept, because not everyone needs macro shots with bokeh effect. But why ordinary photos with this smartphone look so bad?
As you can see for yourself the quality Doogee Mix main camera does not match its price. A feeling that decided to play a trick on us and programmed the enforcement of the filter, making images look like film photography 80s of XX century.
It is hoped that the problem lies not in the lens, and in the software, which will eventually be corrected. Until then, we do not recommend to buy Doogee Mix fans of mobile photography.
Software
In Doogee Mix uses the latest version of Android 7.0 Nougat operating system. However, the manufacturer is well above it worked: introduced its own launcher, a few additional features and utility tools for the operating system cleaning and batch uninstall programs.
For a detailed description of all Doogee UI differences from the stock Android will need to write another article. Therefore, we limit ourselves to a statement of fact that the proposed envelope contains all the necessary functions for easy use of the smartphone.
Created by programmers Doogee shell has a lot of settings, beautiful and sometimes even fun. But it manages to slow down even for such a powerful iron. Therefore it is good that it is possible to turn it off and use a third-party launcher.
results
Overall Doogee Mix leaves a positive impression. Its main advantages - a spectacular appearance, performance and iron available price. Today it is one of the most powerful smartphones that can be purchased for less than $ 200.
Unusual frameless design, quality of materials, bright juicy screen can make you just fall in love with him. Seriously, Doogee Mix really has the wow factor, which is lacking in many modern models.
If your heart remains cold, then you must pay attention to the poor quality of the pictures. This is perhaps the only major flaw that we found in this model. Therefore, mobile photography lovers should look for another gadget, or to wait for the update fixes this problem.
The author expresses his gratitude to the company Doogee for providing the test device.