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Xiao­mi, Meizu, One Plus are famous Chi­nese brands and their smart­phones are in demand. About the firms of the “sec­ond ech­e­lon” are unde­served­ly for­got­ten. Doogee exports smart­phones to 160 coun­tries around the world and has long crossed the mark of 15 mil­lion devices sold. Doogee has made a name for itself on ruggedi­zed devices, but also releas­es reg­u­lar mod­els. We chose 5 smart­phones from a Chi­nese com­pa­ny that sur­prise with tech­nol­o­gy, qual­i­ty and price.

Doogee spe­cial­izes in secure smart­phones. Pho­to: ixbt.com

S98 Pro: an “alien” flag­ship with a ther­mal imager
V10: 5G smart­phone with 8500mAh bat­tery
X93: light­weight bud­get employ­ee for every day
X95 Pro: a bud­get employ­ee with a beau­ti­ful appear­ance
N40 Pro: skin aes­thet­ics and excel­lent auton­o­my
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S98 Pro: an “alien” flagship with a thermal imager

The S98 Pro takes pic­tures even in total dark­ness. Pho­to: mobiltelefon.ru

The S98 Pro is Doogee’s flag­ship sealed case with ther­mal imag­ing option. The smart­phone received the IP69K clas­si­fi­ca­tion accord­ing to the MIL-STD-810G stan­dard — it is com­plete­ly pro­tect­ed from the ingress of any sol­id par­ti­cles. S98 Pro is not afraid of wash­ing at high pres­sure or high liq­uid tem­per­a­ture. A fall from one and a half meters will not cause harm. In the­o­ry, the S98 Pro can be smashed and sunk, but in nor­mal use this is almost impos­si­ble.

The dis­play of the mod­el is a 6.3‑inch screen with a res­o­lu­tion of 1080 x 2340. The col­ors are juicy, there are no blue or yel­low high­lights, auto-bright­ness and a dark theme are on board. Doogee chose IPS-matrix instead of AMOLED. The smart­phone has lost the trendy AOD (Lock Screen Event Noti­fi­ca­tions), but the LED indi­ca­tor remains. Doogee will let you know about missed calls and mes­sages.

The set of cam­eras is tru­ly flag­ship:

• main mod­ule from Sony 48 MP, f/1.8;
• infrared night vision cam­era from Sony 20 MP, f/1.8;
• self­ie cam­era 16 MP;
• an addi­tion­al mod­ule is a new gen­er­a­tion ther­mal imag­ing cam­era.

Ther­mal shoot­ing is the trump card of the Doogee S98 Pro. The mod­ule dis­plays the dif­fer­ence in the tem­per­a­ture of the objects on the dis­play. A ther­mal imag­ing cam­era is use­ful when work­ing with elec­tron­ics, con­struc­tion.

A sep­a­rate ther­mal imag­ing mod­ule costs from 20,000 rubles. In Doogee, it is includ­ed in the price of the smart­phone. Pho­to: startup.info

The infrared cam­era of a smart­phone is suit­able for shoot­ing in pitch dark­ness. You get mono­chrome pho­tos. You can also record black and white video at 2K res­o­lu­tion and 30 FPS.

Smart­phone with 3‑in‑1 cam­eras: shoot any­where, any­time. Pho­to: doogee.cc

Pic­tures on the main cam­era with a max­i­mum res­o­lu­tion of 8000 x 6000 are detailed, sharp, with rich col­ors. The 40 megapix­el cam­era per­forms at the lev­el of an inex­pen­sive cam­era phone.

Frames from the Doogee S98 Pro and high-qual­i­ty pic­tures are almost syn­ony­mous. Pho­to: doogee.cc

The eight-core proces­sor Medi­aTek Helio G96 is respon­si­ble for the per­for­mance of the mod­el. Its pow­er, com­bined with the video core, is enough for smooth oper­a­tion of the shell, mul­ti­task­ing, and run­ning games. In the famous Fort­nite, Gen­shin Impact and PUBG, the FPS does not fall below 30 — you can play. Bat­tery life — up to 20 hours. The 6000 mAh bat­tery charges from 0 to 100% quick­ly — in 90–120 min­utes.

Doogee S98 Pro is a smart­phone with a unique set of cam­eras and sen­sors, a still up-to-date proces­sor and a rugged hous­ing. In some aspects (dis­play, main cam­era, design), the mod­el is infe­ri­or to the flag­ships of oth­er brands. But the S98 Pro costs only 30,000 rubles and has no trou­ble in any task. With the exclu­sive ther­mal imag­ing mod­ule and night cam­era, there are no ana­logues of the Doogee flag­ship.

Key advan­tages of Doogee S98 Pro:

• ther­mal and night shoot­ing;
• IP69K pro­tec­tion and excel­lent build qual­i­ty;
• “alien” design (for which the smart­phone received the land­mark Euro­pean Good Design Award);
• cus­tomiz­able side but­ton (for SOS, com­pass, GPS, radio, emer­gency call modes);
• clear Android 12 shell;
• 33W fast charg­ing via cable.

Key Fea­tures of Doogee S98 Pro:

• proces­sor: Helio G96, 2.1 GHz;
• Dis­play: 6.3″ LCD FHD+;
• bat­tery capac­i­ty: 6000 mAh;
• mem­o­ry and stor­age: 8 GB + 256 GB;
• pro­tec­tion class: IP69K;
• NFC: yes
• shell: Android 12.0.

The aver­age cost for July 2022 is 30,000 rubles.

V10: 5G smartphone with 8500mAh battery

In addi­tion to the tra­di­tion­al pro­tec­tion against all trou­bles, Doogee has intro­duced a built-in ther­mome­ter. Pho­to: setphone.ru

The Doogee V10 mod­el is a god­send for con­nois­seurs of 5G net­works, auton­o­my and secu­ri­ty. The smart­phone sup­ports a huge num­ber of bands and fre­quen­cies, pro­vides a strong and sta­ble sig­nal thanks to a set of anten­nas. In terms of secu­ri­ty, the V10 has stepped fur­ther than the flag­ship S98 Pro. The smart­phone can be sub­merged in water to a depth of 5 meters (for a max­i­mum of 2 hours). Falling from a height of 3 meters does no dam­age. Dust and oth­er par­ti­cles are guar­an­teed not to pen­e­trate inside. Under­wa­ter pho­tog­ra­phy is allowed.

The mod­el beats auton­o­my records. With a bat­tery capac­i­ty of 8500 mAh (!) Doogee V10 works up to 27 days in stand­by mode, up to 15 hours when watch­ing videos, up to 16 hours in gam­ing appli­ca­tions. Thanks to 33W fast charg­ing, the bat­tery can be charged via the adapter in just an hour.

Three main advan­tages (auton­o­my, 5G, rugged hous­ing) make the V10 an ide­al mobile hotspot for camp­ing trips. The smart­phone will receive and dis­trib­ute a sig­nal where oth­ers will not catch any­thing or will not work due to bad weath­er.

For the sake of the three advan­tages of V10, engi­neers had to sac­ri­fice dis­play res­o­lu­tion. 1560 x 720 (HD +) looks unusu­al in 2022. But the smart­phone received addi­tion­al min­utes of auton­o­my and per­for­mance points. The 6.39-inch dis­play itself is pro­tect­ed from scratch­es by Corn­ing goril­la glass. The IPS-matrix of the screen accu­rate­ly repro­duces col­ors, the dis­played objects are dis­tin­guish­able under the sun’s rays.

The device has 3 cam­era mod­ules:

• main 48 MP;
• wide-angle 8 MP;
• por­trait 2 MP.

In the 8 MP mod­ule with an angle of 130 degrees, good panoram­ic shots are obtained.

V10 can take pic­tures, but does not claim to be a cam­era phone. Pho­to: doogee.cc

More inter­est­ing is a sep­a­rate smart­phone mod­ule — a built-in infrared ther­mome­ter. They can mea­sure the tem­per­a­ture of a per­son, water, food, etc. There is an error, but very small.

In the appli­ca­tion, you can keep mea­sure­ment sta­tis­tics. Pho­to: doogee.cc

The Doogee V10 is based on the Medi­aTek Dimen­si­ty 700 proces­sor. The chipset con­fi­dent­ly copes with built-in appli­ca­tions (from a ther­mome­ter to out­door pro­grams), video play­back, Android 11 shell. V10 cer­tain­ly does not apply to gam­ing smart­phones. The most resource-inten­sive titles work with draw­downs up to 25 FPS. But in oth­er games, the FPS is high­er than 35. This is quite a “playable” fig­ure. A sep­a­rate 4G|5G Wi-Fi gam­ing anten­na makes the expe­ri­ence smooth and with min­i­mal sig­nal delays.

Key advan­tages of Doogee V10:

• under­wa­ter pho­tog­ra­phy;
• pro­tec­tion of the body from dam­age dur­ing falls, water, dust, radi­a­tion;
• high auton­o­my of work;
• set of anten­nas for 5G.

Things to con­sid­er:

• HD+ res­o­lu­tion;
• weight — 340 g.

Doogee V10 Key Fea­tures:

• proces­sor: Dimen­si­ty 700, 2.2GHz;
• dis­play: 6.39 inch­es IPS;
• bat­tery capac­i­ty: 8500 mAh;
• mem­o­ry and stor­age: 8 GB + 128 GB;
• pro­tec­tion class: IP69K / MIL-STD-810G;
• NFC: yes
• shell: Android 11.0.

The aver­age cost for July 2022 is 27,500 rubles.

X93: lightweight budget employee for every day

X93 looks styl­ish in any col­or scheme. Pho­to: kimovil.com

Doogee X93 is a smart­phone weigh­ing 190g and only 9.8mm thick. A light and tidy bud­get-class device is equipped with a 6.1‑inch screen with a res­o­lu­tion of 1280 x 600. Large objects on the screen, light weight, light­weight Android 10 GO OS — X93 is con­ve­nient for old­er peo­ple.

The device has a triple cam­era mod­ule (8 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP) and a sep­a­rate 5 MP self­ie cam­era. The image qual­i­ty is at the basic lev­el, but the X93 is able to clear­ly cap­ture some­thing impor­tant. A sig­nif­i­cant bonus of the device is the bat­tery. The 4350 mAh bat­tery can be charged every two days.

The Medi­aTek MT6580 proces­sor han­dles basic tasks. Open a cou­ple of appli­ca­tions, brows­er, video — no prob­lem. Doogee X93 does not solve com­plex gam­ing tasks, but it costs only 7400 rubles and pleas­es with auton­o­my.

X93 is lost against the back­drop of flag­ship Doogee mod­els. But as the first (or sec­ond), con­ve­nient and styl­ish device, the smart­phone will not dis­ap­point. Mod­els will find a place in the list of devices for school­child­ren, pen­sion­ers, unde­mand­ing users.

Key advan­tages of Doogee X93:

• light, thin, neat body;
• a light­weight ver­sion of the OS — every­thing is clear even to pen­sion­ers;
• price;
• high auton­o­my;
• sup­port for mem­o­ry cards up to 256 GB.

Things to con­sid­er:

• not for games and heavy appli­ca­tions;
• cam­era shots are very sim­ple.

Main char­ac­ter­is­tics of Doogee X93:

• proces­sor: Medi­aTek MT6580;
• dis­play: 6.1 inch­es;
• bat­tery capac­i­ty: 4350 mAh;
• mem­o­ry and stor­age: 2 GB + 16 GB;
• shell: Android 10 GO.

The aver­age cost for July 2022 is 7,500 rubles.

X95 Pro: a budget employee with a beautiful appearance

The X95 Pro has repeat­ed­ly made it to the top lists of the best bud­get smart­phones. Pho­to: makeuseof.com

Doogee X95 Pro has come close to the sta­tus of a mid-range smart­phone. The state employ­ee has a good assem­bly — noth­ing back­lash­es and does not push through when pressed. Tex­tured plas­tic, pleas­ant to the touch, shim­mers in the light. The round cam­era mod­ule in the man­ner of flag­ship Poco smart­phones looks appro­pri­ate. The X95 Pro is pleas­ant to look at and hold in hands despite the mod­est price.

The back pan­el of the X95 Pro is not infe­ri­or in beau­ty to the flag­ship solu­tions. Pho­to: notebookcheck.net

To match the design — dis­play. The 6.52-inch screen with thin bezels and IPS-matrix will sur­prise you with rich­ness and bright­ness. Sun­light does not inter­fere with read­ing from the dis­play. Auto-bright­ness works out in a time­ly man­ner and cor­rect­ly. The screen of the X95 Pro is so good that it could eas­i­ly fit mod­els 30–40% more expen­sive.

On a smart­phone, you can play Call Of Duty Mobile, Asphalt 9, PUBG at low and low-medi­um set­tings. With games at a lev­el and require­ments high­er, the Helio A 20 quad-core proces­sor is uncer­tain­ly friend­ly. But the assort­ment is not lim­it­ed to heavy titles, but the smart­phone copes with oth­ers.

Smart­phone cam­era — three mod­ules:

• main 13 MP;
• por­trait 2 MP;
• tele­pho­to 2 MP.

X95 Pro can take pho­tos with bokeh (blur), in mono­chrome and night modes, with the help of AI, with var­i­ous man­u­al set­tings. The qual­i­ty of pic­tures on the main cam­era is accept­able. The pic­ture “wash­es” a lit­tle only at the edges, the detail is not bad. In macro mode, the cam­era does the job.

Even at dusk, the cam­era does not turn the pic­ture into a set of pix­els. Pho­to: w3bsit3-dns.com

Doogee X95 Pro is in the TOP-10 bud­get smart­phones with a price of up to 9,000 rubles. The smart­phone cov­ers 90% of the user’s needs, except for heavy games. The expres­sive design makes the X95 Pro look more expen­sive than its price.

Key advan­tages of Doogee X95 Pro:

• chic bright screen;
• good auton­o­my;
• thought­ful design;
• face unlock;
• 100% suf­fi­cient per­for­mance for typ­i­cal tasks;
• easy to learn, full-fledged Android 10.

Things to con­sid­er:

• no fin­ger­print scan­ner;
• the proces­sor is not for heavy games;
• Night pho­tos are not good qual­i­ty.

Key Fea­tures of Doogee X95 Pro:

• Proces­sor: MTK Helio A20, 1.8GHz;
• dis­play: 6.52 inch­es, IPS, 1600x720;
• bat­tery capac­i­ty: 4300 mAh;
• mem­o­ry and stor­age: 4 GB + 32 GB;
• shell: Android 10.0.

The aver­age cost for July 2022 is 8500 rubles.

N40 Pro: skin aesthetics and excellent autonomy

The design of the N40 Pro is rem­i­nis­cent of flag­ship phone ideas. Pho­to: doogee.cc

Doogee N40 Pro is a clas­sic style smart­phone weigh­ing 210 g and 9.9 mm thick. It seems that the back pan­el of the device is made of leather, but to the touch it is cor­ru­gat­ed plas­tic. The mate­r­i­al is prac­ti­cal, not scratched with­out aggres­sive impact. The leather cov­er of the N40 Pro match­es the rec­tan­gu­lar bezel and cam­era mod­ules. Again asso­ci­a­tions with the Poco smart­phone.

The dis­play stands out — bright, with accu­rate dis­play of shades, good col­or gamut and bright­ness. Doogee made the res­o­lu­tion small (1600 x 720): this saves bat­tery pow­er and adds per­for­mance. The dis­play makes it easy to see objects even on a sun­ny street.

The auton­o­my of the N40 Pro evokes good emo­tions. With a 6380 mAh bat­tery, the device will with­stand up to 360 hours of stand­by time, up to 28 hours of calls, up to 21 hours of games. Two days with­out charg­ing — the real prospects of the own­er of the N40 Pro. The smart­phone is charged from 0 to 100% in about 2.5 hours.

Doogee N40 Pro will delight you with its gam­ing poten­tial. Pho­to: doogee.cc

The MTK Helio P60 proces­sor paired with the Mali-G72 MP video accel­er­a­tor han­dles games. PUBG and sim­i­lar titles run at medi­um set­tings with­out tear­ing or stut­ter­ing. The N40 Pro will not reach high pre­sets, but it will let you play pop­u­lar rpg games and shoot­ers. The per­for­mance of Helio P60 is enough for surf­ing the web, work­ing in sev­er­al appli­ca­tions, instant mes­sen­gers, etc.

Doogee N40 Pro was a log­i­cal step towards the mid­dle seg­ment. At a price of about 14,000 rubles, the smart­phone scores well in syn­thet­ic and prac­ti­cal tests.

Key advan­tages of Doogee N40 Pro:

• pan­el styl­ized under the skin, inter­est­ing design;
• high auton­o­my;
• high-qual­i­ty screen;
• decent qual­i­ty day­time pho­tos.

Things to con­sid­er:

• NFC is not;
• res­o­lu­tion — HD +;
• night shoot­ing and video raise ques­tions.

Key Fea­tures of Doogee X95 Pro:

• Proces­sor: MTK Helio P60, 2.0 GHz;
• dis­play: 6.52 inch­es, IPS, 1600x720;
• bat­tery capac­i­ty: 6380 mAh;
• mem­o­ry and stor­age: 6 GB + 128 GB;
• shell: Android 11.0;
• NFC: no.

The aver­age cost for July 2022 is 14,000 rubles.

Results

Pro­tect­ed smart­phones from Doogee are a liv­ing exam­ple of the bal­ance between heavy “bricks” and mod­els where pro­tec­tion is indi­cat­ed for show. The flag­ship S98 Pro set the tone for a new class of smart­phones — pro­duc­tive, all-weath­er, strong. On a hike, in the garage, in the rain or in the water, the rugged Doogee is not afraid of dif­fi­cult con­di­tions, while remain­ing pro­duc­tive.

“Reg­u­lar” (with­out pro­tec­tion) smart­phones in Doogee prod­uct lines are infe­ri­or to emi­nent com­peti­tors in mar­ket­ing. But the brand has a dis­tinc­tive style and — most impor­tant­ly — a bet on inex­pen­sive solu­tions. With Sony’s cam­era mod­ules, cre­ative designs and attrac­tive prices, Doogee devices are able to attract buy­ers.