Blackview Oscal Pilot 1 Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Blackview Oscal Pilot 1 - will it take off or not?

Dozens of competitors are ready to envy the range of IP68-protected smartphones from the Chinese company Blackview. Even among relatively inexpensive phones, you can find many original options. The hero of today's review focuses on high-quality sound and autonomy, which will definitely appeal to part of the audience. But what about other parameters? Here, everything is not so clear.

The appearance of the new product can be both praised and scolded. The cutout of the huge 5W speaker is asymmetrical and stylish, the photo module block looks attractive, and the metal-style texture of the back panel, and the high-quality 32-megapixel selfie camera with a modern design. However, for some reason, the rubberized case has lost its fingerprint sensor, and the enormous dimensions of the monoblock and the widest screen frames cause negative emotions. The 6.67-inch IPS panel has one very unpleasant drawback - a modest resolution of 1604x720 pixels. With such a diagonal, such a choice by the manufacturer leads to the looseness of small fonts and icons. The brightness of 600 nits will not be seriously criticized, because opponents rarely have anything better. The 90-Hz refresh rate and realistic color rendition do not allow the display to completely fall flat on its face.

The technical characteristics include the MediaTek Helio G81 CPU, 6 GB of RAM and the Mali G52MC2 video accelerator. This is a fresh, but far from the most productive bundle, aimed rather at energy efficiency. If 250,000 points in the AnTuTu test still give hope for the responsiveness of the Android 14 interface, then you will have to forget about the most resource-intensive games. So, Genshin Impact is full of lags even with minimal graphic presets. But with a crazy 15000 mAh battery, it is easy to see 15-20 hours of active screen time and more. There is also a fast charge with a power of 33W. They did not skimp on permanent memory either. 256 GB of ROM can always be expanded with MicroSD cards.

The main 50 and 2-megapixel cameras are characterized by obvious traces of savings on the part of the developer. There is not only a telephoto lens, but also a wide-angle lens, the main sensor from Samsung is quite simple, lacking optical stabilization. You should count on the quality of only daytime shots without excessive dynamics of objects. In this case, the detail will be good. As noted earlier, they needed to work on the sound in the phablet, it is loud and rich. Among the advantages, we also highlight the presence of contactless payments NFC. Thus, if the device under review had no problems with performance and IPS-screen, then the title of hit would have been guaranteed. But shortcomings remain, so it is impossible to recommend the device to everyone for purchase.