Cubot A40 Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Cubot A40 - inexpensive and uninteresting

It seems that the Chinese company Cubot nevertheless lost the ability to create high -quality smartphones of a low price category. So, the latest representatives of the A-Series cause mixed emotions. For example, the hero of today's review is deprived of obvious competitive advantages, but his shortcomings are quite visual.

The appearance of the new items is quite stylish, although the outdated design of 16-megapixel selfie cameras and a wide lower screen frame will definitely be criticized. But at the same time, the exterior is ready to boast of beautiful colors, relevant to the block of three cameras, a side scanner of fingerprints. The 6.88-inch IPS display is difficult to shower with compliments. Perhaps only the 90-stage frequency of update the picture is pleased, the remaining parameters are mediocre. Resolution in 1640x720 pixels is not sufficient for the clarity of the image, a peak brightness of 450 cd/m2 is not enough to work on the street in the summer. The color rendering is also far from the ideal, it is very faded.

Technical characteristics are ordinary for the cost segment. This is the UNISOC T606 CPU, a total of 4GB of RAM and video adapter MALI G57MC1. The Android 15 interface is not replete with luggage, but the applications left in the tray are closed by an instant of the eye, and even the playing resources like Call of Duty Mobile can fly out at the wrong time at the desktop. There are few constant memory in 64GB by current standards, many users will have to sacrifice one of the SIM cards for the Microsd card. But it was not without pluses. An energy-efficient chipset helps to achieve from the battery at 5100 mah autonomy at 9-10 hours of active screen time. There is not even the most modest power of the battery in 18W.

The photo surveillance of the phablet is slightly higher than the basic. Auxiliary 2 and 0.3-megapixel sensors should not be taken seriously, they are installed for beauty, but the main 48-megapixel module is better than budget 16- and 13-megapixel analogues. Daytime pictures often have a good detail, although several takes are necessary for their capture and necessary. Evening photo shoots are recommended to be left for more expensive alternatives. There is no stereo sound, the only speaker is frankly bad. But there is a connector for wired headphones, which will delight music lovers. NFC contactless payments also visited the device, but they do not save the situation. There are too many unpleasant shortcomings.