Cubot KingKong Ace 3 Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Cubot KingKong Ace 3 - several interesting solutions

The Chinese company Cubot is not afraid of experiments. Thus, even in the brand’s new inexpensive rugged smartphones, we can see a couple of important competitive advantages that set the product apart from alternatives from opponents. An example of such a device is the hero of today's review.

Let's start analyzing the new product with its appearance. Of course, the manufacturer failed to completely get rid of the excessive dimensions of the phone with water protection according to IP68 standards, but the thickness of the rubberized case is moderate, and the display frames are not as huge as they could be. An additional IPS screen on the rear panel (displaying notifications, shooting assistance, compass and other functions), pleasing to the eye colors of the candy bar, and a side fingerprint scanner also decorate the exterior. The 6.58-inch IPS display has not only a decent FullHD+ resolution, but also a current image refresh rate of 90 hertz. The picture is detailed and smooth, although the brightness of 500 nits is sometimes not enough. This is especially noticeable when interacting with the device in the summer.

The technical characteristics were the MediaTek Helio G88 CPU, 8GB of RAM and the Mali G52MC2 video accelerator. The bundle is good for the price category, it scores almost 250 thousand points in the AnTuTu benchmark and generally copes with the Android 14 interface. Launching most applications takes a few fractions of a second, but with games the situation is more complicated. You won’t have to dream of stable gameplay in truly resource-intensive projects like Fortnite even with minimal graphic presets. 128GB of permanent memory is allocated, MicroSD cards are supported by the gadget. The battery capacity of 5100 mAh will allow you not to think about looking for sockets every day. There is fast charging, but 18W is still not enough by today's standards.

The main 100-megapixel photo module is ahead of analogues from its closest competitors. Daytime photographs are detailed, natural in color reproduction, and it is quite difficult to find fault with them. With evening shots everything is more prosaic, but the opportunity to get a successful photo is still not zero. There is no stereo sound, but for music lovers there is a separate headphone jack. NFC contactless payments are also available. As a result, a balanced and technologically advanced device has every chance of selling in large quantities.