Doogee S118 Pro Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Doogee S118 Pro - bright and durable

Inexpensive smartphones with water protection according to IP68 standards are rarely famous for their attractive design. Still, resistance to the elements and additional strength do not correlate well with visual beauty and reasonable cost. But the Chinese company Doogee decided to correct this situation and give the hero of today's review a pleasant and memorable appearance, albeit with some reservations.

As noted earlier, the exterior of the new product pleases the eye. This effect is entirely achieved due to the incredibly beautiful textures of the rear panels, the original block of photo modules, as well as the presence of a side fingerprint scanner. At the same time, the main problems of rugged phones are in place, namely the enormous thickness of the case, wide display frames. The IPS screen used has a number of strengths. This is the clarity of the picture at a resolution of FullHD +, and its impressive smoothness at a refresh rate of 120 Hz. There will be no serious complaints about the color rendering, but the peak brightness of 600 nits is low by today's standards. It will be problematic to see anything in direct sunlight.

The technical characteristics are good for the class of the device. The MediaTek Dimensity 7050 processor not only supports 5G networks, but also provides excellent performance in the region of 520-530 thousand points in the AnTuTu test. Such points mean both the responsive operation of the Android 14 interface and the ability to run resource-intensive games. Fans of Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail will get comfortable and stable gameplay with low-medium graphics settings. Of course, the CPU would not have achieved such a result without 8 GB of RAM and the Mali G68MC4 video accelerator. The 10800 mAh battery increases battery life to 3-4 days of active use of the device. Fast charging has a power of 33 W. Not bad, but you will have to spend two or three hours at the outlet. The permanent memory is 256 GB, a hybrid slot for MicroSD cards is present.

The gadget's photo capabilities are average, but not mediocre. If the 20-megapixel night vision sensor is needed only by a small part of users (for example, hunters and fishermen), the 108-megapixel Samsung HM6 sensor and 8-megapixel wide-angle lens, even without optical stabilization, demonstrate excellent daytime shots and even evening shots without a critical amount of noise. However, dynamic scenes are already recommended to be avoided. There are no stereo speakers, and there is no output for wired headphones for music lovers. If we recall other advantages of the device, they include contactless payments NFC, a gyroscope, sixth-generation WiFi. As a result, we have a democratically priced and at the same time extremely balanced device, the security and functionality of which correspond to the price category.