UMIDIGI G100 5G Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

UMIDIGI G100 5G - an abundance of compromises

The Chinese company UMIDIGI tries to save money correctly, but sometimes the developer's attempts to contain the cost raise questions. So, the hero of today's review is not much different from its predecessor without a 5G index, except for performance. But the price tag has grown quite noticeably.

The appearance of the new product has its pros and cons. A variety of colors of the rear panels, high-quality polycarbonate, a modern round block of photo modules and a side fingerprint scanner look beautiful for a mid-price device. But this impression is spoiled when looking at the outdated design of the 16-megapixel selfie camera, not very narrow display frames. The 6.9-inch IPS panel itself awakens even more controversial emotions. Good color rendition, excellent smoothness at a 120 Hz refresh rate are contrasted with low image clarity at a resolution of 1640x720 pixels and the lack of an oleophobic coating. And the peak brightness could be higher than 600 nits.

The technical characteristics include the UNISOC T765 chipset, 8 GB of RAM and the Mali G57MC2 video core. The processor is approximately equal in power to the MediaTek Dimensity 6080, so the user can count on 350-400 thousand points in the AnTuTu test, support for 5G networks. The Android 14 interface is smooth and responsive, a significant number of gaming applications will be quite functional. However, you need to understand that we are far from dealing with a flagship device, so the graphics settings in the same Genshin Impact must be lowered almost to the minimum values. The battery capacity has reached 6000 mAh, making autonomy a strong point of the phablet. The active screen time counter often goes over 10. But the charging speed is modest (20W), you will have to be near a socket or power bank for a long time. The permanent memory is 256 GB, there is a slot for MicroSD cards.

It is unlikely that anyone will be pleased with the mediocre photographic capabilities of the device. A pair of useless 2-megapixel modules are combined with a not very technologically advanced main 50-megapixel sensor without optical stabilization. If daytime photos still have good detail, then deterioration of lighting or movement of objects can turn a photo into an abundance of noise or blurry details. There was no place for stereo sound, but a jack for wired headphones was left. The list of advantages will also include the presence of contactless payment NFC. However, the dull cameras, imperfect design, peculiar IPS screen and a number of other shortcomings call into question the future success of the device.