Ulefone Armor 12 Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Ulefone Armor 12 - no compromise protection?

A large number of people associate the Chinese company Ulefon with solid, but still far from ideal budget smartphones due to mediocre software optimization and not the most outstanding technical characteristics. However, the developer does not lose faith in changing the brand vision in the eyes of users and sometimes even releases flagship phones. The hero of today's review is trying to combine strength, performance, and functionality. Surprisingly, the device even manages to do much of the above.

The appearance of the new item has become somewhat closer to its counterparts without IP68 protection from dust and moisture. Dimensions, although still impressive, the thickness of the rubber and polycarbonate case has decreased, as well as the screen bezels. Pseudo-metallic elements, along with a beautiful four-camera unit and a convenient side fingerprint scanner, leave a positive impression of the exterior used by the manufacturer. He still needs to update the form factor of the 16-megapixel selfie camera ... The 6.52-inch OGS display is very good in terms of brightness and contrast, although it lags behind AMOLED panels in these indicators, and there is no Always-On Display function ... But the resolution of 1600x720 pixels is absolutely not the value that I would like to see in a modern Android smartphone.

But the Mediatek Dimensity 700 processor, 8GB of RAM and the Mali G57MC2 graphics chip get additional power from such an IPS-screen and become a bundle ready to cope with all resource-intensive games, albeit sometimes with low-medium graphics presets. The 7Nm process technology also allows the chipset to barely heat up during long gaming sessions, and the power efficiency of the CPU is at its best. One battery charge of 5180mAh lasts for 12-15 hours of active screen time, but it charges up to 100% in about an hour and a half. The size of the internal storage is an impressive 128GB with a microSD card slot.

Such a volume of ROM will not remain without high-quality photos and videos made by the quartet of main cameras. The 48-megapixel sensor is already quite suitable for difficult shooting scenarios, including night photography with good detail, although not with a minimum of noise. NFC contactless payments, wireless charging and Android 11 make it possible to ignore software imperfections and recommend the device for purchase.