Ulefone Armor 8 Pro Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Ulefone Armor 8 Pro - subtle improvements

The Chinese company Ulefon is trying to earn every last penny from each of its developments. The representative of the eighth generation of the Armor-line of rugged smartphones from the manufacturer turned out to be extremely popular due to a good combination of functionality, durability and autonomy. Unfortunately, everything ever gets old. The hero of today's review is intended to make the mentioned model more relevant, but this process turns out to be mediocre in the novelty.

The appearance of the gadget has not changed. The side-mounted fingerprint scanner, the interesting design of the triple camera, the eye-pleasing carbon inserts look stylish, not to mention the wide screen bezels, the considerable body thickness and the outdated form factor of the 8-megapixel selfie camera. The quality of the IPS panel remains the same. The 6.1-inch OGS-display with HD + resolution does not surprise with the clarity of the picture, and the brightness and contrast parameters have begun to lag behind the best Android smartphones in the price category. Using the phone in direct sunlight is problematic.

Technical characteristics do not cause such controversial emotions. The Mediatek Helio P60 processor and the Mali G72MP3 video accelerator work in a team with 6GB of RAM , which slightly accelerated the work with undemanding applications, the Android 11 interface. Forced closing of tasks occurs less often. As for games, the CPU can handle most resource-intensive projects, only in Genshin Impact and Fortnite you will have to twist the graphics settings to the very minimum. The size of the internal storage has been brought up to 128GB , there is a slot for MicroSD cards .

The photographic capabilities were left unchanged, which is frustrating. 16-, 5- and 2-megapixel cameras lacked stars from the sky a year ago, and now their abilities may not be enough even for an inexperienced user. Evening photos are full of noise, detail is low, and even during daytime photoshoot there is a drop in the number of details. Let's move on to the pluses again. A 5580mAh battery will allow you not to think about the nearest outlets for a couple of days, contactless NFC payments will significantly simplify payment in retail stores. There is also full protection against dust and moisture according to IP68 standards. As a result, we have before us a good, balanced, but still lagging behind modern trends device, which is worth paying attention to lovers of autonomous and durable mobile assistants.