Ulefone Note 18 Pro Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Ulefone Note 18 Pro - for budget photographers

Unfortunately, an inexpensive camera phone is a utopia, because for really high-quality photos you need both an expensive module with hybrid stabilization, and optimized software, a flagship processor for post-processing images. But what to do if the budget for the purchase is extremely limited? Then phones like the hero of today's review come to the rescue.

The design of the new product from Ulefone is no worse than that of its competitors in the price category. A convenient side fingerprint scanner, reasonable display frame thickness (except for the bottom), modern design of the dual main camera and 32-megapixel selfie camera, beautiful texture of the back panel made of non-marking plastic allow the gadget to please with its exterior. But the 6.78-inch IPS screen could have had a higher resolution. Still, 1640x720 pixels with the used diagonal cannot provide good picture clarity. There are also complaints about the peak brightness, as 550 nits is not always enough to work with the device. Direct sunlight reduces the visibility of content to a minimum. But everything is fine with smoothness (90 Hz refresh rate), and the color rendering is realistic.

The technical characteristics do not set performance records, but cope with the display of the Android 14 interface, relatively fast launch of applications. The MediaTek Helio G91 CPU, 6 GB of RAM and the Mali G52MC2 video core together score about 250 thousand points in the AnTuTu benchmark, which gives hope for the successful playback of not the most resource-intensive games. World Of Tanks Blitz, Call Of Duty Mobile work stably with low-medium graphics settings. But projects like Genshin Impact are recommended to be left for more expensive smartphones. The permanent memory is allocated as much as 256 GB, which can also be expanded with MicroSD cards. There is also no saving on battery life. It reaches 9-10 hours of active screen time. But the charging power is not particularly impressive (18W).

The 64-megapixel main photo module Sony IMX682 and the wide-angle 50-megapixel lens, although lacking OIS, demonstrate more detailed photos and videos compared to competitors. Even evening shots do not turn into an abundance of noise, although the color rendering sometimes has serious errors. There is no stereo sound, but for music lovers, a separate jack for wired headphones is left. The presence of contactless payments NFC, simplifying purchases in hypermarkets, will also please. Thus, we have before us a rather interesting gadget with working cameras and many other advantages.