Smartphone photography has been a trend with the recent quick advancement of camera packed inside a smartphone these days. With the recent launch of iPhone 11 Pro with their triple camera setup brings the world a new style of smartphone photography. Cubot also launches their triple camera setup that also gives a next level photography with a much affordable price comparing to the much more expensive iPhone 11 Pro.
Introducing Cubot X20 Pro
In addition to other well known Chinese brands like Huawei, Xiaomi, Vivo, Cubot is also another excellent Chinese smartphone manufacturer. Cubot goals is to make cost-efffective mobile phones for their customers, and recently they have released the Cubot X20 Pro which has almost identical design as the iPhone 11 Pro rear camera setup. The X series of Cubot is the higher-end products of all their product lines.
Specifications
| Brand | Cubot |
| Model | X20 Pro |
| Operating System | Android 9.0 Pie |
| CPU | Octa-Core 4 x 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A73 4 x 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 CPU Clock |
| Chipset | MediaTek Helio P60 (MT6771), 64-bit Processor |
| GPU | ARM Mali-G72 MP3, 3 Cores, 800 MHz |
| Camera | Rear Camera: 20MP+12MP+8MP
Front Camera: 13MP Front Camera |
| Memory | RAM: 6GB
ROM: 128GB External Memory: 256GB) |
| Display | 6.3 inch, 1080 x 2340 Pixels, 24-bit |
| Battery | Non-Removable 4000 mAh Lithium-Polymer |
| SIM | Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM/microSD), Dual Standby |
| Sensors | Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Light Sensor, Compass Sensor, Fingerprint Sensor, Gyroscope |
| I/O Interface | 1 x Nano SIM Card Slot, 1x Nano SIM Card Slot or microSD/TF Card Slot, Type-C USB Port, Audio Out Port, Power Button, Volume Button, Microphone, Speaker |
| More Feature | Metal Frame and Glass Body Design, EDGE, EV-DO Rev.A (1.8 Mbps UL, 3.1 Mbps DL), GPRS, HSPA plus, LTE CAT 7 300 Mbps DL, LTE 100 Mbps UL, UMTS, Computer Sync, OTA Sync, Tethering, VoLTE, Rounded Edges, GFF Full Lamination, OTG Support, Secure and Fast Fingerprint Sensor. |
| Color | Black,Rose gold |
Designs
Using a 2.5D glass on both sides, the Cubot X20 Pro looks premium and with only 8.1mm thin, the phone definitely looks slim and elegant. It uses a 6.3-inch screen and with special aspect ratio of 19.5:9 that comes with a water drop notch screen, this phone is definitely is one of its kind. It’s also has 92.8% screen to body ratio which makes this phone stand out from the rest comparing to other competitors at this price range.
Flipping to the back there is a triple camera setup on the top left corner where is has a square consist of AI triple camera and a flashlight. Right at the bottom is the logo of Cubot. This design is the resemblance of the latest iPhone 11 Pro.
Battery & Charging
The Cubot X20 Pro comes with the USB Type-C at the bottom and packed inside the phones is the Non-Removable 4000 mAh Lithium-Polymer which gives a large battery for daily use.
The official of the standby time of the phone that is has almost 347 hours. Thanks to its 4000mAh high capacity battery.
The Cubot X20 Pro are also able to charge from 5% screen off and takes 90 minutes to get to 95% charged. The charging speed are still considerably acceptable.
Camera Performance
The most important feature of this phone is the camera which also the first ever Cubot’s triple AI camera. The 3 main camera are 12MP primary camera,, a 20MP depth sensor and an 8MP 125° super wide-angle lens.
With the Cubot innnovations, the company has setup a new camera department and collaborate with the leading algorithm team in the industry from 360 company and brings the true triple AI camera which they are very proud of.
With the result off collaborations, the Cubot X20 Pro camera are able to recognize 16 AI scenes, and it offers a super night scene, video beauty mode, and a series of functions.
Photograph Samples
Daytime Photography
Cubot X20 Pro is amazingly intergrated with the super wide angle which has a viewing angle of 125°. With only one smartphone, photography can be more creative with landscape, group photo and giving more perspective and impact.
Night Shot
Night Scene is one of challenging faced by most the smartphone photography and it has slowly improved as the days grows by. The Cubot X20 Pro are able to take low light photography as well.
Because of AI algorithm, the Cubot X20 Pro are able to shoot in low light using multiple frame stacking,presenting brightness and darkness of the night to synthesize long-exposure photos.
Front Camera
Selfie is now a popular photographs taken among smartphone user nowadays. With the help of AI in the front facing camera, the Cubot X20 Pro are able to take stunning selfies with the help of AI and also 13MP front camera.
Performances
The Cubot X20 Pro has a configuration of 6GB RAM + 128GB ROM alongside with the MediaTek P60 12nm process SoC, which has been dramatically improved in the power consumption, heat generation, and performance. Big storage and fast performance.
Playing Games
Gaming on smartphones are so common nowadays that performance of the phone are very crucial so is the battery consumption. With the test of highest setting on a game, the Cubot X20 Pro can withstand a 4-5 hours of gaming with a fully charged battery.
Android 9.0
Cubot X20 Pro is installed with the latest Android 9.0, ad free system with a simple and clean interface.
Verdict
With the effort from Cubot and the cheap price of smartphone under $300 that packed with so much feature especially on their camera department, Cubot X20 Pro really excels themselves in the smartphone making industry.
Price Slash GearBest.com
Now with the debut on Gearbest, the price is offered at $149.99 with a big price slash from their original price of $250.
Promotion date is 16 Sept 2019 – 16 Dec 2019