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The good: USD150 is a very acceptable price for Chinese phone with mainstream chipset. Mijue M10 is as fast and smooth as Cubot X6. Display is good with more details.
The bad: Though I’ve saw lower-than-mediocre back cameras like Cubot X6’s, the M10 is even worse, which, however, has a better front camera. Money on useless and crap gesture sensing should’ve been saved or used to enhance other features.
Bottom Line: Mijue M10 did not surprise me finally by functioning, but it has a right price.
The cheapest 8-core Chinese smartphone was USD40 cheaper in about 2 months, and now we see Mijue, a never-heard brand, make a debut with its M10 for USD150 or so. The M10 and Cubot X6 (USD190) share the same components except that the Mijue handset has a smaller Nand flash memory. According to a friend of mine on the sourcing market, 8Gb makes a price gap of approximately USD 5, which doubles on retail.
It seems that an overall markdown of USD30 dollars in MTK6592 mobile phones is destined for now or the few months to come. Before making that sure, we should figure out whether Mijue M10 is a normal phone or it’s priced low for reasons, because a crap, however cheap it is, is a crap.
The performance of Cubot X6 proves that the collaboration of MTK6592 Octa-core CPU plus a 4-core Mali-450 GPU well powers a 720p-display smartphone (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647933). Huawei Honor 3X, with the similar components, is fantastically better.
And now, I’m showing you what a phone Mijue M10 is by comparison with Cubot X6 bit by bit.
1. What the hell?
The M10 is equipped with a gesture sensor, which is useless from my point of view. What’s more, it takes great efforts to keep your palm neither too close to nor too far from the screen when you make “air” gesture – I mean you have to nearly touch the screen but not really touch it.
Sometimes, people don’t appreciate the existence of something or grieve on the loss of it even if it was perfect by itself. The first rule of making a cheap phone is not to add such an embarrasing burden on it, so you can save money for something else that people really cares, for example, a good look.
Cubot X6, which costs you USD40 dollars more, has no fancy to flaunt, but is good as a common boy.
2. Design.
If someone had only half an hour to design a cellphone and no afflatus flashed through his mind, he would bring out Mijue M10. In fact, this Mijue handset is that kind of stuff you think is the copy of something at first sight even if you can’t recall which one. Just as you may guess “s/he should have committed suicidal many years ago” when the poster of Marilyn Manson leaps to your eyes, for no special reason.
However, the Chinese producer didn’t do anything stupid like leaving wide seams on the body or many physical buttons on the edge. Besides, the phone is thin and its matte-finish back cover is not cheesy, so generally it’s a neat phone without much to complain about.
Now Cubot X6 looks far more inspiring. Its copy of Arc S can be taken as a tribute to the past and the aluminum bordering the camera lens is, anyway, unique.
3. Display
To my surprise, Mijue M10 is equipped with a better display than Cubot X6 in terms of both resolution and contrast. The two phones have the same face value of 720 by 1280 pixels, but Mijue M10 delivers more details of the same picture. Have a look at the left lower part of the landscape photo. On Cubot X6, you can only tell it was a lot of grass, while on the M10, you can almost distinguish one piece from another. And of course colors are more vivid on the Mijue handset.
As for webpages, apps, or anything with white background, Mijue M10’s display is colder with a little bit sepia, which I don’t like, while you can see pure white on the X6.
4. Camera
In the same light condition, Cubot X6’s back camera takes better photos than Mijue M10 with crispier details and livelier colors, while their front cameras were quite the contrary.
5. Operating system.
The Android 4.2.2 pre-installed on Mijue M10 is the original version with everything essential such as the Play Store.
On the X6, the OS differs a little bit from the pure Android 4.2.2. Every apps icon has a background, which is lovely and helps make the interface more compact. Besides, the apps and widget sections are separate, so you don’t slide across them.
6. Performance
There is something weird about the results on benchmark apps, but I will mention it later in case it affects your judgment. First of all, have a look at the real performance of the two smartphones.
You may not observe from the video the subtle difference that I felt in reality, but switch of home screens and pictures was indeed a little smoother on Mijue M10. On the other hand, cars of NFS Most Wanted run in the same speed on both phones, sometimes a little bit faster on the X6.
From my 3-day experience, Mijue M10 and Cubot X6 belong to the same level in terms of smoothness, and they notched similar scores on GFX Bench. Though the Cubot handset is nearly 6,000 behind the M10 on Aututu, I still believe in my feelings.
The most weird is that both Antutu and GFX say the powerhouse of Mijue M10 is MT6592 which has 6 cores. I tried two sets of the model, and the results were not different. MT6592 with 6 cores! We all know MT6592 is an 8-core CPU, which is proved true on any other mobile phone. I personally can’t explain the absurdity.
7. Battery
Battery is most people’s top concern but I couldn’t give exact time of duration in my previous reviews. This time I let a 720P music video loop on the X6 and M10 when they are watched over by the Battery Monitor Widget. With the same 2,200mAh capacity, Mijue M10 and Cubot X6 lasted 4.5 and 5 hours respectively. I hope the numbers help you anticipate their durations in normal use.
Conclusion:
Anyway, Mijue M10 is the cheapest 8-core mobile phone presently, where no major drawbacks have been found during my short trial. Regardless of how they will perform in the long run, I personally think the M10 is better worth its price than Cubot X6, or any other Octa-core stuff.
History tells us that USD150 is the ultimate mainstream price for Chinese-branded smartphones with mainstream components, so we can expect quite a number of 8-core 720p-display 1GB-RAM phones with worse-than-mediocre cameras to emerge around the price before the release of the next generation of the MTK chipsets.
Please go here ..http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2229761
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Just one day after MediaTek raised the curtain of MTK6592, Zoppo,the Chinese phone maker, held a press conference flaunting how its new flagship, powered by the Octa-core chipset, would be a monster. Henceforth, it spent about 2 months hyping (perhaps optimize,too) the so-called world’s first 8-core smartphone everywhere.
Clearly Zoppo was trying the same hunger marketing tactics by Apple, or its Chinese mimicry Xiaomi. That did intrigued me somehow, but I was left cold when I held the very stuff, namely Zopo ZP998, in hand at last.
1. Design
iPhone 5/5s and HTC One have inscribed metallic surface and matte finish as major elements into the aesthetics of mobile phone design. The ZP998 seems looking for a breakthrough with its leathery plastic rear side, which, suggest more premium a feel than Samsung Galaxy S4’s cheesy case would do. That aside, the Zoppo handset’s overall design is not inspiring.
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Its front is a round-cornered rectangle, measures 5.96 inches tall by 3 inches wide, and is covered with an all-over piece of glass slightly above the edges. In a word, the handset has the magnified face of iPhone 5, plus a few compulsory tweaks such as touch-sensitive physical buttons at the bottom in place of iPhone’s home button, a wider earpiece outlet at the top to fit the ZP998’s oversize, and a bigger front camera on the earpiece’s right instead of top.
The trim encircling Zopo ZP998’s chassis is in fact made from aluminum, though the finish and color deliver a feel not as metallic as iPhone’s. The volume rocker sits on the upper left edge, and the right edge houses the power and camera keys. Between the phone’s face and edges, there is a distinct seam that shows lesser delicate craftsmanship.
The camera starter button, also the physical shutter, serves as Zopo’s messenger to tell us how outstanding the camera is, but it is placed so far that I must adjust my grip every time I want to reach it. I’d rather start the camera by the app icon and use the virtual shutter. Similarly, it can be quite a stretch to touch the back button if you hold the phone in your left hand, the inherent drawback for oversize cell phones.
A cool work looks cool and reasonable. In this sense, Zopo did not put enough sweat and tears into its new hit.
2. Display
Zopo’s has proved excellent in displaying system by its last flagship Zopo C2. The new one’s screen is just as good with the same resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels and a bigger 5.5-inch size.
While the added 0.5 inch decreases the ZP998’s pixel density to 401 PPI from C2’s 441 PPI, I don’t find major degeneration in image quality. The screen still shows extremely vibrant colors and crispy details.
Being edge-to-edge, the display helps cut Zopo ZP998’s body size a lot and its border is proof against accidental contacts. Both features are favorable except in one case: if you hold the phone tight (you normally use some strength to grip the phone when it is vertical to the floor) in your left hand, the border of the display is sensitive to your extruded palm flesh when you can’t switch home screens to the right by siding the thumb of the same hand.
Quibbles aside, Zopo ZP998 is paired with a fantastic full HD screen.
3. Operating System:
While the Mainland-China version of Zopo ZP998 runs Yun OS 2.3, an overhauled Android 4.2 system with flat icons and translucent notifications pull-down menu, the overseas version comes with the pure Android 4.2.2. The latter offers all the language options born with Android and has Google Play Store onboard.
Switch of home screens and Launcher layouts are smooth, though not very pleasantly fast. Annoying but tolerable delays were found during shifts between widgets layouts and between pictures in gallery. And I was able to open and close apps again and again without any hiccup.
Powered by an 8-core CPU and Mali-450MP GPU, the aforementioned performance indicates inadequate efforts on OS optimization.
4. Camera
Able to shoot 14MP pictures, the ZP998’s back camera uses an alleged F2.0 big aperture, bigger than that of any cell phone to my knowledge. Indeed, the camera is capable of drawing blur background and foreground with quite strong Bokeh effects.
However, the photos come out neither very vivid nor crisp in comparison with the 8MP iPhone 5, another proof that face-value resolution is not everything for a camera. The 5MP front camera has low contrast, too.
normal light, low light
with flash, under fluorescent lamp
background blur, foreground blur
5. Core Components
Before running some benchmark software on the ZP998, I tried 2 games that had never worked well on Android phones equipped with previous generations of MTK chipsets. Temple Run Oz, with all its thrilling high definition, vividness and 3 dimensions, always and frequently encountered skips of frames. And the blockbusting NFS: Most Wanted proved out of MTK’s ability to handle.
You can hardly say the cars are whizzing on Zopo ZP998, but the speed is about twice as high as it was with some quad-core MTK6589T-powered phones, and the background motion is nearly smooth. Skips of frames with the Oz have been reduced to an extent that you can really enjoy the game.
Yes, I did see considerable improvement in processing ability from the coordination of the 1.7Ghz MTK6592 CPU and Mali-450 GPU. On the other hand, Zopo’s mediocre software optimization gives me hope that some bigger phone makers, perhaps Lenovo, would forge some perfect stuff out of the chipset.
The Zopo handset notched scores of 8000 and 13000 on Quadrent and Antutu, respectively. Quadrent says the phone is better than HTC One X, and Antutu even says it’s better than Samsung Galaxy S3. But it’s weird that both benchmarks give the pixel density of 480PPI and front camera resolution of 8MP.
6. Battery Life:
I used the ZP998 for two weeks, including 3 and half a days with the display shut down after full charge (of course I need to activate the display a few times to see the power usage). The battery is able to last you for approximately 9 hours of light-to-heavy use, or around 11 hours if you don’t play games at all. Anyway, once-a-day charge is inevitable.
Antutu battery test gives the smpartphone a score of 486, between HTC Incredible S and Milestone.
7. Others:
The ZP998’s gesture sensor is more responsive than any Chinese phone I’ve ever tested. In the past, I nearly have to touch those screens to make my “air” gesture work out. NFC is another feature that often failed on Chinese phones, while Zopo ZP998 stimulated me a lot. It has no problem in data transfer with Xiaomi M3 and Sony Xperia. As for Miracast wireless display, most Chinese Phones are OK, so this one is not something exceptional.
8. Conclusion:
Zopo ZP998 is still a typical phone made by a typical second-tier Chinese phone maker. It is a storehouse of trendy technologies, while each of them doesn’t bring stunning user experience. What’s interesting is that the 8-core mobile phone has the same or lower price than some 4-core Zopo-branded ones.
Let me be less cynical! After all, Zopo ZP998 is sold not with a super price, so I shouldn’t have expected a super phone. In spite of all its embarrassing drawbacks, this is a worthy product, for sum-up.
A brief video review about Zopo ZP998: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwJ3tyn4HUQ
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The good: 2GB RAM perfectly unleashes the potential of MT6592, so in terms of gaming, THL T11 is the one of the fastest 8-core smartphone I’ve ever experienced (the other is Huawei Honor 3X). Good craftsmanship as on previous THL handsets. The protective case is smart with automatic wake-up and can be used as a stand.
The bad: The protective case frequently flip open itself. The camera is disappointing.
Bottom line: Though it is 20 US dollars above the que-limit price for a Chinese phone, THL T11 is still worth the price, because it is very close to a high-end stuff in many aspects.
Price has long been my first concern if it comes to talking about a Chinese cell phone, so I didn’t mean to do much about the USD220 THL T11 when the cheapest phone with the Octa-core MTK6592 CPU has been 70 US dollars cheaper, namely, Mijue M10.
Fortunately the 2GB RAM drew my attention and made me wonder if it would help make a difference. Well, it did, and I saw something that stunned me quite a lot, like what you would see in the video below.
Yep, the cars of NFS Most Wanted flied! That gave me confidence to try Real Racing 3, which, seems not bad on the T11, too. And such a phone – I can call it a beast – of course deserves a full review. So here it is.
1. Design:
THL T11 is generally a copy of Xiaomi M3, or you may say both the 2 Chinese-brand phones stole the design language of Nokia Lumia 920, including a long rectangle face with sharp corners, curved-out left and right edges, as well as flat top and bottom.
As the T11 has a user-replaceable battery, there are inevitably seams on its edges for opening of the back cover. That aside, the handset inherits the good craftsmanship from its THL predecessors.
The rear side of THL T11 delivers a soft feel like that from a velvet blanket -- quite different from stock hard plastics covers; being a little bit narrower but thicker, the smartphone looks more compact than Xiaomi Mi3; and it has a neat appearance with no redundant buttons or holes besides a volume rocker, a power starter, a micro USB port, and a 3.5mm jack.
A bonus point could be the protective case which is composed of an extra back cover and a foldable piece of leather. You can flip the front cover open and close to wake up the display and let it sleep. And like the Smart Case of iPad, the T11 case can be used as a stand for video watching, too.
Perhaps the condition is just for the very T11 I hold in hand -- the front cover open itself due to a tensile force, so I have to let the face of the handset down when I put it on a table.
2. Display:
This week I tried three Chinese mobile phones with 5-inch 720p screens, namely, Cubot X6, Mijue M10, THL T11. Of them, Cubot X6 and THL T11 have the worst and best displays, respectively.
On the T11, you can see all the details of an image that should be shown with the resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels, and the mild and lively colors are quite eye pleasing.
3. Camera:
If THL T11 had a good camera, I would be willing to spend 30 US dollars more --- USD250 for a cellphone with no major drawback is quite a deal. Unfortunately, THL would rather save the money for a lower price.
The back camera is just a little bit better than a total disaster with low real resolution and pale colors, while the front camera is somewhat heartening. By the way, remember to peel off the piece of blue protective film on the lens of the rear camera, or you’ll get a more blurry picture.
Normal light:
Low light:
With flash:
Under fluorescent lamp:
Selfie:
4. OS:
The T11 runs on the pure Android 4.2.2 with Google Play store pre-installed. People on XDA-developers may not be android purists, but I think this hardware would set your mind at ease for development.
5. Performance
With the gaming experience aforementioned, I knew the T11 would have high scores on benchmark apps. And it did. Antutu gives the smartphone a high score of 27196 and GFX Bench 3.0 says it is able to deal with 41 pictures of 720p resolution in a second.
Not only gaming, every operation on the THL stuff is fast, such as switch across apps trays, open and close of apps, slide of pictures. However, I still feel hiccups during the switch between widget trays – the same problem with all Android 4.2.2 Chinese phones I’ve tested.
It seems that the MTK6592 Octa-core CPU and Mali450 MP4 quad-core GPU make a real fine chipset allocation, which, however, needs a big random access memory (RAM) to liberate itself from fetters. According to my memory, THL T11 should be as fast as Huawei Honor 3X, and the latter, worth more than USD300, happens to contain a 2GB RAM, too.
6. Battery:
Just like what I did on Cubot X6 and Mijue M10, I let a 720p music video loop on the T11 till the battery dies, and at the same time, the Battery Monitor Widget watched out the power consumption. Finally, the 2750mAh lasted the smartphone for about 6 hours of playback.
7. Others:
Though I don’t feel NFC is very useful, at least for now, this module on the T11 is quite responsive -- it connects very quickly to Nexus 4 and transfers files quite smoothly -- have a look at the video above.
8. Conclusion:
Of all cheap Chinese phones, THL T11 may be the first one that I think is a worthy opponent against some internationally known brands. Except camera, the T11 is fine by all means, and in terms of speed, it should’ve been one of the fastest of all 8-core phones by far.
Awesome review. Thanks for info. I am really interested now.
zerogun said:
Awesome review. Thanks for info. I am really interested now.
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It's just one week experience, so it may or may not be as good after long-time use. You need to see some consumer reviews for more fair judgement.
Which website did you order your phone from? How long did it take to reach you?
Thanks
Sunsamg said:
Which website did you order your phone from? How long did it take to reach you?
Thanks
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Hey, i didn't order it. I'm in China and get the phone from a friend who sell phones.
mohammad ahamad
nice review man.
How about facebook? Does it crash? Some people said that fb version 7 runs ok.
Thank you.
Great review indeed. Especially the battery performance verification method. My T11 is on the way (should arrive within the next week).
People claim that the notification led only works when charging.. Is it true? Is there any way to fix it without installing another ROM?
TUPAC_RIP said:
mohammad ahamad
nice review man.
How about facebook? Does it crash? Some people said that fb version 7 runs ok.
Thank you.
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I'm in China, where facebook is blocked by the government. It seems i need to use VPN next time.
mead6302 said:
Great review indeed. Especially the battery performance verification method. My T11 is on the way (should arrive within the next week).
People claim that the notification led only works when charging.. Is it true? Is there any way to fix it without installing another ROM?
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Sorry i didn't notice such details, but i'll check when the handset is available again. About the battery performance verification, it was learned from a guy on XDA.
mead6302 said:
Great review indeed. Especially the battery performance verification method. My T11 is on the way (should arrive within the next week).
People claim that the notification led only works when charging.. Is it true? Is there any way to fix it without installing another ROM?
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Led doesn't work but there is a fix. I don't remember where to search.
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Wooot.
Is 220 bucks a great deal for this device? Free shipping btw..
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Wooot.
Is 220 bucks a great deal for this device? Free shipping btw..
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I think so. T11 is the best mediocre Chinese phone by far, in terms of craftsmanship, smoothness, display and comprehensive strength.
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THL T11 – Review
One of the first Mediatek MT6592 octa core devices that hit the market was the THL T100. Although it did well on the market it did have some issues. One of the biggest criticisms was the poor battery life. This time around THL have taken the same popular design and transformed it into something a little lower spec’d, a little less expensive, and hopefully a little better as an all around device.
Unboxing
I bought the THL T11 from 1949deal and had it shipped with EMS. It took a few days for the order to process and ship, and then another week and a half in the mail. I’m O.K waiting a little longer as I find EMS works better for me in the area where I live. The device was extremely well packaged to make sure it arrived safely.
The box for the T11 was a fairly plain white box but it did have some specs on the bottom. What I did see was WCDMA listed as 850/1900/2100, which is what I had hoped. Inside was the device, a manual in English, NFC card, a set of standard headphones, a micro-USB cable, and the wall adapter. I also found a screen protector had been installed on the device with a spare in the box, a hard snap-on case as well as a flip style case. I don’t know if the screen protectors and cases came from THL or 1949deal. Regardless, it was a nice gesture and was noticed.
Check out the Unboxing video here.
Specs
5″ 720p display with Gorilla Glass 3
Mediatek MT6592 octa core clocked at 1.7Ghz
2GB RAM/16GB storage
expansion slot for up to 32GB cards
8MP rear and 5 MP front cameras
2750 mAh battery
Check out the full video review here.
Physical features
The THL T11 measures in at 70.4 x 144.3 x 8.4 mm and weights 145 grams.The design is identical to the THL T100 with it’s well known sharp corners. Although it looks very sharp the sides on the back have a nice radius which makes the phone very comfortable to hold.
On the right hand side is the power button.
On the left is the volume rocker.
The 3.5 mm headphone jack and the micro-USB port are both found on top.
As you look at the front the 5 MP camera is on the left.
As you look at the back of the device the 8 MP camera and flash are on the top left with the speaker being on the bottom left.
Display
I think the 1280 x 720 resolution that was chosen for the T11 was definitely the right thing as it still gives 294 ppi. It looks crisp on the 5 ” sizing, is plenty bright, as well as perfectly responsive.
Software
The T11 comes with Android 4.2.2 and is a fairly basic ROM. Depending on what you like it can be a good or a bad thing. If you are looking for fancy, you’re out of luck. If you are looking for basic, fast access Android, then you’ll be right at home.
During my time using the device I didn’t notice any glitches or issues with the ROM, and the stock launcher was smooth enough that I never felt a need to change it.
Wi-Fi
I tested the THL T11 ‘s 2.4 Ghz Wi-Fi by taking a reading beside my router, then taking another at the furthest point of my upper level, and a third at the furthest point of my basement.
Router= 27.16 mbps
Upstairs= 25.34 mbps
Basement= 20.08 mbps
These are good results and I didn’t have any issues web browsing, streaming music or videos in any location within my home.
Call quality
The call quality is good on both ends with the T11. With some Mediatek devices people complain about the quality but what I’ve found is the device is usually just quiet and the volume can be raised by accessing engineering mode. I felt the T11 was fine as is.
Speakers
The speaker for the T11 is on the back of the device and does a good enough job, but I would call it average. I tested it with various types of music, video clips, and movies and it did alright. It could have been a touch louder though.
Video Playback
I threw all sorts of video at the T11 and it handled them all with ease. Some people feel the Mali-450MP4 is slightly under-powered but I find it consistently does a great job with all kinds of media. I have to admit I had a hard time enjoying videos on the T11 because I love large screen devices. I had been using a 7″ display so going back down to 5 inches was painful for me.
Web Browsing
Another consistent positive result with MT6592 devices is the web browsing. I used Maxthon browser and found web browsing quick and smooth just as I expected. I opened a bunch of apps and tried to bog the device down, then opened the browser and starting surfing again with good results. Score for the octa core.
Cameras
The T100 had dual 13 MP cameras so one of the down grades with the T11 is in the cameras. The 5 MP front camera did a good enough job with selfies but the 8 MP rear camera was just ok. In bright light it was fine but as soon as the environment became dim, noise started to creep into the shots. Not high quality results, but fine for general use.
GPS
Even thought the MT6592 SoC’s seem to have a better track record with working GPS’ than previous Mediatek chips I still find there are a number of devices that struggle. Luckily the THL T11 is not one of them. I was very surprised at how quickly it got its first cold lock and subsequent locks were always within seconds. To make sure the app tests were accurate I took the T11 for a drive and it performed well on our trip. I used Navfree which works from pre-downloaded maps so there was no data being used to help out.
Benchmarks
As you read through these benchmarks keep in mind that this phone costs just a little over $200, unlocked.
Antutu
27,921
This score puts the device ahead of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and less than 7,000 points behind the brand new Snapdragon 801 Samsung S5, and HTC M8 flagships.
Nenamark 2
59.8 fps
CPU Prime
6441
This score shows the strength of the CPU portion of the MT6592 by placing the T11 ahead of the Samsung s4 and LG G2.
Vellamo
HTML5
2122
Metal
678
As can be seen by all of the results the T11 scores better than many devices that cost 2-3x more.
Battery
This is were the 5″ 720p display benefits the T11. I figured with t a 2750 mAh battery the device should do quite well, and I was right. The phone can easily make it through an entire day, even with fairly heavy use. When I put it on a video loop with the brightness set to auto the phone made it to the 7 hour mark and still had 5% battery life left.
Gaming
The MT6592 with it’s Mali-450MP4 has proven that it does well with media playback and it also does well with video games. Simple games are a breeze, and even graphically demanding games play fine. High end games like Dead Trigger 2, Front Line Commando 2, and Asphalt 8 get defaulted to mid level graphics settings but still look and play well. Once again the 720p display paired with the 2750 mAh battery will help with allowing longer game play times.
Final Thoughts
Pro’s
Good performance especially considering the reasonable price tag
Very good battery life
Expandable storage giving you up to 48 GB with the combined internal plus expansion card
WCDMA 850/1900/2100 is awesome for people in North America
Fairly strong, reliable Wi-Fi
Con’s
Loud speaker could be a little louder
Cameras are just O.K
Ships with Android 4.2.2
No LTE
The THL T11 is an affordable device that still offers high levels of performance. Many companies are pushing the device screen sizes up to 5.5 inches and beyond. Inevitably this creates a larger device and there are still a lot of consumers that don’t want to go beyond a 5″ display. The T11 respects that and offers a fairly compact device that performs fairly well in all areas. If you are looking for a good all purpose device with good battery life then the THL T11 certainly deserves a closer look.
Great review, thanks!
thanks for this review
thanks for this review
I have this phone and every thing is ok but there is one thing that annoy me.
The three below buttons are not sensitive as well. some times you must tap multiple times on the return button to act.
i got the phone as well.
as long as you use your whole finger its just fine.
anyone can suggest a good rom? i tryed miui but battery drains like 1.5X faster..
confirm 3G works
I just received my T11 and I am very happy with it. Just want to confirm that 3G works with Rogers network here in Canada, in case any fellow Canucks ask! I read reviews saying 3G also works with AT&T in USA.
Cubot has released the first iPhone 6 clone, Cubot X9, last time, i have written the review about No.1 v Phone i6 as iphone 6 clone, now i choose to let you know more about Cubot X9. From the price and specs, it can really beat doogee Octa core smartphone, doogee dg550. Facing fierce competition, Cubot X9 must have the outstanding features to attract the users. Therefore, check with me to see what Cubot X9 will bring you.
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5.0 Inch 1280 * 720 Pixel HD IPS Screen
Cubot X9 is the best clone of iPhone 6, this exquisite and trendy smartphone has 5inch HD IPS screen with 1280 * 720 Pixel. The clear-cut screen quality, 6.9mm ultra-thin body design and comfortable hands feeling meet your nice needs. It uses LDS antenna technology to let you experience it better. By the way, LDS means Laser Direct Structuring which is a professional laser processing, injection and electroplating 3D-MID production technology.
MTK6592 Octa Core 1.4GHz 1G Ram 16G Rom
Powered by the latest MTK6592 Octa Core 1.4GHz processor, it runs faster than Quad core smartphones. Extremely swift speed makes you experience to download apps, search the Internet, watch videos, play games and do other applications perfectly.
dual camera
It supports dual camera with 8.0MP Rear Camera ( interpolated 13.0MP) 5.0MP Front Camera ( interpolated 8.0MP), which helps you memorize every romantic and beautiful moment by taking photos according to this dual camera using Sony CMOS technology.
Android 4.4 os phone
It runs the latest android4.4 kitkat OS, which performs better, faster, more efficient, and bring simpler interface.
Areospace titanium alloys Body
Cubot X9 has areospace titanium alloys body, the quality is stable, solid and strong.
Dual SIM Slot
It supports dual sim cards, dual standby, which let you insert a 3G sim card, a GSM card to call freely, you will never miss a call.
HOTKNOT
Cubot X9 has an unique function that it supports Hotknot, a wireless transmission technology designed by MediaTek. You can just touch the screen to exchange the data. It's very convenient to use it when take a bus, take a subway, or shop in the supermarket.
Cubot X9 is a 5inch HD Phone as the best Iphone 6 clone, whether the exquisite design, hardware or other features, of course, including price can make us love it deeply.
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Looks amazing! Love its solid build. How much doest it cost now?
Ordered one here Cubot X9
code CUBOTX9LG, get the price down to $132.99 FS Hope to get it soon
The price is actually down to 129.99 FS with the same coupon code
I'm really curious as to how the battery life is on this bad boy. 2200 mAh isn't great.
cubot x9 purchase
Got this phone when it was pre order @ $150 got a discount coupon 5% less. The phone is quite good for me, its light & fast, I ask the seller to takeout all the chinese apps and install playstore. As they did when I received the item. The phone has two freebies a plastic transparent back cover protector and 2 screen protector (1 pre-installed), that's it , hope soon a tempered glass and an earphone to be well as add on would be nice. I am getting antutu scoremark upto 29K+ with everything off including wifi, antivirus, weather, but except network reception. Reception is strong so as the wifi strength. The cons I find is that there apps like weather that is limited to certain countries mostly asia, since I am working here at middle east its lacking instead I installed accuweather to solve the weather thing. I also notice a notification of overheat issue when I benchmark this phone twice consecutively, prompting the phone to shut down itself to prevent any problem, I then restart after 5 mins, and its ok already. I am hoping the quality to last me at least more than a year.
Here's a picture of my purchase:
I bought the Cubot X9, and I'm real anxious for it to arrive. I was expecting that if people didn't have any complaints about quality control, the screen, bugs, or other detractors, they'd be glowing about how awesome the phone is for the price. I've read that FramaRoot works to unlock it, and you can install the Play Store. How can we get this phone added to XDA, because it could become the new hot phone if we can get a custom bootloader on it.
Right now I have an Amazon Fire Phone, and I'm ready to sell it and stick with this one if it is as good as it appears to be in the few reviews and YouTube videos available.
Cubot X9：The Slimmest Smartphone in the History CUBOT
Cubot X9 is the best clone of iPhone 6, this exquisite and trendy smartphone has 5inch HD IPS screen with 1280 * 720 Pixel. The clear-cut screen quality, 6.9mm ultra-thin body design and comfortable hands feeling meet your nice needs. The Slimmest Smartphone in the History CUBOT With Space Titanium Alloy As a New Flagship cubot-x9.com .It uses LDS antenna technology to let you experience it better. By the way, LDS means Laser Direct Structuring which is a professional laser processing, injection and electroplating 3D-MID production technology.
Ican doit said:
Cubot X9 is the best clone of iPhone 6, this exquisite and trendy smartphone has 5inch HD IPS screen with 1280 * 720 Pixel. The clear-cut screen quality, 6.9mm ultra-thin body design and comfortable hands feeling meet your nice needs. The Slimmest Smartphone in the History CUBOT With Space Titanium Alloy As a New Flagship cubot-x9.com .It uses LDS antenna technology to let you experience it better. By the way, LDS means Laser Direct Structuring which is a professional laser processing, injection and electroplating 3D-MID production technology.
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I ordered one from DX. hope the phone will come soon. looking great device.
my cubto x9 antutu scores
It is not much antutu around 29K less
I ordered mine of GearBest on January 8th... Not so patiently awaiting its arrival. It left the Netherlands (yay for shipping from China via PostNL!) so will hopefully be here sooner rather than later. I'll be posting an unboxing when I get it, and a review once I've used it for a bit.
It says X9 has 16gb ROM, can anyone tell me how it is partitioned?
Is it 16gb (minus OS space) one partition, or 2 partitions as on X6 and older phones?
Becouse I need dual sim, and if it is 1gb + 15 gb, then it is useless without memory card.
Thanks for reply.
krikesha said:
It says X9 has 16gb ROM, can anyone tell me how it is partitioned?
Is it 16gb (minus OS space) one partition, or 2 partitions as on X6 and older phones?
Becouse I need dual sim, and if it is 1gb + 15 gb, then it is useless without memory card.
Thanks for reply.
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System: 904MB
Cache: 128MB
Data: 13.5GB
Nice
What are the drawbacks, even small!
Looking to replace my DG310 and this phone seems to get good reviews! Thanks in advance!
nagy
Hello
The phone is great.
How can I change on Cubot X9 the lock screen background and how can I add widget or buttons to ?
Tkx
yeah is cool
You Can change it but with other launcher but I don't know how change it with the default launcher and the phone is nice is fast and the battery no is bad just that the temperature is a little high , and not more this phone with the 3g not during 8 hour but with the 2g during 17- 25 hour or more how you use it. I wait the lollipop for this phone .
Just saw this thread - it looks as if the X9 can have two SIMs *or* one SIM and a microSD card, but *not* two SIMs and a microSD card. Is that right? It's not useful to me if so.
That's right.
http://www.cubot.net/Data/Uploads/image/2014/11/26/x909.jpg
Cubot X9 review
Hi,
I've just published the review of Cubot X9 with tests results and full size sample photos. Unfortunately, I can't post the outside links yet, but if you are interested, you can find the review here: androidtablets com ua
it's fantastic
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Design
Let’s start off with the design and how the phone looks. The Elephone M1 is a very stylish smartphone I have to say, it has an elegant look and looks quite premium. Its body includes up of a metal construct which not only supplies durability to the smartphone, nevertheless it appears first-rate aesthetically too. When I gripped the smartphone for the very first time, I knew that I have been dealing with a premium best handset in view that of the fabric that was used to make it used to be made of very excessive first-class., also the fingerprint scanner in the back of the device gives a more eye-catching look to the M. Elephone M1 heirs the design of the Huawei P8 and the iPhone 6, both smartphones are beautiful so is the M1.
Button Placement
In 2015 people tend to buy smartphones with big displays and that’s the issue, some hands are small and some big. The M1 with the 5.5inch display is quite big and in many phones with that big display placing the buttons in the right position is a nightmare. Thankfully the M1 buttons are well aligned and correctly placed, coming from a Note 4 with a 5.7inch display I enjoyed more having the power and volume buttons in the right hand side. Not incorporating a bodily residence button proper within the core is a process that a number of Chinese smartphone OEMs follow and it's not necessarily a good approach. This is because it's not going to provide that clicking sensation when a user really presses a physical home button, and majority of the instances, they will need to tap on the capacitive button.
Display and resolution
I would love to see a Full HD Display on this smartphone but sadly, Elephone integrated it to the Elephone M2 which is an upgraded version of the M1, but don’t panic having an HD display will you more battery life. Despite the HD display on the M1, performs very good. Having the brightness to maximum level I had no problem using the phone under the Sun, also the display is gorgeous, I have never seen such a beautiful HD display on a smartphone at first I couldn’t believe that it was only HD. The M1 has some awesome viewing angles thanks to the IPS panel, even though you will easily be able to notice the difference in display quality thanks to its 5.5 inch screen. The pixel per inch density of Elephone M1 is relatively low, which will degrade the overall quality and experience of the user, but eventually you will get used to it. MediaTek has developed features that are simple to use and cater to the latest trends. MiraVisionTM provides the high-definition, fluid video playback you would expect from an HD television screen while using a mobile device.
Performance
As Isaid earlier the performance of the phone so far is absolutely amazing. With a quad core CPU clocked at 1.3GHz having multiple applications open and gaming was piece of cake for the M1. I tried to squeeze and push the device to its limits I haven’t seen it lag yet, I have to say that Elephone did a great Job with this device. Comparing it to my Note 4 clocked at 2.7Ghz some apps run faster and much smoother on M1, maybe the reason for that is that the MediaTek CPU has a 64-bit architecture, but hey it’s still a 1.3Ghz CPU it won’t give you too much power.
Camera
The camera is not that great but not so bad either. I would rank it as a medium-range smartphone camera. OmniVision 13MP camera (physical 8.0MP, upgraded to 13MP with software) says Elephone. It also supports 1080p video recording. A variety of shooting modes like sunset, landscape and portrait are supported. And various filters in black and white, cameo, neon, etc, fun techniques like Smile Snapshot, Picture in Picture Mode and more, so obviously picture taking is more interesting.
Battery Life
You hardly find smartphones with awesome battery life, and this phone isn’t one. It has a very good battery life but not awesome. The idle times were amazing, better than my Note 4’s. The Elephone M1 lasted for 3 and a half days without charging while in the end I had 2hours and 30minutes of SOT. The M1 has two power saving modes , one is for intelligent power saving standby which means when the phone is idle it consumes way less energy and there is also the Battery Saver Mode which reduces the device’s performance and limits vibration and background processes.
Conclusion
Overall the Elephone M1 is an almost perfect smartphone, despite the beautiful elegant look with its all metal body design it also has an awesome display, a very good speaker, quite good back camera, great battery life and the performance is great. Don’t forget the awesome fingerprint scanner which is located in the back of the device. The only drawbacks I found on the M1 were the front camera and the lack of customizations on the System. Elephones UI (Interface) does a really good job of keeping up the performance. I would also like to point out that the M1 has a two slots one for SIM and one for microSD card up to 128GB, but you can also have two SIM cards instead. If you care about aesthetics then this smartphone is for you because it can combine enough performance for many different tasks and also having a smartphone that others will be jealous about. The best price I could find was at Geekbuying which they have it for $130. I think it’s a great deal since the phone it solid as rock and the performance brilliant in light to medium tasks.
You can read the full review here : http://goo.gl/JTYcmW
Thanks for all your work !
Krystyna said:
Thanks for all your work !
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i try to do my best..the review on my website is more specific
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wow, nice review, do you have video review?
FumiJ said:
wow, nice review, do you have video review?
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Yes it will be up soon
Love this mobile.
Nice review,
could you give more information about device's sensors(compass ,gps,etc...)