Cubot
has revealed today that a new model of theirs will be available from July 15th
and will have worldwide availability! This is big news for a smartphone maker
in China and although we don’t know how international customers will be able to
buy the phone just yet, it looks like Amazon will be the key.
Well, the model is the
Cubot R9 and it will cost just US$ 79.99 once it is officially launched. As you
would expect for this low price this handset is designed to be an entry-level
phone, but looking at the hardware you should be able to expect good daily
performance from the phone.
The sub $80 price buys you a 7.85 mm thick phone
with, user-replaceable 2600 mAh battery. Cubot has kept the R9 compact with a
5inch display with 1280 x 720 resolution. Internally a 1.3 Ghz Mediatek chipset,
with 2GB RAM and 16GB memory run the show with Android 7.0 being tasked with OS
duties.
From the design, the phone looks as though it has a
dual rear camera, but this is actually a clever design that has the 13
megapixel main camera located above a 500mA LED flash. The front 5 megapixel
sensor also gets a LED flash too. And you don’t need to worry about security as
Cubot has thought about that too, by including a fingerprint scanner.
Each Cubot R9 comes with a charger, micro USB cable,
battery, protective case and user manual. For more details visit the official
Cubot website.
