Cubot is attending the Hong Kong Electronics Fair together
with many other Chinese manufacturers and to make a strong entrance, they
introduced what they claim to be the world’s 1st sports smartphone, Cubot
Quest. It is a rugged device with some impressive specs that could make it a
best-seller in this market segment if it is priced correctly.
The Quest is the first member of Cubot’s Move Series
which aims at providing the best mobile companions for athlmodern-dayodern day
explorers, especially in challenging conditions. As their CEO Richard Meng said
when talking about the logic behind the Move Series, “Exercise can make people
optimistic, positive and younger. In recent years, more and more people have
joined the ranks of sports and fitness, and health and sports have gradually
become mainstream lifestyle attitudes”.
While the development team was developing the
device, three important traits of athletes were their inspiration: resistance,
performance, and endurance. That’s why the Quest is built with rugged
materials, corner buffers and comes with Gorilla Glass 6. And not only is the
Quest shock-proof, it’s water-resistant too as it features IP68 certifaction.
So, if you love to ride the waves or just found yourself caught in the rain,
the Quest’s got your back.
Besides protection, a modern device must come with
good performance to make a difference and the newcomer checks that box too with
its 4GB/64GB memory combination. What’s more, it runs on Android 9.0 Pie, the
latest and greatest of all of Google’s creations. The display is a 5.5″ HD+
18:9 one which isn’t what someone would expect (FHD) but does the job while
being less power hungry. Which leads to the last main spec, the battery. It is
a 3900mAh one which is marginally above average but Android 9.0 in conjunction
with the display should make it last a day easily.
The Cubot Quest aims to become more than just a
smartphone. It wants to become a sports phone and time will tell if it manages
to reach that target as it is heading for global availability in Q1 2019. Learn
more about Cubot on their official website.
