Coolpad announced the Play 7C successor in China,
called the Cool Play 8. The device is a decidedly low-end affair and sports an
aluminum body and a rather big 6.2-inch display with a wide notch. And despite its standing, the handset
surprises with a 1080 x 2246 resolution IPS display. The notch houses only the
front-facing camera and the usual sensors such as the proximity and ambient.
MediaTek's MT6750 octa-core chipset sits behind the
wheel with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal memory. If that's not enough, the
phone can hold a microSD card as well. On the back, we find the
fingerprint reader and a dual-camera setup that consists of a 16MP main sensor
and a secondary 2MP unit for depth sensing. The aperture of the main lens is
f/2.0 while the front unit is 8MP with f/2.2 aperture. Speaking of the back,
it's made of a 3D aluminum that strongly imitates glass, at least by looking at
the renders.
Anyway, the Cool Play 8 incorporates a generous
4,000 mAh battery with unspecified fast charging and runs Android 8.1 Oreo out
of the box with Coolpad's own user interface on top. The device is available in
Gray and Red with an asking price of US$ 145 or CNY 999 in local currency.
