In China, Doogee announced the Y8. It's a smartphone
equipped with a stylish gradient design and a waterdrop display on a budget. Doogee Y8 comes in emerald green,
midnight black, and phantom purple color options with nano-vacuum Optical Coating
Process. In front, there's a 6.1-inch IPS LTPS 19:9 display with 1280 x 600
resolution, tiny waterdrop notch, and an impressive 89.8 percent of
screen-to-body ratio.
There's a chance that the screen-to-body ratio claim
of Doogee may not be accurate though. Why? The bezel below that is thick enough
to house the Doogee logo. Overall bezels are still considered as slim at this
price point.
Under the hood, the Y8 is powered by MediaTek's
64-bit MT6739 quad-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz paired with PowerVR GE8100
GPU. It also has 3GB RAM, 16GB expandable storage with microSD card, and
3,400mAh battery.
On the camera part, there's an 8MP + 5MP AF
dual-camera setup at the back. The secondary 5MP sensor is for the bokeh
effect. For selfies, you will find a 5MP shooter with f/2.2 aperture size and
80-degee wide-angle mode.
The handset also has face unlock tech, fingerprint
sensor at the back, 4G LTE, Bluetooth, GPS, and dual SIM slots. Doogee Y8 boots with Android 9.0
Pie out of the box. Android Pie has AI optimizations for performance and
adaptive battery tech. It measures at 156.8 x 75.25 x 9 mm and weighs at 150 grams.
At AliExpress, the Doogee Y8 is currently on sale
for just USD 69.99. The SRP is USD 89.99 or around.
