Doogee V30 Pro
First of all, if you have watched our smartphone awards 2023 video, you will know that this one in my hand has won the title of the best rugged phone, and the reason is very simple, this is a well-rounded one among the rugged phones we have tested, with upgraded camera system.
Camera
We all know regular smart phones have started the camera competitions years ago, and I feel that rugged phones are doing the same thing right now. We have seen 64MP, 108MP, all the way up to this 200MP here on a rugged phone like this. Now Let’s get straight to the photo shots.
You might have seen this kind of ultra high pixel camera before, the advantage of this 200MP is about the detail the photos can have, if with good lighting. So as you can see, the photos taken by this camera has good dynamic range, the colors are vivid, and you can also zoom in to see many details. Moving to a more complicated scene, it can capture different colors accurately, it is just as good as those on the flagship regular phones. When it comes to the night shooting, the super night mode will come up to help, in this mode, it will brighten up the whole scene and have better control of the highlight , to make sure you see more when our own eyes can’t.
The other two fun shooting modes are the Wide Angle and Macro Mode. This is enabled by another camera at the side, it can take a wide building like this, and a super macro photo like this. Also the Night Vision camera will help with some photos like this, if you are constantly out there camping.
However, the experience of using this camera is not that perfect. For example, it’s a bit difficult to use the zoom, I mean you can use two fingers to zoom in, but it lags a little bit, if you use the button at the right, you wouldn’t be able to see the times of zoom, you get what I mean, I hope this can be fixed. The other thing is that, you can add watermark in the photo under normal 12MP mode, but it’s not available on the 200MP mode. These things are all software experience, given time, I hope they will be fixed in the future system update.
Screen
So this phone has a 6.58″ IPS Waterdrop Screen, FHD+ resolution, 480 nit Peak brightness, and 120Hz refresh rate, protected by Corning Gorilla Glass. This screen is as good as it can get on a phone like this, the 120Hz refresh rate alone should be getting a round of applause. In daily use, swiping back and forth is buttery smooth.
FHD+ resolution is also good for watching some video content, paired up with the large battery, you can really do it all day.
Speaker And Battery
This time, the V30 Pro also comes with Hi-Res certification, so you can enjoy high-quality audio, such as watching videos or play games. And these experience can be prolonged by this massive 10800mAh battery. With that 33W fast charger, it will still take a long time to charge however. I always imagine, if you can, you could be taking photos all day, watching videos all day, go travelling to places without any battery anxiety at all, with this kind of battery built in the phone.
This phone also support reverse charging, so taking this phone out with your other devices, you can charge them without any problem.
System And Other Features
Again, the operating system in this phone is original Android 13, the apps came along with it are really simple, you won’t be getting any unwanted pre-installed ones, just very clean experience. And there are also some field work tools like soundmeter protractor and so on, which also means there are a lot of sensors built in to maximize the potential of this phone, so if you want to build your own house, use this phone please.
Some other features that worth mentioning are the Side fingerprint recognition, Dual 5G Sim support, Advanced Navigation System, Custom Button Control. These are like features that are in Doogee phones for some time now, sure you will take advantage of them a lot.
Verdict
To sum up the Doogee V30 Pro, it is the best regular rugged phone for 2024 so far. It made a leap on the camera system, they do perform like a charm, but the system UI and peak performance still needs to be improved I would say, that would take some serious tuning and time, and I think Doogee will put more effort into it, let’s just wait for a bit.
If you want to get this phone, here is a discount you can use:
12%OFF Code: Xmas12
