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Cubot
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CUBOTC
thinnestruggeddeviceonthemarket.At
8.8mm,it is certainlythin,justonemillimeter
thicker than the Apple iPhone X and the
Samsung Galaxy S10. Measuring 157 x
73.7mm for a weight of 211g, it feels both solid
and comfortably portable.
Cubot uses the same template as the King
Kong 3 for the Quest and is available in red or
black color scheme. It uses an aluminum and
polycarbonate shell with rounded corner
buffers that in our real life test, protected the
screen beyond our expectations.
The latter is oleophobic and covered with a
layer of Corning Gorilla 5 glass. This is an
IP68-rated smartphone so its USB Type-C port
is covered; there are no audio connector and
no audio adaptor provided. The front screen is
a 5.5-inch model with a single 8-megapixel
camera on top and a LED notification light.
Inside the Quest is the 12nm Mediatek
MT6762 (Helio P22) which is an 8-core
processor clocked at 2GHz, with, surprise,
surprise, a PowerVR GE8320 GPU rather than
the usual ARM Mali part. That is backed by
4GB of RAM and 64GB onboard storage. A
note on the display; Cubot is one of the many
smartphone vendors to equip its smartphones
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TheQuestalsopacksanFMradio(a rarity),
NFC and 802.11n wireless connectivity, a
4,000mAh OTG-compatible battery (powered
by a 5V2A charger), stock Android 9.0
operating system and a single rear-facing
speaker. There’s hardly any bloatware or
bundled toolkit as is usually the case with
other vendors.
Face unlock complements the fingerprint
security feature well and overall the
smartphone performs as expected. It was
never expected to be a roadrunner given the
pedestrian CPU that equips it. The Quest
performed on par or better than other
smartphones equipped with the slightly older
MT6763V. It scored higher than expected
numbers in PCMark Work 2.0, almost as high
as the much faster 6763T that powers the
Unihertz Atom.
It is hard to fault this smartphone at this
price. We are not really fussed by the screen’s
low resolution at this price point and one may
argue that it is actually a boon for the battery
life. Rugged smartphones are rarely as thin as
their non-rugged counterparts; yet the Cubot
Quest has somehow managed the feat ofg g g mand
capableoftakinga fewbumps.
Truthbesaid,it doesn’thavea lotof
competition under $300 especially with
Android 9.0 in check, NFC and a better-than-
average design. The battery life could have
been improved but that would have impacted
the sleekness of the device. Overall, Cubot
managed to deliver a great smartphone at an
excellent price point. The question that puzzles
us though is whether the King Kong 3 could be
a better choice for you.
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$245
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CRITICAL SPECS
Mediatek MT6762 (Helio P22) CPU; IMG PowerVR
GE8320 GPU; 4GB RAM; 64GB storage; 5.5-inch, 1440 x
720 display; 193g.4tQuest
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