ISSUE 46 • ANDROID ADVISOR 33REVIEWPrice
As Doogee doesn’t have a direct retail presence here
in the UK, you’ll need to import one from an online
retailer like Gearbest. While this is perfectly fine, and
something that UK buyers are increasingly doing,
you will want to weigh up the pros and cons of
doing so before you spend any money.
Design
The first impressions made by the Doogee Mix when
you take it out of the box are positive. A metal chassis
with glass front and back, lends the device a premium
feel, and this is matched by a sturdy 193g weight
which certainly feels substantial in the hand.
Most of the front panel is taken up by the 5.5in
display, with only a lower bezel interrupting the glass.
Here you’ll find a fingerprint sensor that also doubles
as a capacitive button for some functions. We found
this to be fast and very reliable at unlocking the phone,
which isn’t something we always say.
Then there’s the curiously positioned selfie camera,
which occupies the bottom right corner of the bezel
mimicking the Xiaomi Mi Mix. When launched, the
camera presents a message that you should turn the
unit upside down to take a picture. This does seem
a bit absurd. On the right flank there’s the power
button and volume controls, while the opposite side
is home to a dual-SIM card slot with the secondary
place also supporting microSD cards up to 128GB. The
bottom of the unit houses twin speakers and a Micro-
USB charging port. We’d like to have seen USB-C
here, as that is now the norm, but we realize that a