Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2024
If you compared this phone with other Android phones nowadays, the only thing that would really make it stand out is the incredible 10,800mAh battery, which to my limited knowledge I only know about three other phones that I can vaguely recall, one of which is from Energizer and was like an inch thick or something wild. A quick Google search finds a phone with a 22,000mAh battery, but I can't recall any big brands that have anything more than 5,000mAh for a regular phone.
This phone, it's not quite as shocking as the Energizer phone, but because it also incorporates ruggedness into its design language, it's bigger and heftier than the average full sized phone. Also, when you compare it with other $300 phones, it comes out to be an excellent deal based on its specifications. The first thing you will notice after the huge battery capacity is the very decent 6.58" 120Hz screen. It's not quite as vibrant as an OLED screen, but for typical daily use, it's more than capable. Next, the 20GB of total RAM sounds nice, but it's actually just 8GB of actual RAM, and 12GB of virtual RAM, which just uses the hard drive space to dedicate to RAM. Samsung also has a technology like this, so it isn't novel, and is just pure advertising clout. However, the 512GB of space is impressive, since the base level of most phones nowadays are still at 64GB. Next, the cameras take very decent photos. The main 50mp camera does a good job in good lighting. Finally, back to its ruggedness features. Most people add a case to their phones for extra protection. For those who live adventurously, or just don't like using a case for your phone, these rugged-styled phones allow you to live free that way. It's pretty much a built-in case, and can handle drops, water, and dust with aplomb.
In a vacuum, this phone doesn't stand out much. But when you compare it to other phones in its price bracket, it's a very good deal and excellent features. I was able to use my phone liberally for more than two days. With my Samsung S24 Ultra, I usually end my day with around 50% left, and after leaving it on throughout the night, it reduces another 10%, and so I'm able to go another four hours after waking up. With this phone from Doogee, I end the first day at around 70%, around 60% at the start of the second day, and at 25% at the end of the second day. So when I wake up on my third day, I can use it for at least another hour. Please take note I don't play any games, and I use YouTube for about an hour each day, surf Twitter and Google News for another 1-2 hours in total, and shoot some photos, and check some emails. So in total, I only use about 4 hours of screen time at most, and if you use more, your mileage will vary.
In conclusion, this is a great phone to take traveling with you, where it can be a secondary phone in case of certain situations where you can't charge your phone. So if you just use it as a secondary phone and turn it off when you don't use it, it should easily last you more than a week. For those who use it as a main phone, I would recommend it for people in the labor industry, such as construction workers, plumbers, handymen, etc., since you'd be out and about for most of the day, and don't want to concern yourself with battery life and the phone being exposed to physical abuse and having wet and/or dirty hands while using it. For $300, it's a good deal for all you'd be getting.