Doogee Valencia 2 Y100 Pro 16 GB / 2 GB

The products of the Chinese smartphone manufacturer Doogee are distinguished by an affordable cost with a fairly good “hardware”.

Exploitation

The model with the long name Doogee Valencia 2 Y100 Pro is enclosed in a plastic case with rounded edges. The back cover is stylized as metal and has inclusions of aluminium sputtering, which enhances tactile sensations when using a smartphone. The lid is removable, so during operation it can creak unpleasantly. But the owners of the phone get access to a removable battery with a capacity of 2200 mAh, which allows you to carry a spare battery with you, since on a single charge the gadget barely lasts until the evening.

"Iron"

Inside the case, Chinese engineers placed an inexpensive but performant MediaTek MT6735M processor. Paired with 2 GB of RAM, it allows you to run most modern games. That's just the graphics settings in heavy applications, it is desirable to lower to medium or minimum. In the AnTuTu synthetic test, the smartphone earns about 19K points — as for a low-cost model, this is a fairly good indicator. Moreover , the phone's interface is highly responsive and smooth scrolling through all menu items.

Impact screen

A special pride of the smartphone is its screen with a typical HD-resolution (1280x720 pixels). It provides correct colour reproduction at wide viewing angles. The 3rd generation Gorilla Glass protective coating is applied on top of the display and it is so durable that various videos pop up on the Web about the possibility of cracking nuts with a smartphone without any consequences for the screen. But the cameras let us down: in numbers they look attractive (13 MP main and 8 MP front), but in reality they give the result “below average”.

Individuality

I am glad that the smartphone did not become another clone of some A-brand. It is made in its own style and, thanks to excellent ergonomics, fits both in an elegant female hand and in a strong male one.