[Device Reviews and Information] Alberto96:
Review (part 1)

Introduction

This is the DOOGEE BL5000.

Hardware

Being the first BL-series smartphone ever made by DOOGEE, this BL5000 features a mid-range Mediatek MT6750T SOC, with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of ROM. The "BL" denomination could be easily translated to "Battery Life", since this one features a 5050mAh battery, in a full-curved body that tries to make the device more ergonomic.

Unboxing

Packaging comes with a pretty amount of accessories: 1x Micro-USB Cable, 1x 5/7/9/12V Pump Express USB Charger, 1x User Manual, 1x Warranty Certificate, 1x Mini Screen Protector (doesn't fit the screen at all...), 1x TPU Cover and the Smartphone (of course). A screen protector is already applied, but it is useless basically.

As mentioned before, the device features a full-curved design, and, based on Honor's idea, they tried to get the same effect (reflections). Build Quality is mediocre unfortunately, since, as you can notice, the plastic on the lower side (where the Micro-USB plug is located) isn't perfectly polished and on the corners of the fingerprint reader there is some glue noticeable.

When it comes to the size, it is as big as most battery phones: 15.5x7.58x1.05cm, and weights 207g. Considering the metal chassis and the glass back cover, its weight is balanced enough.

On the front side the glass is more curved than the usual 2.5D (required for the full curved design) and the upper front side of the device features a Front-Facing Camera supported by a Flashlight, an Earpiece, and the Sensors hole that includes Light, Proximity and Gesture Sensors. No Notification LED is here.

On the lower front side there is only the Fingerprint Scanner. Even though there would have been enough space to add two physical keys on the sides, they choose to use on-screen navigation buttons instead.

The back side features a full curved glass just like the one used for the front, but the reflections effect is way more noticeable. I got the black variant, and it looks amazing, but i suspect the blue variant will look even better.

The upper rear side of the device features the Dual Camera Sensor with a Single-LED Flashlight in the middle.

On the lower rear side there isn't anything important at all since the speaker is located on the bottom.

Device

Screen

Matching what declared on the website, the screen of this device looks great for real. One of the best IPS panels i have ever reviewed, with excellent color accuracy white balance.

The Light Sensor is perfect, supporting 0.1LUX measurements to get an accurate measurement of the available light. Due to its super-high brightness, it would not have had any sense to use a low-end light sensor.

Viewing Angles are as good as you would expect from an IPS screen, but, as already said for another device, the extra curved glass does have a slight impact.

Camera

Even though they choose to go for the Dual Camera setup, this isn't a device meant for photography. Due to its Samsung 13MP camera sensor, known to introduce an higher than normal noise level on Mediatek devices, photos do not look amazing, but still perfectly enough for a battery phone.

Here you can see some examples taken in different light conditions.

Its Single-LED Flashlight isn't as powerful as it should have been, but even if it isn't Dual Tone, its temperature is pretty balanced making colors look really natural. Pretty interesting.

As regards Video Recording, videos are recorded at 1080p30, with a stable enough frame-rate (~25fps) and a decent amount of details. The noise level is still a bit high though.

When it comes to the Front-Camera...it features an high-quality OmniVision 8MP camera sensor, but the quality is awful. Using the Flashlight it gets even worse. This is definitely a software issue, hopefully DOOGEE will fix it as soon as possible.

Audio

Audio-wise, the device doesn't behave too bad, providing a pretty loud speaker with some low frequencies here, and a decent Earpiece for calls. Due to the protruding plastic part on the bottom, there is some air gap between the hole and the speaker.

The microphone is good enough too, everyone was able to hear me clearly.

GPS

GPS Quality is good, if not perfect, with GLONASS support and sufficient accuracy.

Indoors on the left, outdoors on the right.

Telephony, Mobile Network & WiFi

DOOGEE provides full european bands support, with 4G Band 20 (some other Chinese Smartphones don’t have it). I have finally replaced my mobile operator, even though i haven't gained too much here in my room. 4G Network Speed seem to be OK, especially regarding upload speeds.

WiFi 5GHz is supported, and the result of my speed test is impressive. The only MT6750T device that managed to use all my connection bandwidth! Also, the signal is maxed out, meaning that they used high-quality antennas. Well Done DOOGEE!

Battery Life

Following my standard procedure, i have measured the real battery capacity using my USB Tester, and it seems that the real battery capacity matches what they declare. (declared 5050mAh, real ~5090mAh).

Battery Life isn't impressive even with that huge power-house inside. Some OTA updates might improve power management, but this SOC is power-hungry so it is hard to get something better.

Thanks to the Fast Charger, as they call it, or Mediatek Pump Express charger to be more specific, it is possible to get recharge the battery completely in more or less 2 hours if the device doesn't get too hot (thermal throttling can reduce charging speed to avoid permanent damage). BTW, my unit doesn't reach 12V while charging, 9.24V is the maximum i have recorded.

Software

Following the DOOGEE MIX, also the BL5000 runs on the so-called DOOGEE OS, based on Android 7.0 Nougat, with July 2017 Security Patches. There is some bloatware pre-installed (WPS Office and Xender), but nothing that can't be uninstalled or disabled. Some parts of the UI have been customized (Launcher, Settings and Notifications Menu), and the user experience is solid, with no lags at all.

Some Mediatek Features are here such as Gestures, Tap-to-Wake, etc. but MiraVision is missing.

Unexpectedly, there is no Gyroscope or Magnetometer/Compass. DOOGEE usually adds at least the Compass.

No malwares detected with Malware-Bytes Anti-Malware using latest definitions.

As you might have noticed some paragraphs before, the fingerprint scanner is narrow, similar to those used on the side by Sony. As a result, sometimes it isn't easy to place the finger correctly, but the unlock time is good enough. It just needs some practice.

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