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

Introduction

This is the DOOGEE MIX Lite.

Hardware

After the 5.5 inches Xiaomi Mi MIX clone, the MIX, DOOGEE choose to develop a more compact and entry-level version of it, the MIX Lite, with a 5.2 inches HD display, a low-end Mediatek MT6737 SOC under the hood with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of Storage. Compared to the MIX, the performance downgrade is obvious, but we are talking about two different price targets.

Unboxing

Packaging comes with the usual amount of accessories: 1x Micro-USB Cable, 1x 5V/1A USB Charger, 1x User Guide, 1x Warranty Card, 1x TPU Cover, 1x Plastic Screen Protector, and the Smartphone (of course). A screen protector is already applied, also on the back.

Just like the MIX, also this one features a Metal Chassis with a Glass Back Panel and thin bezels. It feels really solid, but, at least on my unit, i am able to notice some glue near the chassis and the back glass.

It is 13.77x7.36x0.88cm, really compact considering the 5.2 inches screen, but it weights 182g, a bit too much considering the size so it is slightly noticeable in hand.

On the front side there is the 2.5D Curved Display and the upper front side of the device features a slim Earpiece and a Sensors hole that includes Light, Proximity and Gesture Sensors. No Notification LED is here.

As regards the lower front side, there is the fingerprint scanner (that can't be pressed, works as a soft-touch button) with a Front-Facing Camera on the left. No soft-keys are there, so just like on the MIX, there is some wasted space.

On the back side there is the Glass Panel i mentioned before with a really nice paint-work that creates impressive effects with the light.

The upper rear side of the device features the Dual Camera Sensor supported by a Dual-LED - Single-Tone Flashlight, with a DOOGEE logo just below.

On the lower rear side there isn't anything important at all since the Speaker is located on the lower side of the device.

Device

Screen

Believe it or not, but i find this IPS panel way superior compared to the AMOLED panel used on the MIX. To-be-honest, i like full-blacks that AMOLEDs offer, but i also like realistic accurate colors. This 5.2 inches IPS panel is great, one of the best i have ever found on a smartphone, with excellent color accuracy and white balance.

Its light sensor supports smooth light changes with a maximum brightness of ~380lux, but there is a software issue that causes the screen to flicker at minimum brightness (easy-to-fix: just increase the minimum brightness value)

Viewing Angles are as good as you would expect from a good IPS screen.

Camera

Instead of a 16MP camera sensor found on the MIX, on the MIX Lite there a 13MP sensor, still made by Samsung, that still offers a nice amount of details and in some conditions it even works better. I won't talk about the dual camera bokeh effect since it is well-known that the effect isn't satisfying on Mediatek devices.

HDR works decently and photos look decent, as good as you would expect from this camera sensor.

The flashlight brightness level is identical to the MIX, so not super powerful, but enough to provide some extra light to the sensor in low-light conditions.

As regards Video Recording, the camera shots videos at 720p25 with a nice picture quality and overall stable frame-rate. Can't get any better on a MT6737 due to DSP limitations.

Front-Facing Camera Quality is pretty impressive. The 8MP Samsung S5K4H5YC camera sensor provides vibrant colors while still keeping low the noise level, something rare for front-facing sensors. Even though it is mounted on the bottom just like on the MIX, the software provides a way to shot photos while keeping the device upside-down.

Audio

Unfortunately the audio department, that on the MIX wasn't already that great, isn't great also here. Starting from the Earpiece, the volume is pretty low even when it is set to the maximum level, while the Speaker is quiet and the produced sound is slightly distorted. A bit disappointing.

Luckily the Microphone is OK, no issues to report about it, everyone was able to hear me properly while in-call.

GPS

GPS Quality is awful, there is no other way to describe it, the signal is almost inexistent outdoors and not 100% stable. Imho, it may be an hardware issue with my review unit, but i can't be 100% sure yet since this is a pretty new device.

Indoors on the left, outdoors on the right.

Telephony, Mobile Network & WiFi

Providing full european bands support (with 4G Band 20), the device was able to keep a stable connection to my 4G Network, with decent speeds (considering other devices tested in the same place) but minimum signal. Considering the speed, i think the signal bars are not properly calibrated.

There is no 5.0GHz WiFi support here, but connected to my 2.4GHz WiFi Network, the signal is stable, high and there are no speed issues at all, a great result for the connection speed.

Battery Life

Slightly lower real battery capacity than the declared value, ~2972mAh vs 3080mAh.

Compared to other devices with the same SOC and Battery Capacity, the PCMark Battery Test isn't bad at all. Slightly better than the big brother DOOGEE MIX, the MIX Lite is able to reach almost 9 hours of usage based on the benchmark.

As regards battery charging times, due to the low-power 5V/1A charger, it takes a while to fully charge, just a little more than 3 hours. It is locked by software so it isn't possible to speed it up.

Software

Something i really appreciate about this MIX Lite is the way its software has been developed. First of all, the annoying DOOGEE Launcher found on the MIX isn't there (i guess they heard all complains from users) plus there is no bloatware at all, even Parallel Space is missing. This is a really nice move and i hope to see future DOOGEE devices with the same clean OS.

The OS is based on the usual Mediatek Release of Android 7.0 Nougat with October's Security Patches. It runs smooth, with no major lags (don't forget the low-end CPU inside) and, i won't stop repeating this, the clean OS really make you enjoy it.

All Mediatek Features such as MiraVision, Gestures (tap-to-wake...) and Scheduled Power On/Off are there, with the addition of LiveDisplay.

Unfortunately there is no Gyroscope or Magnetometer/Compass, just like on most MT6737 devices, but still an important downgrade compared to the standard MIX.

No malwares detected with Kaspersky Mobile Antivirus using latest definitions. I am testing this new software instead of MalwareBytes just to see which one is more accurate.

The Fingerprint Scanner works decently, it is accurate, but a bit slow to unlock the device.

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