Cubot X20 Pro Review: Still Best For Cheap Budget Phone? On XiaomiToday

Today we would like to introduce the Cubot X20 Pro to you. A China mobile phone designed for the lower middle class. Cubot has always been able to offer good smartphones in the past. Cubot presented its new entry-level smartphone X20 Pro in mid-September. The device already offers a triple camera, a FullHD + screen with mini-notch as well as 6 GB RAM and 128 GB capacity at a low price. In the review, we take a closer look at the external and internal values ?? of the smartphone.

CUBOT X20 Pro 6.3 inch 4G Smartphone with 6GB RAM 128GB ROM AI Triple Camera Android 9.0 4000mAh Battery

$242.15

$169.99

 The Cubot X20 Pro has in addition 6 GB of RAM and 128 Ho of ROM, as well as a triple photo module integrated into a square like on the iPhone 11. The technical sheet of the X20 Pro is interesting on paper, but is- what the user experience is satisfactory? Find out the answer to this question in our full review.

Technical data of the Cubot X20 Pro

Unboxing

The Cubot X20 Pro is delivered in a black box with a gold “X20 Pro” logo on the front. On the back, also in gold letters, the user can find some information about the specifications. The scope of delivery includes the Cubot X20 Pro, an anthracite-colored and a slightly transparent TPU case, a 5V / 2A power supply, a USB Type-C cable, a SIM needle, a Quickstartquide, and other paperwork. A protective film was on the display from the factory. We removed this for the review Properties of the display glass.

Design & Appearance

  The Cubot X20 Pro is a medium-sized smartphone. It is equipped with a 6.3-inch screen measuring 157 x 74.6 x 8.6 mm in terms of dimensions. The black edges surrounding the slab are thin. The one on the top is 3mm thick and the bottom one is 7mm. The X20 Pro is fitted with a discreet teardrop notch. However once in hand, we notice that the phone is quite heavy, it weighs 233 grams on the scale. This weight is largely due to the protective glass present at the front and rear and also to the metal frame. The phone will not be forgotten when you slip it into your pants pocket.

The volume rocker and the power button are located on the right of the smartphone, the dual SIM slot is placed on the left and the mono speaker and the USB Type-C port are located at the bottom. A 3.5mm jack port was unfortunately omitted and yes, an adapter is also missing. The back houses the triple camera and an LED flash. You are probably wondering where the fingerprint sensor has gone? Well, there is none. For real! Is that what you call courage or madness? In everyday life, the fingerprint sensor is actually indispensable and since the “FaceID” function often works slowly or insufficiently (at least with cheap smartphones), we got frowns for the first time. More on that later. 

 

Hardware & Perforamnce

The Cubot X20 Pro has one of my favorite mid-range processors, the Helio P60. In addition, the processor is quite an announcement for a cell phone under $150. The Mediatek chip has been on the market since the end of 2018 and is therefore still up to date. The computing unit consists of a performance cluster with four Cortex-A73 cores with up to 2.0 GHz and is supported by four Cortex A-53 cores with up to 2.0 GHz in the energy-saving cluster.

An ARM Mali G72 with 800 MHz clock frequency is used as the graphics unit. Cubot’s internal storage was not too bad either and installed a decent 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. With a maximum reading speed of 300MB/s and a writing speed of 188MB/s, high-quality eMMc chips were also used here. This is very commendable for the lower price range of the Cubot X20 Pro.

The X20 Pro is efficient, all daily tasks are carried out efficiently and quickly. However this remains a low-end model, you will not be able to play the latest 3D games with the parameters set to high. During our test, we played Asphalt 9 and the game was always smooth. On the other hand, the graphic parameters were set to medium. It is not a monster of power, but its performance is sufficient to play all the games on the Play Store.

At a price of less than $150, however, the Cubot X20 Pro offers a good performance, which of course is sufficient for everyday life from social media, messaging, internet surfing and the like and enables a smooth user experience. If you want it to be faster and smoother, you have to put a little more money on the table.

Battery

The Cubot X20 Pro is equipped with a 4000 mAh battery. Without knowing the capacity of the battery, we thought of a higher figure, knowing the weight of the smartphone. In addition in use, it is not a super enduring model. You will only manage to reach a day of autonomy in intensive use. Watching a video on YouTube for an hour consumes around 6% of the battery. During a one-hour play phase, the battery decreases between 12 and 15%. We clearly expected more. It will take about 2 hours to get a 100% battery with the AC adapter provided in the box.