Is A £50 Smartphone Worth It? | Doogee X95 Budget Phone
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 มิ.ย. 2024
- Testing out a £50 (or $60 US) budget smartphone to see if this super-cheap mobile is great value, or best avoided. The Doogee X95 can be grabbed direct from the manufacturer and so far it's one of the cheapest handsets of 2020. But is it one of the best value phones for under £100, or a bit of a clunker?
It's an Android Go smartphone, using a stripped-down version of Google's OS designed for budget devices. You still have full access to the Play Store however, while some special Android Go apps come pre-installed to keep things running smoothly.
I had no problem streaming video on Netflix, TH-cam and so on, with a 720p HD display keeping things relatively crisp. Of course if you want to get gaming on PubG or Fortnite, you'll definitely need to look elsewhere.
Likewise, despite rocking a triple-lens camera, the Doogee X95 is basic at best for photo and video capture. It's fine for simple shareable shots if conditions are good, but that's about it.
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I remember when 50 dollar phones were complete shit. This honestly isn't half bad
they werent smartphones, more lagbricks which were as useful as an underwater birdfeeder. this is impressive.
@Sebastien Friolet yes, I'm same.
200 dollars used to give you a laggy pile of steaming shit just a decade ago. The only reason I can see to spend more is if you want a good camera and even then 350 will give you a pixel 4a
@@chlorophyllphile $200 a year ago got me a “laggy pile of shit” $430 to apple (XR) got me a perfect phone that performs just as good as my 11 did.
@History Cabbage just bought my first one. Can't wait to try it out.
Did buy one for my granny. Since she doesn`t use anything "fancy" the battery lasts her like 3 days. Its kind of a phone you buy for a old person or a really young kid to learn and dont worry if they gonna break it
No doogee's were harmed in the production of this video.
Haha 😂 Nice 👍🏻 One bro 😁
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No, serious now. This phone is really feature packed and a great deal. I mean £50? That’s what I call a bargain. I’m very surprised. Great review.
I'm on my second Doogee phone and I'm very impressed. I can't remember the model of the first on but the one I'm using now is the BL7000. That's a 7000 mah battery which lasts ages,although I can see a decline after two years. It cost about £150 from an eBay seller. There's no way I would stump up hundreds for an iPhone. This does all I need.
I got a Ulefone Power 2
Also good
Stuff iPhone!
@@rajendrakumarvarsani4184 Can Ulephones take a decent picture of a Passport photo page where you can read the writing ? I need a smartphone for taking photo's of documents that are legible.
Better with a Xiaomi Note 8 or any Xiaomi in last two years like Poco X3
@@rajendrakumarvarsani4184 I ended up getting a cubot note 7, very happy so far for my 1st smart phone, very cheap too.
Actually refreshingly basic. No gimmicky features to bloat your experience.
Looks fantastic think I'll buy one
For a young kid, this is ideal, no risk of them being robbed for a new iPhone, which you see spoilt little kids with.
iPhone 6s is pretty much a killer for kids. I have bought two of them for only 50€/phone.
The Guy I’m 13 and have a 6s and it’s perfect does everything I need have had it a while now so looking to upgrade to maybe a pixel 4a or one plus nord
@@samallen601 Lucky you, my parents just got me a brick
Yeah I am the legal age to have a smart phone I never lose that the problem is it’s just I’m always scared of losing it I bought it with my own money this is already a 3 year old phone
@@ratata42 I am 13 and I got a ZTE Blade A3 2020.
I like how the nav keys are stolen from the old samsung experience based on android 7 and 8
Yeah I noticed that aswell, weird.
@@iqbaalmiah138 why aren't clear the photos of snapchat in this phone?Where is the problem?
@@sarlitanasica I don't understand
"Samsung Billie Big Bollocks Ultra..." 😂👍
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Quite incredible what £50 will buy. Sure it's no flagship but for people that don't live on smartphones all day long. I'm thinking of my parents, it would probably be a sound device for them, as well as children getting their first phone. Amazed they even put a triple camera lens effort slapped on the back.
Great unboxing and hands on review as always
Hi it's nice you showed us the Sim Card and sd card tray on this phone, I think everyone should show is on all of the videos!! Nice work
Chris. Would you be interested in viewing the Unihurtz Jelly 2, I’ll be preordering one before the end of the month
Been using this as a secondary phone and as an IP camera through Alfred. It's great for that. Also it is fairly easy to massively improve the experience by using custom app replacements. I used a different launcher and widget (Niagara + KWGT) and it feels almost premium. Lightroom or Open Camera will substitute the camera app very well.
Of course it is still slow and the speaker sucks, but for £50 I can't complain at all.
I love your channel and genuine reviews which are also very funny!! Please keep it up!!👊👍
I'm not sure that you can expect that much from a £50 smartphone. Bear in mind that this phone is 10 times better than my HTC Wildfire I had back in 2011. It shows you how far technology has progressed that you can get any smartphone so cheap
where do you get all your wallpapers from? theyre always so AWESOME!
A well-specced phone for 50 quid, it's better than the first smartphone l bought years ago, a Huawei G620s. I might get one of these as a second / backup phone for going out etc.
I'm presuming that you could put a different launcher on there if you wanted more customisation
had a doogee a few years back with evie loaded... felt like i was rich as hell
Unbelievable value.
This is worth it!
I'm surprised by how good this is
Pretty staggering for the price, tbh. Great phone for the kids.
I come for the comedy and stay for the phones!! 😀
GREAT GUY. BRILLIANT REVIEWS.
Great video. Have a look at Samsung A01 and maybe make a video on it thanks 😊
Great video,keep it up!
I love your voice (accent)
what a great voice U 've got for real.
Something like that is all a lot of people need. Like a lot of my workmates I use my phone for calls (yes people under 50 ,they do that as well ) Texts,a bit of messaging ,e-mail and to catch up on the news/football scores. Phones these days ,apart from low spec ones, Motorola E's, low end Huaweis etc ,are very clever,massively powerful and do all kinds of things that are great if you need those features.....but not everyone does. Some turn their noses up at the cheapies but those who buy them know what they're capable of and it's all they want from a phone.
Only just recently found you TH-cam channel and recently bought the doogee phone it's ok for online banking and watching TH-cam, spent my remaining money I saved during lockdown on booze.
Amazing review you helped me spend my pocket money on this. One thing though get rid of the music and turn the brightness down
Hi, i love your channel. I like how tell the price of device in both the usa and uk. Can you keep doing this? I'm sure im not the only one in the usa who watches your videos.
Very good review , good communicator
7:15, I see you like your own video there.
Lol😂
this can be really useful when used as an mp3 player lol!
Good for a Backup phone :-) Where did you see it as £50 in UK Chris ??
This guy is using phone reviews to flex his inner weeb power level.
Hah my weeb power level is over 9000
Jk its way more its UNLIMITED
$60? Dayum thats enough for me and my scumbag's activities. XD
Flossy Carter viewer. A man of great taste. Although I doubt it has thot protection 😆
As a trap phone, its a major go
FluX nah, trap phones need to be even shittier, Nokia’s that don’t really have internet for less tracking of your illicit dealings
@@franklingoodwin
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Im waiting for nokia 3310 for revival.
Hi it's nice to see a very cheap phone of the Doogee and the sim tray, at £50 for my gran and grandad. Woow dark mode! face unlock 🔓 No NFC.
It's nice you show the Sim tray!!
keep the good work Peace&Love
Not too bad for 50 quid! Although I can't take a phone completely seriously when it's named like that, first I thought it was pronounced "dodgy" lol
It also has an active FM tuner. But the battery is not removable friendly ( the Leagoo M12 battery is removable friendly and has a better CPU for about the same price ).
This phone is so perfect for beginning with android developments with that lower price 👍
I came for the tech but stay for the anime backgrounds
Tech u saved my life. love u
They've literally sold out on Aliexpress (from Belgium) but are available from China with the usual looooooong delay.
Only other time I've seen a similar priced phone is Tesco Outlet on ebay
Amazon has it
@@user-jj2mh9de5s it does fetch a hefty premium when bought from Amazon... At around £70 you could get better pbones. Apart from the European plug AliExpress and alike are good and cheap (if you're prepared to wait)
@@johnedwards3198 or you could get it on Banggood which is £53
*I'd really appreciate if you will do a review of the Realme X50 pro player edition cause I haven't seen a lot of review from this underrated smartphone.And I think It can really compete against poco f2 pro in terms of performance.*
Hi can you mention an important thing with budget phones nfc or can you use scan card payments which i think is good to use.
The thing about Android you can download a launcher on the downside the I don't think Google cam works well with the mediatek chips
Hi there. How does it deal with GPS? Is it OK for navigation, do you think?
Your wallpapers are 😍😍
Nice! Photos are probably better than the new super budget Ilford or Agfa 35mm film cameras.
Nice for the price point and I would say makes a good phone for going away on trips when you don't fancy taking your £1000 phone out😳😱
In my experience I found I need to spend at least £100 for a decent performing smartphone. Without freezing all the time or apps struggling to perform.
What would you say are good phones for around £100? Has to have a decent camera though
@@techdad2716 Look to the second hand market. The Galaxy S7 for example can be had for around £100 and it still performs great and has a decent camera.
It really depends on what you want to do with the phone. If all you want is a device to make and receive calls, send some text messages, stream music, and maybe watch a little bit of TH-cam then a cheap phone such as the one in the video will be fine.
@@techdad2716 old flagship LG's tank I'm value do you might be to get a 3 year old flagship for only £100
@@techdad2716
4/64Gb Redmi 9 £106 delivered to 🇬🇧
Wow! That 2mp telephoto is surprising
Definitely makes a change from macro lenses :)
Pls give the buying link of the every product you review and unboxing
is it that hard to search the name?
Also that face unlock is just a simple image, most old phones have that feature.
I has it on my old 4.1 android HTC phone.
Where can i get those fabulous background pictures
seems it has exactly same monitor with nokia 5.3. I wonder if this monitor shape is standardized in low and mid price range phone (i think this is a good news as the screen repair costs should be cheaper)
Could you suggest the best camera for concert photo/videos ( bright lights/ dark shots)? Both high end and budget (£500 mark) that would be much appreciated as I'm lost in the jungle of phones
Huawei p30 Pro should have come down in price by now , it has hands down the best camera setup of any smart phone I've ever used , have a Google its brilliant !
Ok so in the past few years I've been rocking budget phones like this. I went from iPhone 5 to the first doogee mix, which was goodneith AMOLED screen and small bezel. I wanted to support their brand so I then moved to doogee mix two, main sell was dual selfie and that's it, was nothing like the first mix. Anyway, so knowing that both those phone had fake additional cameras, or perhaps they were depth censors, I decided to movie onto umidigi f1 play, it was good for 2day battery 5000mah, nice full screen with tear drop front cam. All these devices had shit camers, they are good for media consumption and long batter life. I got the Umidigi f2 for my girlfriend, great batter, bad camera good for media and medium weight gaming.
I decided enough is enough and wanted to go back to a flagship with 2012 pricing and good cameras, so I'm currently using the REALME X50 PRO, it's good, really good across the board. The ONEPLUS NORD seems like it's taken a few ques from it after watching their reveal yesterday, maybe just coincidence. I got my girlfriend the Huwai P30 pro purely for it's cameras.
Moral of the story you get what you pay for but smartphone companies are just taking the piss out on its consumers because we eat everything up.
What’s the call quality like on this phone and does it handle emails well?
First great video mate looking for a new phone too haha what you recommend ?
depends what your budget is
Cheers, and as Billy said, definitely depends on how much you have to spend. I've already rounded up the best £200 and £300 smartphones around, hoping to get a £400 video live this weekend too....
A Pocky pin device.. "Pass it to my offspring"?😂😂😂... Tbh you vocabulary and excellent references are one of the reasons I check you out(no homo though👀)
As you say,
Cheers mate😁
Does that include a charger?
Vivo u20 or redim 9 . Which one is good I wanna buy one
Support 👍👏 from Malaysia 👍
Cheers!
What wallpaper r u using tell me?
Not a bad phone considering the price. I mean, anyone buying a £50 phone for the camera deserves to be disappointed tbh. It is, as you say, a good idea if you wanna take it to a festival or on a camping trip (not to detrimental if it is lost or stolen). It’s also a good idea for an elderly relative or for a back up phone.
Have tried several doogee phones. Not for sale in any shop here in Norway. But all phones had Norwegian language. The first and cheapest was an x10, slow, needed high quality signal to work properly. But absolutely ok for 25£. Then a doogee shoot 2. Nice phone with nice size on the battery but it had a defect screen from the beginning, sad story. Then a x20, great phone but after 3G was given the emergency companies the phone became outdated. Then a LTE Y8. The Y8 can not be updated for some reason. Works ok still. When I see the x95 I think I am going to try this one too....For sale on aliexpress for 620,- Nkr
Thanks for this review. My current smartphone is about to die and I'm not due to an upgrade until January so I needed a basic cheap phone to last me for a bit. Ordered one from Amazon and I should have it by tomorrow, with a 20 percent discount code I got the phone for £55.99, which is an absolute steal.
However, the phone has Android 10 Go, which limits it a bit, but I found at least two custom roms for the Doogee X95. Lineage 17 and a AOSP custom rom, which I will attempt to install.
You also mentioned that this phone has only micro USB, but it has a 10 Watt charger and the phone supports fast charging as well. But if you want a phone in the same price range, with similar specs and it has the modern USB-C connection, I can recommend to check out Oukitel C19.
But thanks again for another brilliant review.
How was the phone with a custom ROM?
Hi Jani, how's the performance with custom ROMs?
@@mahadkalam59 I don't have it anymore, but it was much better with the lineage custom rom, also the battery time improved a little bit.
@@sotkajarvi Cheers, might get this thing till my phone comes back from repair :)
can you please give link for the £50 / $60 version of the Doogee X95? thanks
What was the geekbench 5 result?
Nice review. Try Ulefone next.
Ahh yeah, I've had a couple of requests for Ulefone. I'll see if I can rustle one up
I spend more than this phone costs a month on my phone 😂😂😂
That's not phone. This is a paid promotion. Lol
Fool! 😋
It's an older phone but you should look at the Umidigi Power, I've been using it for 7 months and no complaints even for a £90 phone, only possible complaint is power and it doesn't come with a galley app but the Simple Gallery app is a quick perfect fix, good cameras and battery life with a FHD screen
Can you game on it?
I did hit up Umidigi and never heard anything back from them :)
I bought the same phone recently as a back up, and its great for the price point.
hi , how do you activate the fast charge ??
Where fo u get those awesome anime wallpaper!
The camera tech doesn't look too bad for the price. I have a galaxy a11 and it was 220 Canadian and it has about the same quality..
Will you be reviewing the Oppo a72 - had a faulty moto g8 power and now i am thinking this oppo could be good
I'm using the find x2 qnd my so is using the a72 and she is happy with her phone that she uses all day for youtube,facebook and all the other standard stuff, but no games. She loves it and even recommended it to her bff
would you recommend upgrading from the s22 ultra to this?
Pretty amazing that we can get phones like thos for so cheap like wow
hello Do you have a mainboard for doogee x95i I should definitely buy it
This review made me buy one.
Is it good?
@@user-jj2mh9de5s yes, It is. I'm using it everyday for now and I think I'll continue to use it as main phone till a phone comes out with a snapdragon and android 11. Battery life is very good. Beautiful display, that I must tell you. Wow !
HI I bought a Doogee X95. My LATOP cant detect it when I connect it with a USB Cable. Please assist. I need to transfer videos from the phone to the PC. Its only charging the phone.
I have like £100 budget on a phone and this helped
What about the call quality? If it's good, it could be used as a backup phone
Which is the loudest cheap phone please
You can see the lag from just moving atound the home screen, grim
its a good phone on a tight budget and do a review on the huawei y7p
I'll hit em up :)
I may get that phone. A backup phone is always welcome.
Can anyone tell me if the Doogee x95 has a charging led and notification led? I bought one and there is no led showing at all. Thanks
I just bought it but is been and hour when I swich on says hello and yellow box Start I start its says checking for updates installing updates and I wait 1hour still rotation circle and battery is going fast low. Dont know what is wrong and how to set up anyone help here?
Can u cover the Elephone E10 pro
It looks like a Nokia X20 which has 128mb internal memory & 6gb RAM, & the same pull out sim, memory card tray. I suppose you could defeat the face recognition security by sticking a photo in front of the camera?
Wow a £50 phone has a better battery than my google pixel 4. What on earth were Google thinking?
I bought doogee phone one and a half year ago, now I'm trying to sell it with all flaws
Where is it available for £50? Its £69.99 on Amazon.co.uk
You should probably get a custom android launcher for this phone.
Will it work well with apps like TikTok and Facebook
Waiting for Moto G 5g plus....❤️
For 50 quid, it's a total bargain. I'm going to get one, a temp replacement for my main phone.