It’s the most robust Android phone I’ve tested, and it can last up to 2,350 hours

At a time when smartphones are obsessed with being thin and light doogee s100 pro lowers the trend. There’s no doubt that this is the biggest, thickest, heaviest smartphone I’ve tested, weighing in at almost a pound.

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The Doogee S100 PRO is a rugged 4G Android smartphone equipped with a massive 22000mAh battery, 130 lumens multi-mode camping light, and reverse charging for other devices.

Doogee S100 Pro Technical Specifications

• Battery: 22,000mAh / 33W fast charging
• processor: Octa-core Helio G99, 2.2GHz, 6nm
• ShowDisplay: 6.58-inch FHD+ 120Hz IPS 2408 x 1080-pixel waterdrop display with Gorilla Glass 5
• Operating System: Android 12
• memory storageStorage: 20GB RAM (expandable up to 12GB + 8GB) with 256GB storage.
• external storage: T-Flash card up to 2TB
• weight: 400 grams
• DIMENSIONS: 178.5 x 83.1 x 27.3 mm
• Colour: Rose Gold, Classic Black, Moonshine Silver
• sim slot: Support Nano SIM1 + Nano SIM2 or Nano SIM + TF card
• biometrics: Fingerprint reader and Face ID
• camera: 108MP AI Main Camera, Sony 20MP Night Vision Camera, 16MP Wide Angle and Macro Camera
• positioning: L1 and L5 dual-band GPS
• desertification:IP68/IP69K/MIL-STD-810H

What’s more: This rugged Android phone is suitable for outdoor as well as office use

The S100 Pro is really huge, dwarfs me iphone 14 pro maxAnd it also makes giant handsets like the thermal-camera-equipped ulefone power armor 18t Looks small.

It’s hard to say something new about the smartphone. They are slabs made of glass and plastic. They all mostly look the same, work the same and do almost the same things. But the sheer size and weight of the S100 Pro makes it stand out from the crowd.

Then there’s the battery.

Its predecessor, the S100, had a massive 10,800mAh battery, which I thought was downright monstrous. The S100 Pro doubles this, bringing the battery capacity to 22000mAh. It is indeed a great battery, bigger than many high capacity power banks, and gives the handset a massive 2350 hours of standby time. In fact, the handset supports reverse charging, which means you can use it as a power bank to charge other devices.

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Since it’s such a big battery, charging using a wire and the included 66W charger is best (and in my testing, even this fast charge felt slow), but it also supports 15W wireless fast charging (which Not fast!).

As far as the performance is concerned, Android 12 is run smoothly by octa-core Helio G99 2.2Ghz processor supported by 12GB of RAM. If you need more RAM (and I haven’t found a case where I did, but you might), it can be expanded to 8GB to take you up to 20GB.

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256GB of storage is also good enough, but you can expand it up to 2TB using a microSD card. Since there aren’t any 2TB microSD cards in production yet, you’ll have to settle for 1TB. But be careful, there are a lot of fake microSD cards out there, so only buy high quality brands. I recommend getting a 1TB card lexer, pnyOr SanDisk,

As far as ruggedness is concerned, the S100 Pro is rated IP68, IP69K, and MIL-STD-810H, which means it can survive a drop from a height of up to 6 feet, submersion in 4 feet of water for up to 30 minutes, and is completely waterproof. can tolerate. Protected from ingress of dust and sand.

Everything is protected from dirt, even the SIM tray which has a very nice silicone seal.

There are three cameras on the back – a 20-megapixel Sony IMX350 night vision camera, a 108-megapixel Samsung HM2 main camera, and a 16-megapixel wide-angle and macro camera.

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That’s what I’d expect from a Doogee handset—good enough for things like social media, but image quality falls short when you compare it to the output of the latest iPhones or high-end Android devices.

Below are some sample images of the S100 Pro.

Below the camera array is what Doogee calls the “camping light”. It is an LED COB (Chip on Board) array capable of producing 130 lumens of output. It’s super bright, and while the phone can maintain this output for up to 18 hours, there are 1/2 and 1/4 settings for this intensely bright light.

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The light throws about 20 yards at full power, and is great as a worklight or camping light (though I’m not sure about taking such a heavy handset with me on a hiking trip!), but take care that flashing modes can be dangerous. This is very disorienting, especially for people who are sensitive to visual disturbances.

If you want to see what’s around you in the dark, you can now because like many Doogee handsets, this one also features a night vision mode. It’s not a feature I use much because you have to stare at an ultra-bright screen in the dark, which kills your night vision and blinds everyone around you.

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So, do you need it? doogee s100 pro,

Well, if you are looking for the absolutely great power bank for an Android smartphone, this one is definitely worth a look. Along with being a robust smartphone, this might just be one of the most robust power banks I’ve tested.