in today's video I'm going to show you everything you want to know about DOOGEE S89 PRO,
one of the latest phones from Doogee brand,
clearly inspired with the latest Batman movie, which results in this:
one of the coolest features I've ever seen in the rugged phones.
that's why it's often called a Batman's phone.
I'll do a few practical tests and comparisons to check the camera's quality, the phone's performance when it comes to gaming,
and also we'll discuss all the major aspects of this phone so stay with me.
hi, what's up guys - my name is Adam - and you're watching #FamilyPopTV YouTube channel.
in a rectangle shape, typical for Doogee simplistic yellow box,
we can find the phone itself, 65 Watts fast charger, SIM card ejector, manuals, compliance and warranty certificates, as well as USB type-c cable.
in terms of design and build quality Doogee S89 Pro is designed to survive the most harsh and extreme environments,
as the phone is ip68 and ip69k and MIL-STD-810H compliant,
not a surprise given its generous use of combination of the hard TPU polycarbonate plastic and high quality synthetic rubber atop of the aluminum alloy frame.
these protections are ideal if you would use the phone in more adverse situations such as construction work,
on a hike in the mountains, scuba diving or use in more drastic temperatures and most extreme and harsh environments.
the interchangeable back panel is combined with what looks like Batman's lower face and dark gray trims at the sides
make this device one of the best looking rugged devices I've ever seen!
you'd say: - "how's any of this exciting? it's just a regular, boring rugged smartphone"...
wrong! that's until you connect the charger or receive calls.
there are two ice-like LEDs at the back that lit up and complete the Batman's aesthetics.
the lighting pattern on colors can be set up in the settings.
without the panel the phone looks even more distinguished so to have it or not it's obviously up to personal aesthetic preference
the top of the device has the headphones mini jack socket and at the bottom you can find the USB type-c port,
both are covered with rubber flaps for water sealing.
the right side houses the power button that also doubles as a fingerprint sensor.
the volume up and down buttons are placed above the power button.
the SIM card tray is on the left side alongside a custom remappable button.
overall the device looks and feels great.
the S89 Pro weighs 423 grams - or 400 grams without the plastic cover at the back.
and with its 19 millimeters thickness this monster is pretty far from being slim.
and no one really expected it to be slim, because a big lithium-ion polymer 12 000 milliamp hours battery,
which can sustain your phone for almost a week of intense use just on a single charge.
the full charge of this battery takes around half an hour if you would use the included 65 Watts fast charger.
Doogee s89 Pro features a large 6.3 inch FHD+ LCD display with 1080 by 2340 pixels resolution and
19:9 aspect ratio, which effectively gives us 409 pixels per inch.
display has 60 hertz refresh rate, which isn't the best display for a gaming phone,
and I'm sure this could be a major complaint amongst many gamers, but it's good enough for regular use.
the refresh rate isn't something most consider, while buying a rugged smartphone.
the display gives bright sharp colors and has wide viewing angles which are more than great for consuming visual content.
screen is well protected by a Corning Gorilla Glass,
the bezels surrounding the display are thick, which is expected on the rugged device.
the s89 pro feature main 64 megapixels AI camera with f/2.2 aperture,
secondary 8 megapixel Samsung camera with the same aperture which is f/2.2.
the third camera is a Sony 20 megapixels IMX 350 with a night vision sensor with ExmorRS technology,
which is kind of standard in recent rugged phones.
moreover, the four infrared radiation emitters for the night vision at the back expands the visual range in night vision up to around 15 meters.
we got a standard LED flash on the torch light,
and there is a single 16 megapixel Samsung selfie camera, within the notch on the front,
ideal for video calls even in 4k.
by the way, you would only need 12 megapixel lens to enjoy the 4K video call so that 16 megapixels is certainly more than enough for a selfie camera.
Let's do some tests - here we got a few unedited photos in 64 megapixels,
the quality is fine, all the details are sharp thanks to Google Imaging algorithms
here for comparison the photo taken on iPhone 11,
the images are clearly more saturated - can you tell the difference?
the Doogee has AI automatic correction for the photos, whether the iPhone 11 takes more natural photos let me know what you think in the comments below.
here's a selfie taken by a 16 megapixels camera at the front notch,
it has that standard creamy unnatural processing I truly dislike.
let's check that 20 megapixel Sony night vision camera,
the photos are taken in a complete pitch dark room,
the image isn't the sharpest.
now let's check the quality of the videos captured by S89 Pro -
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the s89 pro records videos in 4k HDR with 30 frames per second and there's no image stabilization so the captured material is pretty wobbly.
of course, the shakiness can be stabilized in post edit
here's an example - as you can see the video captured on s89 Pro and then stabilized in post edit looks pretty good
but it's not the case - in my opinion the s89 pro would certainly benefit having the image stabilization built in.
here I was recording simultaneously on s89 Pro on the left and the iPhone 11 on the right.
as you can see the difference is quite obvious iPhone's image stabilization totally reduces the shakiness and the s89 pro doesn't.
now let's take a look at the night vision recording.
the infrared emitters doing a pretty good job however the image isn't the sharpest
the visibility is up to around 15 meters
the professional night vision systems having much longer range but I'm pretty happy with the night vision of the s89 pro
it's just ideal for fun and for experiments
tell me what you think in the comments below
on the inside the s89 pro is powered by the MediaTek Helio P90 chipset with two powerful ARM Cortex-A75 processor cores
overclocked to 2.2 gigahertz and 6 Cortex-A55 efficiency focused cores running at 2 gigahertz
the rest of s89 pro specification is solid mainstream:
8 gigabytes of RAM and 256 gigabytes of on-board storage expandable up to half of terabyte with an external micro SD card
which can be inserted into the SIM tray along with two SIM cards
the s89 pro gets the antutu score of 225.472 points
slightly better than Ulefone Armor 9 and Xiaomi Mi 9 which makes the s89 pro pretty solid machine for occasional gamers
I tried some gameplay - this is Asphalt 9 Legends in default quality
it runs pretty smooth up to 60 FPS
there's not many lags but the amount of details in the graphics is being reduced
let's change the graphics from default to high
the amount of details and shades are visibly better
however the number of frames per second being significantly reduced
occasionally the game gets a bit choppy
Here’s another popular game very hungry for processing power - Genshin Impact.
This game will run on low graphic settings it doesn't look very bad but it's a low resolution with ugly dithering
I can almost see every pixel
I think this might not satisfy the passionate Genshin Impact gamers
let's check one of my favorites - Call of Duty Mobile
let's change the graphic settings to high - and the FPS rate also to high
this is one of my favourite shooters - though I'm not very good...
the game runs pretty smooth though however the frame rate drops occasionally as you can see but still it's not too bad
one more test another shooter called Shadowgun Legends
the graphic details - let's change it to ultra high and the frame rate to 60fps
the graphics looks really nice but the frame rate being visibly reduced
it's almost never on 60fps
it often being dropped which results in visible lags especially when load is going on on the screen
so the s89 pro might not have the highest specs
as the display which doesn't handle 90 FPS in 2022 isn't really considered a gaming display
but I absolutely love the feel of this phone - it's heavy, it's got a good grip and it certainly won't slip out of my hands while I'm playing games
the S89 Pro runs on stock Google Android 12 with very minor tweaks from Doogee
by the way, the phone also supports NFC which means secure and contactless payments and as mentioned earlier it has a fingerprint reader and face recognition feature
I think the s89 pro is good rugged smartphone in 2022 with a pretty good specification in comparison to other rugged phones currently available
in terms of screen, cameras and even the battery,
this phone certainly will not disappoint you at this price range.
the prices at the time of making this video:
you can get it from around 300 GBP or from 369 USD or 399 Euros or under 8000 Mexican Pesos
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