This is the Elephone U Pro, it's a really powerful Android smartphone with wireless charging and NFC, but
Is it worth it and can it play any games?
Stick around to find out, it's TechWizTime
Hey guys Johnathan here with TechWizTime, where I create technology tutorial and review videos
Now this phone was sent out by Gearbest
But no money has exchanged hands and thoughts and opinions are definitely my own
So with that out of the way let's talk about some specs
So inside you've got a Snapdragon 660 processor which is a 2.2 Gigahertz, eight core processor
Now the Snapdragons are usually found in the higher-end smartphones like it Samsung Galaxys and so forth so having a 660 Snapdragon processor in there is really good
In-build is 128 gigabytes of storage and 6 gigabytes of DDR4 memory
Now the good thing about this is that DDR4 memory is a lot faster than DDR3, so
With the extra speed that the DDR4 you're gonna be getting
A lot better performance out of this phone.
Hopefully
So the other interesting features this phone has is that it's got bluetooth 5.0
While it's charging NFC and also 5 gigahertz Wi-Fi
But that's not where it ends, this phone actually comes stock with Android 8.0
So for those looking to be cutting-edge when it comes to their Android operating system.
This is the phone
So whilst we're at it, it's also got the dual SIM card tray where one of the sim card slots can actually be use for a microSD card
So you can expand the already 128 gigabytes of inbuilt storage up even further
This one also comes with the USB C so good job there
And if you're looking for a headphone jack, unfortunately this one doesn't come with one
But it does come with the adapter in the box
Now the screen itself is a 5.9 9-inch 2160 by 1080 AMOLED display
So this is a really good looking phone
And one other feature I forgot to mention about the screen is that it's actually got the curved display that's familiar in the Samsung Galaxy range
For those looking for an out-of-the-box solution for rooting a phone this one isn't so you will have to find a way around that
The battery life is 3550 miliAmp/hours
So not too bad
In the camera itself is an 8 megapixel front facing camera and 13 megapixel rear facing
So if we try and do some pictures now
We'll take a picture of Totoro
And for the front facing camera we'll do al little selfie test
So those few pictures they didn't look too bad
All right so with all those specs out of the way let's have a look at some tests that I've run here the first one with A1SD bench
Now this is to test the read and write speeds of the internal as well as the micro SD card slot
Just to see how fast you're gonna be able to read and write
So when it comes to the internal storage you're looking at 258 megabytes per second on the read and 205 megabytes per second on the write, so, not too bad
When it comes to the micro SD card slot however
The read speed is only at 47 megabytes per second and the write speed is at 48 megabytes per second, so
Not the fastest that I've seen out there unfortunately
Now when it comes to RAM because of that DDR4 memory that's in there
The six gigabytes.
We're getting a RAM speed of 7390 megabytes per second so that's pretty good
Actually, I've got to say that it's pretty awesome
So next up we test out the Wi-Fi speeds, and this is with speed test so when it comes to the download rate
We're getting 181 megabits per second, which
Is pretty much the maximum in connection speed that I've got here, so
Pretty awesome
And when it comes to the upload speed we're looking at 71 megabytes per second, again
That's pretty much the maximum speed, so
When it comes to AC Wi-Fi on the five gigahertz with this phone it pretty much maxes out so good job there
Next up we look at AnTuTu
And we're getting an overall score of 136168
The CPU score comes in at 61839
We get a 3d score of 30232
And then we get a UX score of 37284
And finally the RAM score comes in at 6813
Alright so checking out Geekbench we're getting a single core score of 1592
And we're getting a multi-core score of 5259
Next up. We've got 3dmark
And in the slingshot test we're getting a score of 2009
In Slingshot Extreme we're getting a score of 1334
In ice storm we're getting a score of 25357
And in Ice Storm Extreme we're pretty much maxing it out so we're just getting a score here of max
When it comes to the two most popular streaming apps Netflix and YouTube, you're getting both of those working on this phone straight out of the box
And you're able to stream at 1080p with the YouTube app, so pretty good here
Alright so lastly up for the main event we're looking at gaming with emulation
Now normal Android gaming is gonna be fine on this phone but when it comes to emulation some things work some things don't, so
That's why I always like to test out emulation rather than
Just Android games in general
So first up we'll have a look at PPSSPP, that's the PlayStation Portable emulator
And the first game we're going to test out here is Powerstone
Now, this is a great really fast brawler, and you're looking at about 60 frames per second here, so
Really good
And next up is that notorious title that doesn't like to play well with a lot of devices out there
And that's God of War
In this instance we're getting between 40 and 50 frames per seconds, so
That's pretty good
Not too bad in my opinion
Next up we've got Raycast, and that's the Dreamcast emulator for Android
And with Sonic Adventure 2 we're getting between 40 and 50 frames per second on the power version
So that's almost the full 50 frames per second that that's capable of
In Shenmue we're getting about 30 frames per second so really good here as well
And lastly the game Soul Calibur we're looking at about 45 to 55 frames per second
And lastly we will have a look at the FPS I emulator which is the PlayStation emulator for Android
And Final Fantasy 7 is getting a steady 60 frames per second which is great
The stealthy Metal Gear Solid is getting in 60 frames per second again, which is awesome
And lastly Tekken 3 which can be a bit of a challenge for some devices it's running fine at 60 frames per second. So, how awesome is that?
So with all those specs and tests out of the way, is the Elephone U Pro worth it?
Well as a mid-range phone if you're looking for something. That's got really fast Wi-Fi at the 5 gigahertz range
You've got DDR4 memory in there. You've got Android 8
You've also got wireless charging and NFC
Pair that with the AMOLED curved display, if you're looking for something with all those features then I've got to say for this price range, pretty good
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