this is a modular rugged smartphone that even has a night vision I'm Ben from
authentech and today we're gonna be taking a look at the Doogee s90 now if you
haven't heard of Doogee before this they aren't massive like some Samsung or
iPhone brand but they've been around for a little while and they are well known
for making ultra durable rugged phones this S90 has a starting price around
330 bucks and then sliding upwards depending on the different module packs
you can add on this is in that budget-friendly zone which I like to see
the modules are magnetic easily and quickly snapping on the back actually
seems to have some sweet potential let's dive right in and check it out starting
with a quick unboxing they sent me the s 90 phone plus the extended battery and
night-vision camera modules the s 90 looks and feels well built its hefty and
beefy and there's something uniquely refreshing holding a thick but super
durable foam it's pretty uncommon nowadays for example when I hold my
$1200 iPhone 10 s I'm dreaming it like a fragile little glass slipper as I'm
terrified of carrying around this thing without a case because it feels like if
I bump into a feather it's just gonna shatter and then cost me a kidney how
did we even get to this point I digress the s 90s overall design looks pretty
cool has that construction job site look to it with reinforced corners and
durability written all over it this would be perfect for those who are rough
and tough on their phones speaking of durability the S 90 has a
rating of ip68 and ip69k which means protected against close-range high
pressure high temperature resistance plus dust and other intense conditions
don't take me to court over but I think this could be one of those sort of
phones that you could drop over and over again and it'll just keep going it's
like having a waterproof otterbox defender case built right in I like the
physical buttons around the outside edges again could be perfect for those
with gloves often on power volume rocker dedicated camera shutter button and even
a custom shortcut button that you can map to a various of apps and functions
like flat ashlee which uses for LED flashes so
it's uber bright or open SOS underwater camera or any other app you'd like on
the front is a 6.1 eight inch LCD display with the resolution of 22 46 by
1080 inside specs six gigs of ram 128 gigs of storage plus expandable up to
another 256 gigs face unlock and rear fingerprint scanner a massive 5050
milliamp hours battery plus one of the modules is an expandable battery pack of
another 5000 million powers turning the s 90 into a 10,000 plus milliamp hours
beast this could possibly go days and days on just a single charge oh and it
also sports wireless charging as well very sweet it's currently running
Android 8.1 with a slightly skinned doogee interface I like some of the
tweaks and functions baked right in like the status bar display you can either
show the notch or hide it with a black bar there's motion gestures like turn
over the phone to silence the caller and other helpful little tidbits on the back
there's a dual camera setup 116 megapixel and the other 8 megapixel I
don't believe this secondary is a wide-angle or telephoto lens but instead
used to help with portrait blur effects speaking of photos make sure you're
following me on my Instagram for all my behind the scenes shots on the front is
an 8 megapixel F 2.0 90 degree camera I went out shooting by the lake and the
first time I stepped outside it was a freezing thirtyish something Fahrenheit
degrees outside and the port camera lens fogged up underneath the glass this was
a little concerning at first since its supposed to be a durable phone that can
withstand all sorts of tough weather conditions right I found it a little
strange I went back into my car warmed up for a bit and then headed back
outside and I worked just fine the second time so that's good to see
here's some sample photos and video clips that I captured and overall this
is one area that we have to set a healthy expectation often with budget
phones we can't expect the very best in camera quality and honestly the images
aren't terrible by any means it's one of those phones that just gets the job done
and it's not gonna be flashy or trying to show
off the video maxes out at 1080p resolution and I found that autofocus
was hunting back and forth a little too much dynamic range and colors are pretty
ok and here's what you can expect honestly some of the shots turned out a
lot better than I was expecting it was pretty windy out there so unfortunately
wind reduction and volume recording is a little rough but again for a selfie
camera video and photos here's what you can expect besides if you are working
some rough and tough job I'm not sure how many selfies you're gonna be
snapping every day now moving on to one a big feature I was excited to test out
the night vision module it specs a Sony 131 degree alter wide-angle lens with 12
times photosensitive boost as they say I love the ultra wide-angle and even tried
using it in the daytime but everything was blown out and it doesn't seem it can
be used in bright light which is sort of a bummer could have been a nice dual
purpose however inside with normal interior lighting conditions at work
just fine a doogee made it just so easy and effortless to snap these modules on
and off strong magnets pull it right into place and they're strong enough to
even hold on like a pop socket oh and it works as a nice stand for watching
youtube videos as well launch the night vision camera app and it's pretty simple
in here there's a capture photo or video record
button and under settings there's brightness contrast flash camera sound
and resolution either 720 or 1080p camera quality and res isn't amazing by
any means but produces some fun and impressive results alright so this is an
ultra low light indoor test of this night vision camera I'm recording on the
pixel 3 here as we close the door let's switch over and see how they compare
pixel 3 can you see anything look at that the night vision is picking up the
infrared on the baby cams at supercool sure it's super noisy and
grainy and stuff but I can see more than the naked I can which is pretty
incredible
the Google pixel 3 is king of low-light photography and just look at how they
stack up not sure it's grainy and can't see in complete darkness but I'd say it
can often see more than what the human eye sees which I found impressive I'm
also not exactly sure what technology they're using inside this module but it
could see the invisible infrared lights coming from the baby cam so that was
pretty neat oh and feature requests if we could see a thermal vision camera
module down the road that would be sweet they also offer digital walkie talkie
modules which could be good for certain industries and reminds me of those old
push-to-talk next I'll chirping days and could make sense for security personnel
or maybe a fleet of truck drivers it works on that 400 to 480 mela hertz
bandwidth long distance and no network service needed unfortunately I didn't
receive this module to test one other module they offer there's a gamepad with
a joystick and zero delay buttons if you're really into mobile gaming this
could be helpful so overall I think the target user is one who's looking for a
budget-friendly ultra-durable phone with some possible add-on modules like maybe
you're a backpacker and an add-on battery pack plus radio could be used
for emergency situations I don't know there's a lot of people who are rough
and tough on their phones every single day and imagine getting your phone all
nasty maybe from a construction site and you can just power wash it clean at the
end of the day that's pretty sweet either way if you want to check out more
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