Smartphone DooGee Valencia DG800: review, description, specifications, owner reviews

In China, it has long been engaged in the development and release of mass production of smartphones, but for some time the company had such names as Sasung, Nokla and the like. In terms of price and performance, such devices had a mass of declared advantages compared to phones of those times, because for only $ 50 it was possible to easily purchase a mobile phone with a touch-screen color screen that supports several SIM cards simultaneously, and also equipped with a built-in TV tuner (which often was their main advantage).

In fact, everything happened completely differently, that is, the phones could maintain the charge of the battery for a very short time, the screens were resistive and extremely difficult to perceive pressing, and the overall interface was far from the best, let alone the quality of the translation. All this was extremely sad, against the backdrop of the fact that, if repairs were necessary, almost no workshop even thought of taking such a phone for repair. At that time, many people refused to buy Chinese mobile phones.

What changed?

After the Android operating system appeared, as well as the much cheaper mobile processors and screens, the situation changed significantly. A typical device design scheme, as well as the availability of an already-ready operating system, provided an opportunity to substantially reduce overall costs and subsequently send them to increase the quality of manufactured smartphones while maintaining a fairly low cost.

Especially the situation changed after the DooGee Valencia DG800 came out, which has very good technical characteristics both in description and in practice, which was noted by the majority of users of this smartphone.

Equipment

In the standard set of the device there is an additional white back panel, battery, screen film, charger, cable for connection to a computer, a headset, and also an instruction, executed exclusively in English. Immediately it is worth mentioning that the headset for the DooGee Valencia DG800 is of very poor quality, so many users recommend immediately to get yourself something new. At the same time, the charging and the cable for connection with the computer demonstrate good performance and the same appearance. On the USB lanyard there is a special fastener, which allows you to easily carry the cable, not being afraid that it will get tangled.

The additional back cover is quite interesting, but more about it will be said in the sequel.

Appearance

Despite the fact that the device was produced by the Chinese brand, and also is in the budget price category, the DooGee Valencia DG800 is quite attractive and in many ways even unique in design. If necessary, the user can always choose the most optimal option among the six available colors.

The screen with a diagonal of 4.5 inches is quite standard today, but the smartphone DooGee Valencia DG800 is quite modest in size, which makes it extremely easy to keep it in your hand. Given the small thickness of the body of this device, it can easily be worn even in the pocket of jeans, without experiencing any discomfort.

Housing

The front panel is made of plastic, but at the same time, it is worth noting the fact that you should not be afraid of scratches on the case of DooGee Valencia DG800, as in the standard kit comes two protective films. Around the front panel there is a barely perceptible silver edging that protects the screen from scratches in case the device will be screened down.

Under the screen there are functional silver touch buttons, but, unfortunately, there is no backlight in them. At the same time, it deserves special attention that manufacturers of DooGee Valencia DG800 provided for an offset from the side and bottom edges so that during operation of this device it is possible to completely exclude any accidental activation of certain functions or making calls.

Above the screen you can see the front camera, the talking speaker, as well as the light and proximity sensor.

Back Touch

In addition to the standard cover, there is also a dedicated Back Touch panel. Such a product is made of white plastic and equipped with a small rectangular touch area. If you touch this area, you get the same effect as when touching the touch screen, so you can use it to surf the Internet or perform some other action. Such devices work quite simply, but the DooGee DG800 Valencia reviews say that few people have found any practical application of this function.

Screen and its characteristics

As already mentioned above, the screen diagonal is 4.5 inches, and its resolution at the same time is 540x960 pixels. So high definition of the screen is just perfect for such a diagonal, and hardly anyone will be able to see the individual pixels with the naked eye. Color rendition is quite high truthfulness, and the quality of performance, this screen is almost inferior to the flagship models from the famous brands of its time. Even if you look at the screen at the maximum possible viewing angles, the colors will not fade or change their hue.

Due to a sufficiently high level of brightness, this smartphone can be used even if it receives direct sunlight, but many users say that the phone DooGee Valencia DG800 is too high a threshold of minimum brightness. In the event that there is absolutely no external lighting, too long use of this smartphone starts to cause some discomfort.

Touchscreen

Also, the surface of the DooGee DG800 Valencia review showed that there is no oleophobic coating on the front panel, which causes fingerprints to accumulate on the screen quite actively. Multitouch at the same time is quite sensitive, that is, it quickly and clearly reacts to touch, although it provides the possibility of no more than two simultaneous clicks. The sensor, which provides automatic brightness adjustment, is distinguished by a fairly smooth operation.

System

The work of this device is based on the use of the operating system "Android". In fact, the system is used in this case as standard, that is, there is a traditional interface, a keyboard, and any applications initially display a design from Google. The only notable change in appearance is the stock set of standard icons, as a result of which all of them were stylized under MIUI.

In addition to standard applications, the developers of this smartphone have added a single program Assistive touch, through which you can customize gestures to enable certain applications. However, it is worth noting that many users have noticed the insignificant practicality of using this application.

Firmware

The use of standard firmware is considered by many to be a good solution, since even in this version the operating system is very stable and has a lot of features. Practice suggests that the introduction of any of their own modifications and inventions, especially from little-known manufacturers, rarely ends well.

The firmware provides the possibility of updating through OTA, which is quite a rare phenomenon among Chinese smartphones. Thus, if the next firmware update is released, it will be necessary to simply go somewhere online via Wi-Fi and press a single button that starts a fully automatic update of the device.

Sensor settings

In the settings you can find Back Touch, where the main parameters of the button located at the back of the screen are set. You can adjust the parameters of the following items:

• Click. If the camera application is in the active state, the standard press allows you to take a picture.
• Long Press. If the camera application is started, in case of a long press, the camera switches from the front camera to the main camera or vice versa.
• Double Click. Opens a specific application or ends the current conversation.
• Double Click to open application. In this column, you can select an application that opens when you double-click the back button.

Battery

Again, unlike the predominant majority of modern Chinese smartphones, the developers decided to use only one battery, while the standard is completed with two. During the tests it was determined that during the constant surfing of Internet pages the battery DooGee DG800 Valencia works for five and a half hours. It should be noted that this is a rather modest result, since the claimed capacity of this battery is 2000 mAh, therefore, by additional studies it was determined that the real capacity reaches only 1500 mAh. The difference between this device and similar models with a capacity of 2000 mAh can be felt even in weight.

However, in any case, such a result is quite optimal for a modern budget-class device (considering that the price for the DooGee Valencia DG800 is on average 5500 rubles), since even in the case of active use of the device, the charge will be enough for one day.

Camera

The cameras of this device deserve special attention. The standard camera has a very solid 13 MP for its segment and is characterized by a sufficiently high-quality photography, but more surprising is the front camera, which, with its 8 MP, also has a good photo quality. It's enough just to open a case with the DooGee DG800 Valencia, get out the device and take a few pictures in order to make sure of the high quality of the camera both on one side and on the other.