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MagyarDoogee N20 Pro Smartphone Review: Android 10 for $120 USD
The Doogee N20 Pro is one of the cheapest Android 10 smartphones in the market at the moment at just $120 to $200 USD. Its specifications are actually quite good on paper including its 19:9 6.3-inch FHD+ display, MediaTek P60 SoC, 6 GB of RAM, 128 GB eMMC, and 16 MP rear and front cameras. A longer list of specifications can be found on its product page here. For this review, we'll be testing out some of its features to find out what cut corners lie beneath the attractive price point.
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potential competitors in comparison
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73.6 % | 11/2020 | Doogee N20 Pro Helio P60, Mali-G72 MP3 | 175 g | 8.8 mm | 6.30" | 2280x1080 | |
| 75.6 % | 11/2020 | Honor 10X Lite Kirin 710A, Mali-G51 MP4 | 206 g | 9.3 mm | 6.67" | 2400x1080 | |
| 84.7 % | 10/2020 | Nubia RedMagic 5S SD 865, Adreno 650 | 218 g | 9.75 mm | 6.65" | 2340x1080 | |
| 76.7 % | 12/2020 | Alcatel 3X 2020 Helio P22 MT6762, PowerVR GE8320 | 186 g | 9.09 mm | 6.52" | 1600x720 | |
| 75.7 % | 11/2020 | Xiaomi Redmi 9A Helio G25, PowerVR GE8320 | 194 g | 9 mm | 6.53" | 1600x720 | |
| 76 % | 11/2020 | Wiko View5 Helio A25, PowerVR GE8320 | 201 g | 9.3 mm | 6.55" | 1600x720 |
Case
The chassis is almost all plastic as one would expect from an ultra-budget smartphone. As a consequence, however, the Doogee is also a bit lighter than many alternatives including the Wiko View 5 or Honor 10X Lite. Its shorter length contributes to a smaller form factor as well without sacrificing screen size.
Connectivity
Communication
| Networking | |
| iperf3 transmit AX12 | |
| Nubia RedMagic 5S | |
| Wiko View5 | |
| Doogee N20 Pro | |
| Honor 10X Lite | |
| Alcatel 3X 2020 | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| iperf3 receive AX12 | |
| Nubia RedMagic 5S | |
| Wiko View5 | |
| Doogee N20 Pro | |
| Honor 10X Lite | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Alcatel 3X 2020 | |
Webcam
Accessories and Warranty
The box includes a manual, SIM pick, MicroUSB cable, protective case, and a European AC adapter. Earbuds are not included.
As with most overseas smartphone, claiming warranty will be difficult as shipping will be slow and buyers may need to pay for the return shipping as well.
Display
The 2280 x 1080 touchscreen is grainier than we would like because the pixels are underneath a thicker layer of glass or plastic. Thus, texts and images do not pop or appear as vibrant as on most other pricier smartphones. Brightness and contrast are otherwise good for the price.
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Brightness Distribution: 89 %
Center on Battery: 530 cd/m²
Contrast: 803:1 (Black: 0.66 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 6.87 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5
ΔE Greyscale 11.1 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
Gamma: 2.19
| Doogee N20 Pro IPS, 6.30, 2280x1080 | Honor 10X Lite IPS, 6.67, 2400x1080 | Nubia RedMagic 5S AMOLED, 6.65, 2340x1080 | Alcatel 3X 2020 IPS, 6.52, 1600x720 | Xiaomi Redmi 9A IPS, 6.53, 1600x720 | Wiko View5 LCD IPS, 6.55, 1600x720 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Response Times | -39% | 90% | -27% | -58% | -64% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 29.6 ? | 48 ? -62% | 2.8 ? 91% | 45.6 ? -54% | 48 ? -62% | 54 ? -82% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 20.8 ? | 24 ? -15% | 2.4 ? 88% | 20.8 ? -0% | 32 ? -54% | 30.4 ? -46% |
| PWM Frequency | 581 ? | |||||
| Screen | 22% | 31% | 95% | 34% | 61% | |
| Brightness middle | 530 | 401 -24% | 589 11% | 510 -4% | 435 -18% | 495 -7% |
| Brightness | 502 | 379 -25% | 592 18% | 491 -2% | 411 -18% | 461 -8% |
| Brightness Distribution | 89 | 88 -1% | 90 1% | 92 3% | 91 2% | 88 -1% |
| Black Level * | 0.66 | 0.65 2% | 0.09 86% | 0.33 50% | 0.14 79% | |
| Contrast | 803 | 617 -23% | 5667 606% | 1318 64% | 3536 340% | |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 6.87 | 1.49 78% | 3.1 55% | 6 13% | 2.68 61% | 6.5 5% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 15.28 | 2.56 83% | 7.2 53% | 11.9 22% | 5.33 65% | 10 35% |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 11.1 | 1.7 85% | 5.6 50% | 6.9 38% | 3.6 68% | 6.2 44% |
| Gamma | 2.19 100% | 2.13 103% | 2.31 95% | 2.31 95% | 2.365 93% | 2.22 99% |
| CCT | 10593 61% | 6667 97% | 6633 98% | 7971 82% | 6779 96% | 8157 80% |
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | -9% /
10% | 61% /
46% | 34% /
71% | -12% /
16% | -2% /
36% |
* ... smaller is better
Further measurements with an X-Rite colorimeter show an overly cool color temperature which is common amongst budget displays. Colors and RGB balance are way off and unnatural as a result.
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 20.8 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 10.8 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 10 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 40 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is similar to the average of all tested devices (21.5 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 29.6 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 15.6 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 14 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows relatively slow response rates in our tests and may be too slow for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.2 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 33 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (33.7 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM not detected |  | ||
In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 17900 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. | |||
Performance
Raw CPU performance is almost two times better than on the Alcatel 3X, Xiaomi Redmi 9A or Wiko View 5 each with lower-end MediaTek Helio processors according to Geekbench. Graphics performance is even better as our Helio P60 uses a Mali-G72 MP3 GPU instead of PowerVR. Performance is still nowhere near a Snapdragon 865 or Apple A14, but such alternatives are much more expensive.
| PCMark for Android | |
| Work performance score (sort by value) | |
| Doogee N20 Pro | |
| Nubia RedMagic 5S | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Wiko View5 | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P60 (8609 - 11387, n=7) | |
| Work 2.0 performance score (sort by value) | |
| Doogee N20 Pro | |
| Nubia RedMagic 5S | |
| Alcatel 3X 2020 | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Wiko View5 | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P60 (6934 - 7954, n=7) | |
| GFXBench | |
| on screen Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Onscreen (sort by value) | |
| Doogee N20 Pro | |
| Nubia RedMagic 5S | |
| Alcatel 3X 2020 | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Wiko View5 | |
| Apple iPhone 12 | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P60 (6.6 - 8.6, n=7) | |
| 1920x1080 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen (sort by value) | |
| Doogee N20 Pro | |
| Nubia RedMagic 5S | |
| Alcatel 3X 2020 | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Wiko View5 | |
| Apple iPhone 12 | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P60 (6.2 - 8.3, n=7) | |
| on screen Aztec Ruins High Tier Onscreen (sort by value) | |
| Doogee N20 Pro | |
| Nubia RedMagic 5S | |
| Alcatel 3X 2020 | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Wiko View5 | |
| Apple iPhone 12 | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P60 (2.6 - 6.4, n=7) | |
| 2560x1440 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen (sort by value) | |
| Doogee N20 Pro | |
| Nubia RedMagic 5S | |
| Alcatel 3X 2020 | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Wiko View5 | |
| Apple iPhone 12 | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P60 (2.1 - 4.3, n=7) | |
| WebXPRT 3 - Overall (sort by value) | |
| Doogee N20 Pro | |
| Nubia RedMagic 5S | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Wiko View5 | |
| Apple iPhone 12 | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P60 (43 - 54, n=4) | |
| JetStream 1.1 - Total Score (sort by value) | |
| Doogee N20 Pro | |
| Nubia RedMagic 5S | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Apple iPhone 12 | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P60 (41.7 - 48.9, n=6) | |
| Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total (sort by value) | |
| Doogee N20 Pro | |
| Nubia RedMagic 5S | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Wiko View5 | |
| Apple iPhone 12 | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P60 (4309 - 4773, n=6) | |
| Octane V2 - Total Score (sort by value) | |
| Doogee N20 Pro | |
| Nubia RedMagic 5S | |
| Xiaomi Redmi 9A | |
| Wiko View5 | |
| Apple iPhone 12 | |
| Average Mediatek Helio P60 (8287 - 10257, n=7) | |
* ... smaller is better
Storage Devices
Not only is the capacity quite large, but transfer rates are also faster than many budget competitors.
| Doogee N20 Pro 128 GB eMMC Flash | Honor 10X Lite 128 GB eMMC Flash | Nubia RedMagic 5S 128 GB UFS 3.1 Flash | Alcatel 3X 2020 128 GB eMMC Flash | Xiaomi Redmi 9A 32 GB eMMC Flash | Wiko View5 64 GB eMMC Flash | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AndroBench 3-5 | -8% | 114% | -10% | -13% | -11% | |
| Sequential Read 256KB | 501 | 297.7 -41% | 1348 169% | 288.9 -42% | 258.9 -48% | 268.4 -46% |
| Sequential Write 256KB | 314 | 162.4 -48% | 674 115% | 185.7 -41% | 171.9 -45% | 223.4 -29% |
| Random Read 4KB | 112.4 | 50.7 -55% | 213.3 90% | 65.7 -42% | 57.6 -49% | 49.56 -56% |
| Random Write 4KB | 133.9 | 59 -56% | 243.5 82% | 11.49 -91% | 26.7 -80% | 16.29 -88% |
| Sequential Read 256KB SDCard | 41.07 | 77.1 88% | 82.8 102% | 80.2 95% | 82 100% | |
| Sequential Write 256KB SDCard | 41.54 | 67.7 63% | 63.3 52% | 62.1 49% | 62.7 51% |
| 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited | 1282 points | |
Help | ||
Emissions
Temperature
Like most smartphones, the hot spots are near the top half of the smartphone where the motherboard and processor reside. We're able to record a high of almost 40 C when stressed with CPU Throttling Test.
(+) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 39 °C / 102 F, compared to the average of 35 °C / 95 F, ranging from 21.9 to 56 °C for the class Smartphone.
(±) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 40 °C / 104 F, compared to the average of 33.8 °C / 93 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 27.2 °C / 81 F, compared to the device average of 32.7 °C / 91 F.
Speakers
Doogee N20 Pro audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (92.3 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 30.4% lower than median
(+) | bass is linear (5.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) | reduced mids - on average 6.1% lower than median
(+) | mids are linear (6.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(±) | higher highs - on average 9.1% higher than median
(+) | highs are linear (6% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (24.5% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 53% of all tested devices in this class were better, 8% similar, 40% worse
» The best had a delta of 12%, average was 38%, worst was 134%
Compared to all devices tested
» 70% of all tested devices were better, 6% similar, 23% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Apple MacBook 12 (Early 2016) 1.1 GHz audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (83.6 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(±) | reduced bass - on average 11.3% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (14.2% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 2.4% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (5.5% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 2% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (4.5% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (10.2% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 5% of all tested devices in this class were better, 2% similar, 93% worse
» The best had a delta of 5%, average was 19%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 3% of all tested devices were better, 1% similar, 96% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Energy Management
Power Consumption
| Off / Standby |   1.13 / 0.19 Watt |
| Idle |  1.8 / 3.3 / 3.4 Watt |
| Load |
3.9 / 8.3 Watt |
    
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| Doogee N20 Pro Helio P60, Mali-G72 MP3, 128 GB eMMC Flash, IPS, 2280x1080, 6.30 | Nubia RedMagic 5S SD 865, Adreno 650, 128 GB UFS 3.1 Flash, AMOLED, 2340x1080, 6.65 | Alcatel 3X 2020 Helio P22 MT6762, PowerVR GE8320, 128 GB eMMC Flash, IPS, 1600x720, 6.52 | Xiaomi Redmi 9A Helio G25, PowerVR GE8320, 32 GB eMMC Flash, IPS, 1600x720, 6.53 | Wiko View5 Helio A25, PowerVR GE8320, 64 GB eMMC Flash, LCD IPS, 1600x720, 6.55 | Apple iPhone 12 A14, A14 Bionic GPU, 64 GB SSD, OLED, 2532x1170, 6.10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Consumption | 14% | 54% | 20% | 46% | 17% | |
| Idle Minimum * | 1.8 | 1.16 36% | 0.55 69% | 1.2 33% | 0.68 62% | 0.9 50% |
| Idle Average * | 3.3 | 2.34 29% | 1.47 55% | 1.8 45% | 1.94 41% | 1.5 55% |
| Idle Maximum * | 3.4 | 2.39 30% | 1.64 52% | 1.9 44% | 1.96 42% | 1.8 47% |
| Load Average * | 3.9 | 4.57 -17% | 2.32 41% | 5.3 -36% | 2.62 33% | 5.5 -41% |
| Load Maximum * | 8.3 | 8.84 -7% | 3.7 55% | 7.1 14% | 3.81 54% | 10.4 -25% |
* ... smaller is better
Battery Life
Runtimes are excellent at over 13 hours of real-world WLAN use. Charging from empty to full capacity with the included 10 W AC adapter takes about 1.5 hours.
| Doogee N20 Pro Helio P60, Mali-G72 MP3, Wh | Honor 10X Lite Kirin 710A, Mali-G51 MP4, Wh | Nubia RedMagic 5S SD 865, Adreno 650, Wh | Alcatel 3X 2020 Helio P22 MT6762, PowerVR GE8320, Wh | Xiaomi Redmi 9A Helio G25, PowerVR GE8320, Wh | Wiko View5 Helio A25, PowerVR GE8320, Wh | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Runtime | 18% | -10% | 74% | 62% | 39% | |
| WiFi v1.3 | 814 | 964 18% | 730 -10% | 1417 74% | 1319 62% | 1132 39% |
| Reader / Idle | 2903 | |||||
| Load | 338 |
Pros
Cons
Verdict
The Doogee N20 Pro excels in performance, storage, and camera for such an inexpensive Android 10 smartphone. If you value these three attributes the most, then it'll be tough to find another 6-inch alternative that matches or beats the Doogee.
The list of drawbacks, however, are just as important. Firstly, the smartphone is not compatible with most 4G bands in the United States. Secondly, display colors are poorly calibrated for a visual experience that doesn't quite match many pricier mid-range smartphones. Meanwhile, the plastic build may be light, but it doesn't give a sense of longevity or sturdiness. The N20 Pro will still look and feel like a cheap Android smartphone despite its respectable performance and camera.
Strong performance with decent camera and storage space considering the cost. Display and build quality, however, are definitely more representative of its affordable asking price.
Doogee N20 Pro
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11/29/2020 v7
Allen Ngo
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