At first we would like to thank mobcom for giving us the chance of trying out a sample of the DOOGEE Y7 PLUS smartphone!

 

 

About mobcom:

 

“mobcom takes care of distributing products that are not yet available on the European market, opening up new brands or completely new product lines.

The vision is to create a broad market with different brands from all over the world. In order to best serve the customers, mobcom relies on high-quality recruitment processes and a comprehensive global network. mobcom has very good relationships with their B2B partners and are known for the professional services they provide."

 

Main Product Features:

 

6.18" FHD+ LTPS Screen

5080mAh Huge Battery

2.5GHz Octa-core Processor

16MP+13MP Dual Rear Cameras

6GB+64GB Big Storage

Magnificent & Slim Design

 

Product Specifications:

 

Appearance

 

Color: Aurora Blue, Phantom Purple, Obsidian Black

Dimension: 160.4*76.1*9.4mm

Weight: 180g

 

Basic parameters

 

Operating System: Android™ 8 Oreo™

Processor: MT6757; 8*Cortex-A53;up to 2.5GHz

GPU: Mali T880-MP2

Battery: 5080mAh; Built-in Polymer Battery; 5V/2A

 

Memory

 

RAM: 6GB

ROM: 64GB

External Storage: TF Card; up to 128GB

 

Camera

 

Rear Camera: 16.0 MP+13.0MP; f/2.0; PDAF; LED Flash

Front Camera: 8.0 MP (SW); f/2.2; 80° Wide-angle

 

Display

 

Size: 6.18"

Resolution: 1080*2246 FHD+

Pixel Density: 403ppi

Panel Technology: Multi-touch

Type: LTPS Screen

 

Network Type

 

SIM Card: Dual SIM Cards Standby; Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM / Nano-SIM + TF Card

GSM: 2/3/5/8

WCDMA: 1/8

FDD: 1/3/7/8/20

Wi-Fi: Support

Bluetooth: Support

OTA: Support

 

Media

 

Video Playback Format: Support AVI, MP4, WMV, RMVB, MKV, MOV, ASF, RM, FLV and Other Video Formats up to 720p/30fps.

Video Produce Format: Support up to 4Kx2K@30fps Video Shooting

Audio Playback Format: Support MP3/ M4A/AAC / MKA/AMR / ALAC/ FLAC /APE / WAV

 

GPS and Sensors

 

Face Unlocking: Support

Fingerprint: Front Fingerprint; 0.1s Unlock; 360° Identification

NFC: N/A

GPS: Support

OTG: Support

G-sensor: Support

Proximity Sensor: Support

Ambient Light Sensor: Support

Compass: N/A

Geomagnetism: Support

Gyroscope: Support

Coulometer: Support

 

Languages

 

English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Italian, German, French, Russian, Arabic, Malay, Thai, Greek, Ukrainian, Croatian, Czech, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese. It Has Updated 48 Languages

 

Package Contents

 

1 x Cellphone

1 x Charger (5V/2A)

1 x USB Type-C Cable

Packing Box, Manual, Warranty Card

1 x Protective Film

 

The latest smartphone we are reviewing from DOOGEE takes part of the Y series and was thought as a fashion oriented product, while carrying mainstream hardware specifications. The product can be purchased in three different colors (Obsidian Black, Phantom Purple or Aurora Blue) and features a large 6.18 inch FHD+ LTPS screen, but also a notch. One of the features we should also note about this product is that its battery has a capacity of 5080mAh, which allows quite a bit of SOT while in normal use.

 

Our Y7 Plus sample was provided by mobcom; mobcom takes care of distributing brand products that have just been launched on other markets, making them available in Europe as well. mobcom name comes from “mobile communication” and the company aims to offer professional services to all their customers.

 

The product is shipped inside a medium cardboard enclosure, highlighting the product series:

 

 

 

On the back side of the box, DOOGEE has listed the main product highlights, along with the IMEIs for both SIM slots:

 

 

 

By lifting the top cover, we will get to see the smartphone, sitting in the middle and surrounded by foam material:

 

 

 

Underneath, we will find an envelope with documentation and the protective case, the power adapter but also the USB Type-C Power/Data transfer cable. The supplied AC Power adapter is rated on the output as 5V at 2A:

 

 

 

Besides the manual and the silicone case, we are also getting a Limited Warranty leaflet that needs to be filled in:

 

 

 

The included silicone case is to be appreciated, because it would be almost impossible to get one separately from retail stores; it does offer complete protection on the back of the Y7 Plus and adds quite a bit of grip to the chassis:

 

 

 

 

On the bottom we will be able to spot the perforations for the speaker grills, but also for the USB Type C port:

 

 

 

On the side, we can find the Power/Volume rocker area of the case:

 

 

 

The top portion of the case has an orifice for the 3.5mm jack:

 

 

 

Finally, we do have the cut-out for the dual-camera, along with the flash:

 

 

 

The included 6.18 inch display comes with a 1080*2246 FHD+ resolution and a pixel density of 403PPI:

 

 

 

The notch area of the screen does include a central speaker, a frontal 8MP, F/2.2 80 degree wide-angle camera lens but also the usual proximity sensor and light sensor:

 

 

 

Under the screen, we have the fingerprint reader that does not double-up as a Home button (it is fixed, you cannot down press it); we could see the same button design with the Huawei P10/P10 Plus series of smartphones:

 

 

 

On the bottom area of the blue metallic frame, we will find two speaker grills, only the right one being populated:

 

 

 

The right side of the frame comes with the Volume rocker, but also the Power/Standby button:

 

 

 

 

The top area includes a welcome 3.5mm headset jack:

 

 

 

On the left, we can only spot the SIM tray:

 

 

 

 

The included SIM tray can house up to two nanoSIM cards, or one SIM and one microSDHC/microSDXC card for expanding the device storage:

 

 

 

The back cover of the Y7 Plus Aurora Blue comes with a purple top and transforms into green as we move towards the bottom; the back is also reflexive, made of plastic and is quite a fingerprint magnet if we do not use the included protective silicone case:

 

 

 

 

Near the LED flash, we’ve got one 16MP plus one 13MP camera, f/2.0; this camera setup supports 2x optical zoom when using the 82 degree wide-angle camera lens:

 

 

 

In the middle, we will be able to spot the DOOGEE logo:

 

 

 

Some of the supported standards are listed on the bottom, and here we will also learn that the design of the Y7 Plus was realized in Spain:

 

 

 

Here is a shot with the smartphone screen turned on, so you can check out the bezels:

 

 

 

Also, we have taken some shots of the smartphone, with the protective case attached:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Android 8.0 interface DOOGEE uses for the Y7 Plus is quite clean, without unnecessary bloatware; some of the application shortcuts are present on the main desktop:

 

 

 

Here is the list of installed applications, inside the drawer:

 

 

Calculator

 

 

Google Calendar

 

 

Chrome Browser

 

 

Clock

 

 

Google Contacts

 

 

Google Drive

 

 

Google Duo

 

 

Face Unlock application also allows some custom settings:

 

 

File Manager

 

 

FM Radio application

 

 

Gmail

 

 

Google Application

 

 

Google Maps

 

 

Messages

 

 

Music Application (for offline storage)

 

 

Phone Application

 

 

Photos Application

 

 

Play Music

 

 

Google Play Store

 

 

SIM Toolkit

 

 

Sound Recorder

 

 

System Manager

 

 

Torch

 

 

Videos

 

 

YouTube

 

 

The Camera application comes with different modes such as Video, Photo, FaceBeauty, Blur, Mono and more; the small circle pictogram allows switching between regular and 2x optical zoom, we have the option to toggle different flash modes, switch between the back cameras and the front camera, but also access some extra settings via the three point pictogram:

 

 

Filters can be also applied to the multimedia material:

 

 

The option screen allows the user to enable HDR mode, but also enable/disable some functions such as GPS location, Face Detection, Preview Size, Picture Size, Self Timer and more:

 

 

The picture size can be adjusted up to 16MP:

 

 

The Video area does come with options of its own:

 

 

We can shoot up to 1080P quality (3gp files):

 

 

The FaceBeauty mode comes with a slider, which allows adjustment of the filter intensity:

 

 

Blur filter interface acts the same way:

 

 

Monochrome photos can be shot within the next mode:

 

 

Panorama shots do follow:

 

 

A Pro mode is also available for the user to take advantage of:

 

 

Next, we have the Settings menu, where we can customize many options regarding the Android 8.0 functionality:

 

 

The Network & Internet menu does allow WiFi connectivity, Mobile network settings customization, Data Usage monitoring, creation of Hotspots and more:

 

 

The Connected Devices menu allows for Bluetooth connectivity options, screen casting, USB tethering and so on:

 

 

The Apps & Notifications menu allows the user to work with the different application options, access the Notifications menu, adjust application permissions and more:

 

 

The Battery menu allows the user to monitor the time since the last full charge, SOT, but also enable power saving modes:

 

 

Display has several options available for customization on its own:

 

 

The Sound menu allows customization of the volume levels, vibration modes, ringtones and more:

 

 

The Storage menu allows the user to see how much resources each type of content does take up, but we can also access the integrated file manager:

 

 

DuraSpeed is a menu where we can specify which applications should stay awake at all times (in order to receive proper/updated notifications, stay connected to gadgets and so on):

 

 

The Security & Location menu allows the user to enable/disable the Find my Device service, but also access other related device security options:

 

 

The Accounts menu does list the currently connected accounts, for different applications:

 

 

Accessibility options are available next:

 

 

Fingerprint sensor options can be accessed in the following menu, which also includes different behaviors:

 

 

Gesture motion options include:

 

-Telephony Motions

-System Motions

-Smart Somatosensory

 

 

Telephony Motions

 

 

System Motions

 

 

Smart Somatosensory

 

 

We can enable fast camera access from the Fast Capture menu:

 

 

A Barcode scanner is also included here:

 

 

The Google account management menu contains the necessary options:

 

 

Finally, we do have the System menu, from where we can adjust the current keyboard, Date/Time options, enable/disable Backup, Reset the smartphone to factory defaults, Schedule Power On/Off but also learn some other information regarding the current software versions:

 

 

Y7 Plus is equipped with the Mediatek Helio P25 SoC and was introduced back in 2017; it was manufactured on a 16nm FinFET+ process and carries 8 ARM Cortex A-53 CPU cores. The Big-Little architecture type can be seen here, with a performance cluster clocked at up to 2.6GHz and one power-efficiency cluster that is clocked up to 1.6GHz. The SoC also includes a LTE Cat.6 modem, while the GPU is a Mali T880 MP3, clocked at up to 1000MHz. The smartphone is also equipped with 6GB of DDR3 1600MHz RAM and 64GB of internal storage; for more in-depth information related to its hardware, we will use the CPU-X reporting application:

 

CPU

System

Battery

Sensors

Features

Camera

 

A comparison with other smartphones was in order, so we have tested the terminal with multiple applications.

 

Antutu 6

Basemark GUI

Basemark X

GeekBench 4

RealPI

Vellamo

3DMark

PCMark

Y7 Plus comes with a LTPS 2.5D curved glass screen and provides good viewing angles; the display is bright even with slider at 50% and does not seem to distort colors when viewing from different positions.

 

The 16MP+13MP camera combo can capture good shots in decent lighting conditions, but when we have tried to capture landscapes (the whole scene must remain in focus), the camera seems to keep in good focus only the central area of the shot, the corners being less detailed. In addition, if the details we would like to capture are quite far away, these will be a bit blurry and look pixelated. The macro shots are quite clear and the faces are detected correctly and appear clear in the resulted photo. The software-based blur effect is a bit unrealistic, the only effect of this type we did enjoy was with the U12+ from HTC, but that terminal is in a completely different price range…

 

 

 

The original size photos, unedited, can be found at this following link .

The videos shot with the back camera system are a bit underwelming (lack of stabilization, loss of focus), while the audio capture is fine, but should be alright if the user only wants to share the content on Instagram :).

 

The DOOGEE Y7 Plus smartphone offers a good overall experience for everyday use thanks to its mainstream SoC, the enough RAM quantity (6GB) and the 64GB of included storage for taking quite a bit of photos. At the time of the review, the latest software version was 8.0 and did pack the Android security patch level from 5th of October. The 6.18’’ screen packs a 2246x1080 resolution, is enough bright during use outside, while the included bottom speaker can deliver decent, enough loud audio.

The back shooter offers 2x optical zoom thanks to the wide set of lens, but when using it we must make sure that we will keep the smartphone on a steady surface, otherwise the result will be blurry, low quality. Besides the good looking design of the Y7 Plus, it includes a battery of 5080mAh and its benefits can be observed during normal use.

 

Back in 2017, we have tested two other DOOGEE smartphones and we have noticed that their microphone quality was not very good; this has changed radically with the Y7 Plus where we could be heard loud and clear during conversations.

 

In order to test the battery life, we have used the Work 2.0 of the PCMark suite; the software ran continuously for 8h and 13 minutes. Afterwards, the smartphone got into power saving mode and still had 16% left. After using the terminal for a few days, we could say that it should last at least three days without the need of recharging, which is quite a lot for many smartphones nowadays.

 

 

 

Y7 Plus does not have issues with GPS locking either; after starting the test utility, we have got a lock-on after just a few seconds:

 

 

 

As future firmware improvements, we would recommend fixing the display issue with the notification icons that often get underneath the notch and are not visible but also an improved camera application and reworked drivers in order not to favor the central area of the scene each time we would like to take a landscape photo.

 

For about 229 euros, we are getting a good overall smartphone, with an attractive chassis, a great battery life and screen, a mainstream SoC and a decent camera system.

 

DOOGEE Y7 Plus Smartphone is Recommended for:

 

 

We would like to thank again to mobcom for making this review possible!