Mid 2017 we are now seeing the budget bezel-less phones come out in force. Well they still have a bezel, but a smaller one than normal. One such mobile I’ve been keeping an eye on is the Doogee Mix, which even its name suggests is a clone of the Xiaomi Mi Mix. There is also the UMI Crystal and Maze Blade (similar bezel-less designs) coming soon.
The Dooge Mix, has a 5.5-inch 720p Samsung AMOLED display (Shame it’s not 1080p!) with very small bezels and design that still retains a standard earpiece in just above the screen. Like the Xiaomi Mi Mix the front-facing camera has been moved to the bottom. It’s all powered by a MediaTek Helio P25 (8-cores at 2.5Ghz max) and has a huge 6GB of RAM, 64GB ROM with MicroSD support. Okay, 3380mAh battery, dual SIM with LTE band 20 support. 16MP PDAF rear camera and 8MP front cam.
You can see the bezel are still there, much larger than the Xiaomi Mi Mix’s!
So very decent specs, apart from the 720p screen. Even more decent when you consider the price is $189.99
More on the phone can be found on the official Doogee Mix page. I’ve just ordered one to review as I think it looks okay for the price. My only concern is returning to a 720p display after using 1080p or better for so long.
In order to get the $189.99 price, you have to use coupon dgmix which gives you $40 off. It’s only preorder at this point, shipping on the 20th from Banggood here. Thanks to Raju for pointing this out. Even Aliexpress has it for around $219, so Bangood seems to be the best deal so far.
Look for my unboxing and review in July of this one.