If we haven't made it clear already, the Doogee Mix actually packs a surprisingly amount of hardware value in its sub-$200 compact body. Before we get to the actual synthetics, we believe a quick clarification is in order. It has to do with the MediaTek chipset inside the Mix. Doogee is marketing it as a Helio P25, which has been the source of some confusion among tech experts, reviewers, as well as tinkerers, willing to take the phone apart to check for themselves.
This became necessary after a few such people noticed that some hardware information apps, running on the Mix report the chipset as simply MT6757, which would officially make it a Helio P20. Opening units has since revealed that some chips have "MT6757V" written on them, others have "MT6757T", but the bulk are labeled as "MT6757CH". Ours pertains to the last group, but what is important to note here is that these are essentially the same 16nm chips, with 8 ARM Cortex-A53 CPU cores and a dual-core Mali-T880MP2 GPU. The main difference is in the CPU clock speed. Officially, only the P25 supports dual (13MP + 13MP) cameras, as well.
Our unit has four cores at a max of 2.93GHz and the other four at up to 1.39GHz. Sure, it's not the upper 2.6GHz limit the Helio P25 is advertised to be theoretically capable of, but in its current configuration, we found the chip to be potent enough, stable and running reasonably cool under load. Frankly, that's more important in our book than any formal branding.
Our basic 64GB unit actually has 4GB of RAM to back up the Helio chip, which is plenty and equally impressive for a sub-$200 device. Now about that price, we keep tossing it around, but like most Chinese manufacturers, especially those with limited international presence, like Doogee, there are some extra costs typically involved with sourcing and importing a unit.
That being said, we took a couple of pages from our recent guide when choosing viable contenders for the Doogee Mix, while limiting ourselves to the sub-€200 range. We also made sure to include the Xperia XA1 and XA1 Ultra from Sony's current lineup, since both rely on the same MediaTek Helio chipset. The former even has a 720p display, making benchmark comparisons with the Doogee even more valid.
Starting up with GeekBench and some pure CPU loads, we are glad to report the MT6757CH managed to hit its performance target, despite the lack of polish in the software department. Multi-core numbers, in particular, came out really strong, outpacing both Sony handsets.
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The Xperia XA1 and XA1 Ultra gain back some ground in single-threaded scenarios, but the difference isn't really all that significant. On a broader scale, it is evident the MT6757CH is no slouch. It even manages to consistently outperform the Snapdragon 625 and the Exynos 7870 - two mid-range solutions we have repeatedly praised for their efficiency-to-performance ratio. Sure, the 16nm MT6757CH isn't quite as frugal in the battery department, but with proper OS optimization, we are sure it can come close.
On to more compound benchmarks then and AnTuTu 6. The Doogee Mix stands its ground well. 4GB of RAM is still plenty in Android terms, so no bottlenecks there. We can only assume Doogee had to opt for a slower storage solution to keep costs down, which could cost it some points from the AnTuTu score.
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Basemark OS is even kinder to the Doogee Mix. Frankly, out of the similarly priced pool of contenders, only the Helio X20-powered Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 manages to significantly trump the Mix in pure performance metrics.
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The Mali-T880MP2 GPU demands some respect of its own. While not a chart-topper by design, when viewed in the appropriate budget context, the dual-core solution really punches above its pay grade.
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720p resolution is a noteworthy plus here. Of course, there is the obvious drawback to image sharpness and detail that comes with an HD panel. On the flip side, the GPU has a lot less pixels on its plate to worry about. If you are into mobile gaming, 720p is a pretty fair trade for higher frame rates.
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The Doogee Mix offers a solid gaming experience. Casual titles play without a hitch and look pretty impressive thanks to the almost bezeless design. Even most popular 3D games weren't enough to choke the phone.
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Basemark X tells the exact same story.
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All things considered, It's really hard to poke holes in Doogee's choice of hardware for the Mix. Copy-cat or not, it is more than a one-trick pony. Even with a glaring lack of polish in DoogeeOS, the Mix still managed to live up to its impressive value specs sheet. Well, for the most part, that is.
Take audio quality, for instance. Despite our best efforts, the handset consistently delivered extremely disappointing output in out testing procedure. It could, very well be a defective unit. We are also not ruling out the distinct possibility of a bug within the equalizer, preventing us from turning it off to get a flat reading.
Regardless, our review unit clearly failed short in the audio department. And "fell short" is just us being polite here.
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