Cubot is a Chinese manufacturer that has been in the market for a long time, focusing mainly on the mid-range and entry market, with solid mobiles that put the performance-price ratio first, but lately we have seen it bet on the photographic department In affordable terminals, as a sample of this we can refer to the Cubot X20 Pro , or more recently, the CUBOT NOTE 20 .

This terminal, whose price is around 110-130 euros in Internet stores, manages to surprise us with a solid photographic bet consisting of 4 cameras, using two 12MP and 20MP Sony sensors . Likewise, the device also enjoys a fairly neat aesthetic and offers a large 6.5-inch screen , not to mention that it has a 4,200mAh battery, 64GB internal storage and even additional incentives, such as, for example, NFC and USB type. C .

CUBOT NOTE 20 Technical Specifications: CUBOT NOTE 20, a photographic and photogenic smartphone at a good price

A fairly photogenic terminal

For the market segment to which it belongs, the CUBOT NOTE 20 does not look bad at all, on the contrary, it has a rear cover with an exquisite glossy finish in 3 colors: black, blue and green. It sports a circular photographic module that gathers four sensors in an inner ring accented in black.

It is a terminal of large proportions, something that we can intuit from its 6.5-inch screen. Going into details, the body of the mobile exhibits dimensions of 155.8 x 77 x 9.1mm and weighs about 200 grams, so it is not a precisely light or compact mobile, but let’s be honest, there are no longer light smartphones or compacts in 2020.

In this order of ideas, the body has a metal frame, but the rest of the parts are obviously plastic. The back cover can be removed to access the battery and also the SIM slots (2 Nano SIM) and the Micro-SD (a dedicated slot).

A small detail that we like about the CUBOT NOTE 20 is that it has a USB type C port , which is something unusual in this price range, even when we talk about the most popular mobiles from brands such as Samsung, Huawei or Xiaomi. However, the absence of a 3.5mm audio jack makes us subtract points from the device.

Screen: CUBOT NOTE 20, a photographic and photogenic smartphone at a good price

The CUBOT NOTE 20 boasts a 6.5-inch LCD screen with a waterdrop notch , HD + resolution (1,560 x 720 px), a density of 266 pixels per inch and a brightness of 450 cd / ㎡ . We must say that it is not only a fairly large panel with reduced bezels, but it also provides a good color representation coupled with good viewing angles.

Hardware and Features

Beneath its elegant presentation lies a not-so-impressive quad-core MediaTek Helio A20 chip , accompanied by 3GB of RAM and a generous 64GB of internal storage, both of which can be expanded via Micro-SD.

The performance offered by the CUBOT NOTE 20 is suitable for running day-to-day applications with ease, such as WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube and others, but we know what to expect with its entry-level processor, which is not He will do well in tasks or games that are very demanding in resources. We cannot complain about the rest for the price, 3GB of RAM is more than enough for a basic mobile like this and the same can be said about its internal storage, which is in fact praiseworthy.

On the other hand, the device is powered by a battery with a nominal capacity of 4,200mAh , and as you can guess, it lacks any type of fast charging technology, but the autonomy it provides is quite decent (approximately 1 day).

In terms of software, the operating system could not be other than Android 10. It should be noted that it is free of any layer of customization for the interface, which will surely appeal to purists.

Moving on to the connectivity department, we find a 4G mobile equipped with the usual and something else. In this sense, the mobile supports dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS and, much to our surprise, also NFC, which means that we can make mobile payments using Google Pay.

Cameras

The CUBOT NOTE 20 has a quad camera setup, but the stars here are the 12MP Sony IMX486 main sensor and the 20MP Sony IMX350 depth sensor, both of which will be in charge of doing the magic with the photos. The two remaining sensors are practically for decoration, they are a 2MP macro camera and a 0.3MP ultra wide angle lens.

Finally, we find an 8MP selfie camera embedded in the notch of the screen. It supports facial recognition to compensate for the fact that there is no fingerprint reader on the CUBOT NOTE 20; another detail that subtracts points from the device.

CUBOT NOTE 20, a photographic and photogenic smartphone at a good price