Zopo Speed 8 review!
Here we go again. Another contender for the flagship market. Zopo is a company that's coming up with their speed series of smartphones with killer specs. They certainly cost you a chunk of cash and promise a premium experience in return. But are they really worth your attention? Let's find out by taking a look at their later flagship, the Zopo speed 8.
Design: The phone has a brush metal look and neat chamfered edges made of steel.
There's a power button and volume rockers on the right side and a sim tray on the left side. On the bottom there's a USB type-C pier and a primary microphone. The phone has front firing speakers, which are pretty loud. The speakers have a stainless steel finish too. On the top there's just a 3.5mm headphone jack.
The phone is 9.8 mm in thickness and 164 gm in heft. The phone feels pretty substantial but is definitely grippy in the hand, because of that slightly curved back. Overall it's a quite satisfying design which can be classifyed as flagship grade.
Display: The phone houses a 5.5' 1080p IPS LCD panel at 400 ppi, with excellent contrast and saturation. It reminds me a lot of the oversaturated Samsung AMOLED panels. The brightness output was pretty good, though you might struggle a bit to view the screen under direct sunlight. There's no glare along the edges of the display thanks to the chamfered edges of the phonr and anti-glare coating that is applied on the screen. The screen is plenty sharp for all your needs and you don't feel the inferiority among other QHD flagship screens, unless you compare them side by side.
Performance: You'll see a big change from the ordinary here as the Zopo speed 8 follows the upcoming trend of deca core CPUs. Just like the LeEco le 2, the speed 8 is powered by a deca core Mediatek Helio X20 processor along with 4GB of DDR4 RAM and a Mali MP-T880 MP4 GPU. A solid performance package, and can run the most intensive games with ease. The GPU seemed to handle all games well, there were no major lags or noticeable stutters in Modern Combat 5 and N.O.V.A 3 gameplay. The ounce has 32 GB of non expandable onboard storage which seems a bit less for a flagship these days. It should be enough for most users anyway.
The phone has a rear mounted fingerprint sensor. Fast and smooth in unlocking your phone, as we've come to expect from every new phone out there. The phone runs on Z-UI on top of android 6.0 marshmallow out of the box. UI is kind of stock but is loaded with a unique squared-out style icon packs and clean animations. It's definitely one of the better UI I've seen on a China phone.
Camera: The rear camera is a 21 mp Sony IMX230 sensor with f/2.2 aperture and dual LED flash. The front camera is an 8 mp sensor with f/2.0 aperture which also has a mild flash. The rear camera has super fast autofocus. Company claims it can focus in 0.2 s which is faster then most expensive flagship out there. Sounds great, but that's about there only thing exciting about the camera. Sometimes the images are average looking, coming out to be with a washed out look to them. It's more evident in lower lighting conditions where most cameras struggle. But when lighting is great, images are crisp, well saturated and full of details. The selfie camera is actually very good. The flash is quite effective in providing a bit more light and adding some more details to the shot. The camera sensors are good enough for everyday outdoor use. As long as there's plenty of light, all's well.
Battery: The phone houses a 3600 mAh li-Po battery capable of quick charging technology called pump express plus😅. Battery standby was great as you can tell. You can easily get 5½ hours of continuous usage out of it. It can be topped up to 80% within an hour, so no worries there.
Price: This is a little bit tricky to justify. The phone comes at a flagship price of 29,000 INR. That's for now at least, because I feel it'll go down. I mean there's the le 2 at 10K with the same processor. But you do get slightly better cameras, a much bigger battery and more RAM in it. My suggestion is to keep an eye and wait for the price to drop a bit, if you're interested in the Zopo 2016 flagship.
Design: The phone has a brush metal look and neat chamfered edges made of steel.
There's a power button and volume rockers on the right side and a sim tray on the left side. On the bottom there's a USB type-C pier and a primary microphone. The phone has front firing speakers, which are pretty loud. The speakers have a stainless steel finish too. On the top there's just a 3.5mm headphone jack.
The phone is 9.8 mm in thickness and 164 gm in heft. The phone feels pretty substantial but is definitely grippy in the hand, because of that slightly curved back. Overall it's a quite satisfying design which can be classifyed as flagship grade.
Display: The phone houses a 5.5' 1080p IPS LCD panel at 400 ppi, with excellent contrast and saturation. It reminds me a lot of the oversaturated Samsung AMOLED panels. The brightness output was pretty good, though you might struggle a bit to view the screen under direct sunlight. There's no glare along the edges of the display thanks to the chamfered edges of the phonr and anti-glare coating that is applied on the screen. The screen is plenty sharp for all your needs and you don't feel the inferiority among other QHD flagship screens, unless you compare them side by side.
Performance: You'll see a big change from the ordinary here as the Zopo speed 8 follows the upcoming trend of deca core CPUs. Just like the LeEco le 2, the speed 8 is powered by a deca core Mediatek Helio X20 processor along with 4GB of DDR4 RAM and a Mali MP-T880 MP4 GPU. A solid performance package, and can run the most intensive games with ease. The GPU seemed to handle all games well, there were no major lags or noticeable stutters in Modern Combat 5 and N.O.V.A 3 gameplay. The ounce has 32 GB of non expandable onboard storage which seems a bit less for a flagship these days. It should be enough for most users anyway.
The phone has a rear mounted fingerprint sensor. Fast and smooth in unlocking your phone, as we've come to expect from every new phone out there. The phone runs on Z-UI on top of android 6.0 marshmallow out of the box. UI is kind of stock but is loaded with a unique squared-out style icon packs and clean animations. It's definitely one of the better UI I've seen on a China phone.
Camera: The rear camera is a 21 mp Sony IMX230 sensor with f/2.2 aperture and dual LED flash. The front camera is an 8 mp sensor with f/2.0 aperture which also has a mild flash. The rear camera has super fast autofocus. Company claims it can focus in 0.2 s which is faster then most expensive flagship out there. Sounds great, but that's about there only thing exciting about the camera. Sometimes the images are average looking, coming out to be with a washed out look to them. It's more evident in lower lighting conditions where most cameras struggle. But when lighting is great, images are crisp, well saturated and full of details. The selfie camera is actually very good. The flash is quite effective in providing a bit more light and adding some more details to the shot. The camera sensors are good enough for everyday outdoor use. As long as there's plenty of light, all's well.
Battery: The phone houses a 3600 mAh li-Po battery capable of quick charging technology called pump express plus😅. Battery standby was great as you can tell. You can easily get 5½ hours of continuous usage out of it. It can be topped up to 80% within an hour, so no worries there.
Price: This is a little bit tricky to justify. The phone comes at a flagship price of 29,000 INR. That's for now at least, because I feel it'll go down. I mean there's the le 2 at 10K with the same processor. But you do get slightly better cameras, a much bigger battery and more RAM in it. My suggestion is to keep an eye and wait for the price to drop a bit, if you're interested in the Zopo 2016 flagship.