Meigoo Note 8 4G Phablet Review – Dual Camera, Face Unlock

Meigoo Note 8 4G Phablet Review

The age of wide screen smartphone is here, one of the latest Chinese smartphone and product of Meigoo, with this feature plus loaded with the latest feature for smartphone is the Meigoo Note 8 4G smartphone like dual camera and fingerprint scanner as a security feature.

Well, we got a chance to play and have a hands-on review with the Meigoo Note 8 smartphone and here is our take on this new smartphone from Meigoo.

Design

The smartphone has a slim body and lightweight, although it has a wide screen, I find the Meigoo Note 8 very comfortable to hold. The position of its buttons like volume controls and the power button is on the right location, enabling you to reach it right away even if you just hold it with just one hand. The extra button on the left side that works as a shutter for camera is very useful when taking photos, I wonder why others did not incorporate such buttons on their smartphones, the buttons is very useful in easily capturing photos fast.

As the name suggests, “Note 8”, the smartphone design is inspired by Galaxy Note 8, at first look, you might mistaken it as the Samsung Note 8. It has the same metal frame design, a wide screen with a slight curve on the edges, it has a very slim bezel with the edge that is almost invisible. It has a typical set-up for other parts of the Meigoo, the two speakers are on the bottom and in between is the USB type C port and a headphone jack on the top, including the SIM tray.

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Display Screen

The smartphone is categorized as a phablet phone, having a 5.99 inch screen, yes it has a huge screen with high resolution, about 2160 x 1080 FHD screen with 18:9 full screen ratio. It’s a multi-touch display with 2.5D glass, 403 ppi providing sharp, clear HD display. Videos and images are sharp, rendering of 3D videos  and games is good and so far, can’t complain on its high resolution display, it is sharp and with vivid colors.

Processor and Memory

Most of the high end smartphone is loaded with a Snapdragon processor, the Meigoo Note 8 uses a different processor but in terms of power and speed, it will not be left behind. The Note 8 uses the MediaTek 64 bit Octa Core processor, an MTK6750T 1.5 Ghz, in combination of ARM Mali-T680MP2 650 Mhz 2 Core GPU. So far, it is able to  run most  high end games, no lag or slow actions I have experienced with the Meigoo Note 8.

In terms of memory, the Note 8 has an amazing 4 GB of RAM, providing fast processing of apps, multiple opening of applications with no issues at all. If you want a huge storage space, no worries as the Note 8’s 64 GB internal storage will cover your storage needs. If that is not enough the smartphone support external memory card up to 256 GB. Download you favourite apps without worries on the storage space, capture photos, videos at will.

Camera and Security

The Meigoo Note 8 is one of the latest smartphone with dual camera, a 13.0 MP camera + 5 MP camera capturing clear and sharp images. Features include are exposure composition, HDR, optical stabilization, optical zoom and more.

The 5.0 MP camera, also provide quality photos with selfie features (face beauty 3.0). Tested the output result of the rear camera, so far it is ok but not that impressive. The 5.0 MP selfie camera  compared to other smartphone is much better as the Beauty 3.0 feature did its job.

Security

At least 3 security features for the Meigoo Note 8, the usual pin code security, the finger print scanner and a face unlock feature. With finger print scanner, the sensor works ok, not that fast but its working as intended. With the face unlocking, I find it very slow and at the same time you really have to position your face properly to unlock your phone, the slow face unlock maybe is due to animation or maybe just a poor algorithm, nevertheless everything works OK.

OverAll

The smartphone despite the low price, has a good specs and features, it works good and so far we did not encounter any issues with the device. The dual camera, and security feature is a plus as usually these features are only available to high end smartphones. If you are looking for an affordable smartphone that is featured packed plus with a good design, the Meigoo Note 8 is smartphone to pick.

Basic Specs of Meigoo Note 8:

Processor: MTK6750T Octa Core 1.5GHz

Display: 5.99 inch 2160 x 1080 FHD+ screen

Operating System: Android 7.0

Memory: 4 GB RAM + 64GB ROM memory plus 256GB TF card extended storage

Camera: 5.0MP ( SW 8.0MP ) front camera and 16.0MP rear camera

Security: Fingerprint Scanner / Face ID

Sensors: GPS/ Ambient Light Sensor / Gravity Sensor / Proximity Sensor / Gyroscope / Accelerometer

Network:

Nano SIM

2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz

3G: WCDMA 850/900/2100MHz

4G: FDD-LTE 800/900/1800/2100/2600MHz

Battery Capacity (mAh): 3300mAh Lithium-ion Polymer Battery,Non-removable

Jo Di Calivo -Blogger, Tech Guru, providing the current news on wearables particularly on smartwatches, smartbands. And loves to go fishing on spare time.