Which offer better image quality or night vision – Doogee S96 Pro vs Ulefone Armor 10? The Doogee S96 Pro delivers value-for-money in spades thanks to a very attractive price point, a unique night vision camera and a balanced mix of fast storage, ample system memory and a practical, solid design. So here we have it, the Armor 10, the first 5G rugged smartphone. Ulefone has set the benchmark for this category quite high and others will have to deliver very good products in order to match it.
Pros & Cons – Doogee S96 Pro vs Ulefone Armor 10
Doogee S96 Pro
FOR
- Surprisingly affordable
- Good performance for the money
- UFS storage (rather than eMMC)
- Night vision camera works
- Big battery
AGAINST
- Low screen resolution
- Can be more than a handful for small hands
Ulefone Armor 10
FOR
- Good price
- Best cameras on a rugged smartphone
- Good size battery
- Excellent build quality
- Wireless charging
AGAINST
- A bit bigger than expected
- Camera island is not ideal
- We’d prefer 256GB storage at this price
- 5G still carries a significant premium
Customer reviews – Doogee S96 Pro vs Ulefone Armor 10
Design
The S96 Pro shares the same design language as most rugged smartphones out there; after all, why reinvent the wheel when there’s no need to. Four rounded corners, four long sides, an industrial design where metallic grey, black rubber and bright yellow come together to produce what some might call a utilitarian design devoid of any attempt to look stylish or “cool”.
The Armor 10 faithfully follows the design philosophy of previous Ulefone smartphones. Reinforced rubber corners, a metal frame and a larger than average bezel. With a 6.7-inch display, it does qualify as a phablet, offering almost the same display size as a tablet like the Pebble Gear.
Dimension
Doogee S96 Pro
At 167 x 81 x 15.5mm for a weight of 307g, it is significantly larger and heavier than most – if not all – non-rugged smartphones sporting a comparable display size (6.22-inch).
Ulefone Armor 10
Its dimensions – 176.5 x 82.8 x 14.55mm – and weight (333g) means that it is a far cry, very far cry from the svelte profile of its non-rugged brethren. A big battery and additional protections – essential to get the MIL-STD-810G/IP69K certifications – unsurprisingly just make it heavier.
Ports
Doogee S96 Pro comes with the usual MIL-STD-810G/IP68/IP69K ratings and a circular island at the back that contains four camera sensors – arranged in a 2×2 matrix – and two banks of four LEDs (half of them traditional lights and half of them infrared lights) on each side. There’s a SIM/memory card tray above a customizable button on the left hand side. The right hand side contains a fingerprint scanner, a volume rocker and the power button while a flap secures a USB-C connector and a 3.5-inch audio port near the bottom.
A flap covering a Type-C connector is located at the bottom of the Armor 10. A volume rocker and the power button can be found on the right while a dedicated customizable button and the SIM/memory card tray can be found on the left side.
Doogee S96 Pro vs Ulefone Armor 10 comparison chart
| Doogee S96 Pro | Ulefone Armor 10 | |
| Inches | 6.22″ | 6.67″ |
|---|---|---|
| Resolution | HD+ | FHD+ |
| Usable surface | 71% useful | 73% useful |
| Aspect Ratio | 19:9 | 20:9 |
| Dimensions | 81.4 mm 167.0 mm 15.5 mm | 82.8 mm 176.5 mm 14.6 mm |
| Weight | 310 g | 328 g |
| Micro | Helio G90 Octa-Core | Dimensity 800 Octa-Core |
| RAM | 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Storage | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| AnTuTu | 291.000 v8 | 312.000 v8 |
| Battery | 6350 mAh | 5800 mAh |
| Main Camera | 1 48 Mpx · ƒ/1.79 S5KGM1 2 3 4 | 1 64 Mpx · ƒ/1.89 Bright S5KGW1 2 3 4 |
| Selfie Camera | SELF 16 Mpx · ƒ/2.0 | SELF 16 Mpx · ƒ/2.2 |
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| OS | Android 10 Q | Android 10 Q |
Design & Materials
| Doogee S96 Pro | Ulefone Armor 10 | |
| Size | 81.4 mm 167.0 mm 15.5 mm | 82.8 mm 176.5 mm 14.6 mm |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 310 g | 328 g |
| Usable surface | 71 % | 73 % |
| Materials | Rugged Smartphone, Titanium | Rugged Smartphone, Polycarbonate |
| Resistance | IP68 MIL-STD-810G IP69K | IP68 MIL-STD-810G IP69K |
| Colors | Green | Black |
| Doogee S96 Pro | Ulefone Armor 10 | |
| Diagonal | 6.22″ | 6.67″ |
|---|---|---|
| Type | LCD IPS | LCD IPS |
| Aspect Ratio | 19:9 | 20:9 |
| Resolution | HD+ 720 x 1520 px | FHD+ 1080 x 2400 px |
| Density | 270 Pixels per inch | 395 Pixels per inch |
Others
Doogee S96 Pro
- Without Notch
- Max brightness HBM – 480 cd/m²
- 1100:1 contrast ratio
- Scratch resistant
- Corning Gorilla Glass
- Capacitive
- Multi-touch
Ulefone Armor 10
- Hole-punch Notch
- Color LED Notifications
- Scratch resistant
- Capacitive
- Multi-touch
Performance & Hardware – Doogee S96 Pro vs Ulefone Armor 10
| Doogee S96 Pro | Ulefone Armor 10 | |
| Model | MediaTek Helio G90T (MT6785T) | MediaTek Dimensity 800 MT6873 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 2x Cortex-A76 2.05 GHz + 6x Cortex-A55 2.0 GHz | 4x Cortex-A76 2.0 GHz + 4x Cortex-A55 2.0 GHz |
| Type | Octa-Core | Octa-Core |
| Manufacturing | 12 nm | 12 nm |
| Frequency | 2.05 GHz | 2 GHz |
| 64 Bits | Yes | Yes |
| GPU | Arm Mali-G76 3EEMC4 800MHz | ARM Mali-G57 MP4 |
|---|
| RAM | 8 GB | 8 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Type | LPDDR4X RAM | LPDDR4X RAM |
Doogee S96 Pro
the S96 Pro opted for a HD display with a 1520 x 720 pixel resolution. Combine that with a huge battery (6350mAh) and you will – in theory – get a longer battery life compared to the competition although apples-to-apples comparison is near impossible.
Elsewhere there’s a Mediatek Helio G90 which is a gaming-focused system-on-chip that packs two high speed cores and six smaller ones as well as an Arm Mali-G76 3EEMC4, which is a quad-core GPU. Extra points for Doogee for using 8GB low power DDR4 memory and 128GB UFS storage from Samsung, which is much better than the usual eMMC technology.
Ulefone Armor 10
Like all of its competitors and a lot of entry level 5G smartphones, the Armor 10 is powered by a Mediatek Dimensity 800 processor. The MT6873, as it is also known, combines a quartet of Cortex A76 cores with four A55 ones and an Arm Mali-G57 GPU set.
A combination of 8GB of LPDDR4x memory and 128GB of UFS2.1 storage means that this phone is as fast – when it comes to memory/storage – as a mainstream Windows laptop. The 6.67-inch display has a 2400 x 1080pixel display and Ulefone hasn’t confirmed if it is covered with a layer of scratch-resistant glass.
Other than the 5800mAh battery, Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5 connectivity and a 15W charger (5V,3A) there’s also an FM radio and five, yes five camera sensors, totaling a staggering 95-megapixel with the main one being a 64-megapixel model, the Samsung ISOCELL Bright GW1.
Benchmarks – Doogee S96 Pro vs Ulefone Armor 10
This is how the Doogee S96 Pro performed in our suite of benchmark tests:
- PCMark (Work 2.0): 8306
- Passmark: 7941
- Passmark CPU: 21593
- Androbench (sequential): 508 (sequential read); 196 (sequential write)
- Androbench (random): 123 (random read); 25 (random write)
- 3DMark Wild Life Vulkan: 1308
- LinPack MFLOPS: 2193
This is how the Ulefone Armor 10 5G performed in our suite of benchmark tests:
- PCMark (Work 2.0): 8198
- Passmark: 8795
- Passmark CPU: 24018
- Androbench (sequential): 912 (sequential read); 469 (sequential write)
- Androbench (random): 173 (random read); 35 (random write)
- 3DMark Wild Life Vulkan: 1670
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