Once the V10 in 2021 and V20 in early 2022 were launched, it was highly sought after and loved by users. However, in Doogee, the pace of technological innovation has never stopped with the introduction of the Doogee V30 is the latest dual 5G rugged flagship and the first and currently rugged phone to sport the eSIM feature that allows you to switch SIM cards effortlessly when you are on the go. Its 10800mAh battery is another feature that sets it apart from the competition. To juice up this massive battery, the package comes bundled with a 66W ultra-fast charger.

Doogee V30 Rugged Phone Review

With eSIM as the main feature of this ultra-rugged phone, there is more to this smartphone. This beast is run by MediaTekā€™s Dimensitty 900 chipset, an octa-core processor built with TMSCā€™s 6nm process tech. The base memory configuration is 8GB + 256 GB. Both of them can be expanded to 15GB by 7GB of virtual RAM. The camera set on the V30 includes a 108MP primary sensor, a 20MP night vision camera, and more. On the front of the phone, you have a 6.58-inch display with a 120Hz refresh rate taking up most of the real estate.

The V30, like every rugged phone, is IP68 and IP69K rated. It is also MIL-STD-819H certified and corning gorilla glass 5 and runs Android 12 OS. All of this I will talk about more in this review, so without wasting time letā€™s move on to the article.

Doogee V30 Rugged Phone Review

Doogee V30 Features

  • Rugged Design & Premium Build
  • Android 12 OS
  • MediaTek Dimensity 900 Octa-Core
  • 8GB+Up to 7GB Extended + 256GB ROM
  • 6.58″ FHD+ 120Hz IPS Display
  • AI Triple camera (108MP+20MP+16MP)
  • SONYĀ® IMX350 20MP Night vision camera
  • 10800mAh Battery, 66W Fast Charging
  • Stereo Sound by Hi-res Certification
  • IP68, IP69K & MIL-STD-810G
  • Dual 5G Network, GPS, NFC, BT5.2
  • Powered by eSIM
Doogee V30 Rugged Phone Review

Design & Build Quality

The Doogee V30 is one of the most durable smartphones on the market that is built to survive no matter what you use or work, it’s extremely durable and not easy to break as tests prove. The smartphone has a practical design with an interesting texture like leather that fits comfortably in the hand and does not try to slip out, and the finish is extremely thorough. All of the parts have been superbly put together. As a result, the phone appears tough. All the elements fit perfectly, the materials feel reliable, and everything is fine in this regard. Despite its Metal and rubber frame, it feels super solid when you hold it in your hands. The edges, ports, buttons, and all the other exterior components have a precise finish, which further boosts the feel-good factor.

Doogee V30 Rugged Phone Review

The design of the V30 is beautiful with some touches that make it look more eye-catching and more premium. it features a large screen on the front of 6.58 inches and a high-quality synthetic rubber body on the back with a frame that gives a kind thickness of 18.3mm a wonderful feeling when held in your hand, despite its weight of 376g. If you ask me about the quality of the manufacturing, there is nothing to complain about it, because Doogee is always working to provide high-quality products to users all over the world at affordable prices. So, The design and build of the V30 are very satisfying.

On The Front

In front of the device, you have a full screen of 6.58 inches that takes 83% of the body, according to the company, it has Corning Gorilla Glass protection. The bezels around the screen are neat, but with prominent edges. The notch for the front camera is classic Dot Drop with a 20MP camera on the middle of the top for taking selfies and video chats, which we will talk more about soon. However, there are Dual Speakers at the top and bottom for a more immersive stereo sound experience.

On The Back

But the back is radically different from any phone I’ve seen before with a premier look and came in two colors Black or Orange and is made of a high-quality synthetic rubber layer, and reinforced with four thick cushions in the corners to handle the toughest collisions and for comfort when carried and also to prevent the screen from scratching. In the middle of the top, what catches your attention is an island with a bump and three cameras and flashlights, and has a sensor for infrared night vision. Also embossed the Doogee logo at the bottom.

Doogee V30 Rugged Phone Review

Ports And Buttons

The volume button and power button are integrated with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner which is surprisingly good at this price, and there is a SIM card slot that holds two nano-SIM cards or a single nano-SIM card with a MicroSD card and has a customizable button, you can make a trigger to activate certain functions in the system settings. All buttons are made of durable metal, which gives them more solidity. In terms of ports, the V30 is equipped with a USB Type-C port that is covered with a waterproof port protector, keeping them safe from water and dust.

Waterproof

The Doogee V30 is covered by high-quality synthetic rubber and rated with IP68 and IP69K, which means it is dust-resistant scratch-resistant shock and drop-resistant, and water-resistant up to 1.5 meters for up to 30 minutes. Moreover, it can withstand high pressure and high-temperature washing test, and withstand 100 bar (1450 psi) high water pressure and 80Ā°C high water temperature. In addition, it also has MIL-STD-810H certification, a military standard certification that ensures the integrity of the device is maintained in almost any situation.

Doogee V30 ā€“ Display Quality

Now, let’s move on to why I fell in love with this phone. The display on the Doogee V30 is one of the best that you get with almost every other budget rugged phone nowadays, with a 6.58-inch IPS with FHD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate with an aspect ratio of 19:9, and a modest screen resolution of 1080*2408. Despite the high resolution and 270PPI, There was a time when these specs were only found on flagship phones and itā€™s exciting to see them trickle down to the mid-range segment. The display is definitely one of the strongest suits of the phone. It comes with excellent viewing angles, crisp content, and accurate color reproduction. The displayā€™s contrast makes for an immersive viewing experience with deep blacks and vivid colors.  

Doogee V30 Rugged Phone Review

The first thing that caught my eye was the colors on this display, which look more vibrant than youā€™d expect from a rugged phone. Even the black levels are pretty good for the price, and that very well explains why the screen has a good contrast ratio and vibrant colors, and the content on the screen doesnā€™t look very sharp. But thatā€™s what you get for the price.

What is more noteworthy is the 120Hz high refresh function. The high refresh rate can make you feel smooth at any moment when you move the screen, open SNS like Twitter and Facebook, and even play games at a high frame rate. Of course, you don’t have to worry about the power consumption of this high refresh rate monitor.

While on a sunny day, the screen does not fade and remains readable, Of course, this does not apply to direct sunlight. This type of screen is the best you can get on a budget phone and provides good color reproduction with no picture distortion and blue light protection for comfortable reading. Yes, this screen is not better than an AMOLED screen, but it remains better than other LCD screens and is suitable for this price range. In short, It has by far the best display I’ve seen in a budget phone, and I find it perfectly adequate for web browsing and content consumption, you will get the best value for what you pay, a large and high-quality screen suitable for media consumption, whether you are watching the video, playing games or browsing the social media.

Doogee V30 Rugged Phone Review

Doogee V30 ā€“ Cameras

So far, the overall rating of the Doogee V30 rugged phone is more than great, And this work continues through a triple camera system with a 108MP SamsungĀ® S5KHM2SP03 sensor chip with F/1.8 Aperture & 7P lens. Also, a 20MP SONYĀ® Night Vision Camera & with F/1.8 Aperture & 2 Infrared Night Vision Lights; Finally there is 16MP Wide Angle & Macro Camera with F/2.2 Aperture and 130Ā° FOV. To be capable of capturing the details, colors, or ranges to produce high-quality images.

Doogee V30 Rugged Phone Review

This is with some great features most notably, the Night Vision mode, which takes night photography to the next level compared to its competitors, allowing you to take great pictures even in extremely low light. With this camera setup, the V30 manages to capture pictures with decent image quality, at least in daylight. The images look bright, vibrant, and quite detailed for the price. Speaking of low light, photos from the primary lens taken at night appear to be pretty soft and grainy. Thereā€™s a lot of noise in the pictures and the colours appear quite washed out as well.

Moving on to the ultrawide lens, the colours of the photos taken via this lens closely match the colours from the primary lens, which is a good thing. The dynamic range is decent enough, There is also minimal barrel distortion in ultrawide images and in daylight you can get some pretty social-media-worthy shots from this lens, however, the low-light performance is less than ideal.

For macro we have images with little detail, It’s a camera even capable of recording cool photos, but it’s far from being attractive. The dedicated blur camera does a good job in not very complex scenarios.

Video Recording

The Doogee V30 can record videos at up to 4k resolutions at 30fps with the rear and front. The quality of the videos is good at this resolution, but there is no stabilization. If you want to reduce some of the shakes, you will have to shoot in Full HD with lower quality.

Front Camera

Thankfully, the Doogee V30 adopted an 32MP SonyĀ® IMX350 front camera to makes decent selfies. The skin tone and details are good, just the exaggerated contrast and excessive noise in darker points compromise the quality a little. Night selfies lose sharpness but are still good enough to share on social media. Portrait mode separates the planes well and has few errors in a blur.

Infrared Night Vision Camera

The night vision mode of this phone is one of its main strengths. It features a 20MP resolution Sony IMX350 sensor, which can help you see everything at night. You just need to click on the icon to enter night vision mode and you will see all the differences. When taking pictures in the dark, and in extremely dimly lit environments, the image quality is very good. And in the deepest darkness, it seems to pick up some kind of lens flare-type effect. Also, distances play an important role to get accurate details. I am amazed that the camera worked so well, one of the most useful features. If you’ve got this camera for hunting, camping, or general wildlife spotting, it might be the best pick.

Doogee V30 – Overall Performance

Performance is sort of the main focal point for the Doogee V30. For this, it’s powered by Dimensity 900 processor, a 5G capable chipset from Mediatek. Manufactured on a 6nm process with an integrated 5G modem, it features an octa-core CPU in a 2+6 configuration (2×2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 6×2.0 GHz Cortex-A55). It’s the same MediaTek hardware found in mid-ranges like the Infinix Zero 5G, Galaxy M53, and UMIDIGI Bison GT2 5G or even OnePlus Nord CE 2. And its a pretty competent processor and ensures that the day-to-day running of the phone is smooth and without lag. The GPU inside the Dimensity is also a nice step up from G-series chips – a four-core Mali-G68.

Doogee V30 Rugged Phone Review

While thereā€™s a vapor cooling chamber in the Doogee V30 5G, the smartphone never really heats up during time with it. Even while casual gaming, there was no heating as such. Surprisingly, the smartphone can handle gaming very well. For instance, games like Asphalt 9: Legends and Call of Duty Mobile run pretty smoothly and didnā€™t have any stutters as such. In PUBG we had good performance with graphics in the HDR profile and rate in ultra with all the extra features activated. The V30 can run any Android game well. The lighter ones take advantage of the 120Hz screen to reach 120fps, while more demanding games run well with less fluidity.

As for synthetic benchmarks, the Doogee V30 scored up to 491,559 points in AnTuTu. In Geekbench 5’s single-core and multi-core tests, it scored 678 and 2,115 points respectively.

The fact that it has 8 GB LPDDR5 RAM and supports up to 7GB of virtual RAM for improved speed and performance, the V30 manages to hold many apps open in the background. It also consumes less power, thereby offering more mileage in terms of device usage. Also has 256GB of fast UFS 3.1 storage but if thatā€™s not enough then the company has included a microSD slot up to 2TB. This combination is a powerhouse when we talk about mid-range smartphones, particularly for system responsiveness.

Software

One of the standout features of the Doogee V30 is that it will be an early adopter of Android 12 for a better user interface, privacy dashboard, and some interesting customization additions with UI that has better gesture navigation controls, a dark theme, and contains most of the features that come with the system, the most important of which is the presence of all Google services, Making the smartphone experience smoother and more personalized. Also, I like the large icons, animations, and overall responsiveness of the GUI.

As I always say, the stock Android system is best for these devices, with a simple and smooth launcher for better performance, especially since it does not contain pre-installed apps or games, I really hate this because of the large number of ads, Thanks here it is different. However, it has a toolkit app which is the User Defined Key, and the cleanup function that clears the RAM, but does not burden the device and is without pop-up ads.

Playing Content

Playing the content on YouTube, was very smooth. You can play videos at a maximum of 1080p at 60 FPS without any problems or lag, And this is the highest quality you can get. Next, letā€™s take a look at the DMR information and Widevine security. I can tell you Iā€™m a little disappointed with this because itā€™s only Level 3, so you wonā€™t be able to get HD on Netflix or other streaming services. and this level maybe not be found on all Chinese smartphones without exaggeration. However, you can still enjoy Netflix and all other streaming services in 480p resolution.

Doogee V30 Rugged Phone Review

Sound Quality

Doogee also did an excellent job with the speakers. In terms of audio capabilities, the phone punches above its weight with dual loudspeakers onboard. The sound is great for watching movies or listening to music, with rich and detailed sound. Thanks to the dual box speakers by Hi-res, Doogee V30 brings ultimate enjoyment of a sense of technology so that you can enjoy the epic theater-level movie at home with ease. The clear sound produced by the dual speakers without distortion whips you into extreme excitement and thrill when gaming, listening to grand symphonies, and watching movies.

Connectivity & Call Quality

Doogee V30 is a dual-SIM smartphone equipped with a SIM slot that accommodates two 5G nano-sim cards that support all bandwidth offerings of 5G and 4G and so on, which provides a super speedy user experience. And the most talked-about 5G network will supposedly be 10 times faster than the 4G network carrier with 2.3GBp/s download and 1.2GBp/s upload which allows us to say goodbye to said buffering when playing 4K videos and gaming lag. So it’s expected that you will get wide coverage and good signal quality for making phone calls and accessing the Internet easily, In addition to having a MicroSD card on the same socket.

To connect to WiFi networks, It supports dual bandwidths of 2.4GHz & 5GHz and WIFI 6 providing low latency and faster transmission speed, resulting in greater efficiency, reliability, and security. Of course, there is Bluetooth 5.2. Thatā€™s not all, there are also some basic sensors for a smartphone, including a gyroscope, accelerometers, and even an electronic compass. Also, has NFC so you can make mobile payments (Supports Google Pay) and first dual-frequency GPS. L1+L5 dual-frequency, the signals work together, and the positioning accuracy is increased by up to 10 times. Even in complex urban environments, precise positioning can be achieved.

Ever thought about surfing the Net outdoors without the use of a SIM card? Doogee V30 makes it possible by supporting E-Sim technology. With E-Sim, V30 users have no need to purchase a SIM card to access the Internet outdoors when there is no Wifi connection, meaning they can literally go wireless and ā€œSIM-lessā€ anywhere and anytime, So 1 * eSIM = 4 * Mobile Phones of a regular SIM card. Thanks to such support, V30 will provide uninterrupted fast mobile Internet access anywhere, anytime by automatically switching to the best available local network among multiple operators. So, When traveling to a foreign country, Doogee V30 users can avoid the hassle of buying a local SIM card since E-SIM already prepares multiple available access to local internet for them.

Battery And Charging Time

As a rugged phone, the battery in the Doogee V30 is no less important than the rest of the requirements. Thanks to the 10800mAh battery it is enough to handle the daily demands and it will easily last for at least two days, if not more. This means you can go on weekend on a camping or fishing trip without having to worry about charging your phone every day. Of course, the time is less when playing games or using 5G and with moderate use, it will stay with you for a whole day on one charge it mostly takes about 1 hours to fully charge 10800mAh using Type-C with support wireless charging, and there is fast charging supports 66W. However, I can say that the battery was satisfying.

For a regular user, the battery will easily last for a whole working day, depending on your usages such as the times you open the screen, and the type of applications you run, also it suffices for more than 1 day consecutive of watching videos. however, its performance was good and this is mostly because it is equipped with stock Android 12 and doesnā€™t have many pre-installed programs, even the interface is simple without any complications or processes in the background and this is what limits battery drain.

Final verdict

We have definitely one of the most rugged Doogee phones in recent years, the Doogee V30 makes a good impression and has got a rendition of the rugged phone design. And there is no doubt that the V30 holds all the ingredients to be a leading rugged smartphone in this price category.

And what really distinguishes it from any other phone is its large 6.58-inch FHD 120Hz Display ensures an enjoyable viewing and good use of the latest Android 12 features and most importantly the battery that will last all day that you will not need to charge while you are on a safari or camping with friends, or just finding a gadget for your daily work, it will be a reliable companion, especially with the build quality and durability, and the best protection certificates for a smartphone against water, dust, and even shocks, And the most important in my opinion the 108MP cameras, with good performance making it to perform for all tasks. in addition to the quality infrared night vision camera that will be a great help for those who work or deal in dark environments. And there are many attractive features, and most importantly, it is affordable.

Doogee V30 Rugged Phone Review

Despite the many features that we mentioned, the Doogee V30 looks like a fairly balanced device and positioned itself as one of the top contenders for the title of the best affordable rugged phone on the market, with features perfect for anyone who needs a rugged phone at this time.

Doogee V30 Price And Where To Buy

Usually, better performance means a higher price, but not in the case of Doogee V30. The smartphone is now only priced at $315 on Aliexpress Store. So, donā€™t miss the chance to snatch up at one, And to view its price or buy it, you can access the offer by clicking on the store icon.

Whatā€™s in the Box?

  • Doogee V30 Rugged Smartphone
  • USB Type-C cable
  • 66W Charger
  • Card PIN
  • Anti-explosion film(pre-applied)
  • Anti-explosion film
  • Packing Box
  • Manual
  • Warranty Card