KingSing T8 Smartphone Review

Mobile/Smart Phones by stefan @ 2015-03-10

Along with the Elephone G3, this is the second low-cost smartphone we are testing on MadShrimps.be and we can consider ourselves impressed that for only $99 we are receiving a product with an exterior design similar to one of the Xiaomi flagships, is equipped MTKs last year octa-core processor and is paired with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of ROM.

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A Closer Look Part II

On its back side we will learn that the product is rated as 5V, 1A:

 

 

 

The top area comes with the USB port:

 

 

 

Despite the low cost segment T8 is aimed for, the manufacturer has bundled a non-tangle USB cable, which is easy to use (UMI C1 was also bundled with one):

 

 

 

The connectors are flat and branded:

 

 

 

But let’s go back to the main product; the KingSing T8 smartphone is covered in front by a transparent protective layer, which holds the company motto “For Happy Life”:

 

 

 

By removing it we will get to see that a plastic screen protector is preinstalled, so KingSing saw fit to remove the hassle of installing it by ourselves, which is a good thing; the design resembles a bit the Xiaomi MI4 which we have last reviewed and comes with a 5’’ FWVGA-LCD display (854x480 resolution); the viewing angles of it get us near twisted nematic technology and not IPS and it also supports two-touch point for the capacitive screen:

 

 

 

On the top we have the speaker grill, 2MP selfie camera lens, the light sensor along with the proximity sensor:

 

 

 

On the lower area of the screen we have the Menu button, the central Home button but also the right Back button; these are capacitive but no backlight is available for them:

 

 

 

On the bottom area of the plastic chromed frame we have the microphone port hole:

 

 

 

The right side resembles the MI4, with the volume rocker along with the Power/Standby button:

 

 

 

 

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