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Cubot’s H2 is a 5000mAh battery phone with 3GB RAM

Yash GargFebruary 19, 2016

MediaTek’s MT6735-series of chipsets aren’t just cost-efficient, but also very power-efficient. Taking advantage of that, a lot of makers build phones around the SoC with large batteries to have a pronounced effect.

Cubot’s H2 is one such phone. The device has a 5.5-inch 1280 x 720p display, a MediaTek MT6735A 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 3GB of RAM and 16GB of on-board ROM.

Full spec list of the Cubot H2 includes besides the above mentioned a 13 mega-pixel camera on the rear (software interpolated to 16 mega-pixel), 5 mega-pixel camera on the front (software interpolated to 8 mega-pixel) and most importantly, a 5000mAh battery. All in a 9.1mm thick chassis (with overall dimensions of 149.9 x 76.5 x 9.1mm.

Network support on this dual SIM phone includes bands 850/900/1800/1900 on GSM, 900/2100 on WCDMA and B1/B3/B7/B20 on FDD-LTE.

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The Cubot H2 runs Android 5.1 Lollipop out of the box and is expected to go on sale in the coming weeks. Does it stand a chance against other big battery phones that have shown up in the recent past?

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Assefa Hanson
February 19, 2016
F*#%@ just bought the h1(has a 5200mah) for a friend too.. i can personally tell you the h1’s battery can give 8-9hrs SOT i dont expect anyless from the h2, the camera is not good though, the leagoo elite 5 is still the best camera in the 150$ and below price range
- Muhammad Yasir
  February 19, 2016
  but now the redmi note 2 retails for less than $150 … so i guess that beats the Elite 5 , right ?
  - Assefa Hanson
    February 19, 2016
    redmi note 2 is better in everything over the elite 5, the elite 5 is poorly built with dying screens and lots of hardware issues terrible phone imo, only has the camera going for it which is stunning still bad phone overall to me
    - Muhammad Yasir
      February 20, 2016
- MattD
  February 20, 2016
  If i may add, now gionee e7 is in tge 150$ price range now, and I think it’s better than everything else in camera department!
  However i checked some reviews about the leagoo elite 5: not a single one of them speaks that good about the camera, but samples look very good to me! If it had a better audio, I’d have thought about the chance to get one!
  - Assefa Hanson
    February 20, 2016
    - MattD
      February 22, 2016
      It’s a nice overall phone, if you can get past the “no sw upgrade whatsoever” ?
      - Assefa Hanson
        February 22, 2016
  - Jeremy Render
    February 20, 2016
    - MattD
      February 22, 2016
      Yes, it seems not that good after all (saw a review a couple of days back)
      - Assefa Hanson
        February 25, 2016
      - Jeremy Render
        February 28, 2016
        Okay thank you for the information! I was opting to buy one. I thought it was good.
jimberkas
February 19, 2016
- balcobomber25
  February 20, 2016
  I actually like them lol. Mostly because I am so sick of Silver and White. I want to see more color variety like the Blue and Pink that Sony is using (too bad their phones are terrible and expensive). I wish more phones would adopt a Moto Maker style where you can order it any color you want.
- Assefa Hanson
  February 25, 2016
  look at the latest mi5 it has a pale gold look, is it ugly to you?

Muhammad Yasir
February 19, 2016
- balcobomber25
  February 20, 2016
  Excellent choice of hardware for what they are trying to go for here. This is a phone that is designed around one thing: battery life. A 720p + 6735A + 5000mAh means theoretically you should be able to get a few days of battery life out of this.
  - Muhammad Yasir
    February 20, 2016
    - balcobomber25
      February 20, 2016
      - Muhammad Yasir
        February 21, 2016
        balcobomber25
        February 21, 2016
- Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
  February 22, 2016
  Ulefone Power is a better choice if you want a battery monster phone, but still with a capable cpu.

Brooklyn701
February 19, 2016
I think the HW is okay considering price and that the main feature is the battery. The problem I have is that I’d like to have dual SIM and TF card at the same time. But I guess that wouldn’t work on the H2
- Assefa Hanson
  February 19, 2016
  you sure about this i know th h1 has 2 sims and tf card at the same time, is this h2 unibody? or does it say somewhere its a hybrid

Assefa Hanson
February 19, 2016
F*#%@ just bought the h1(has a 5200mah) for a friend too.. i can personally tell you the h1’s battery can give 8-9hrs SOT i dont expect anyless from the h2, the camera is not good though, the leagoo elite 5 is still the best camera in the 150$ and below price range
- Guest
  February 19, 2016
  but now the redmi note 2 retails for less than $150 … so i guess that beats the Elite 5 , right ?
- Assefa Hanson
  February 19, 2016
  redmi note 2 is better in everything over the elite 5, the elite 5 is poorly built with dying screens and lots of hardware issues terrible phone imo, only has the camera going for it which is stunning still bad phone overall to me
- MattD
  February 20, 2016
  If i may add, now gionee e7 is in tge 150$ price range now, and I think it’s better than everything else in camera department!
  However i checked some reviews about the leagoo elite 5: not a single one of them speaks that good about the camera, but samples look very good to me! If it had a better audio, I’d have thought about the chance to get one!
- Guest
  February 20, 2016
  i see
- Assefa Hanson
  February 20, 2016
  i shall check out the gionee e 7 IMMEDIATELY!!! i knw gionee is good with cameras
- Cherry Picking
  February 21, 2016
  Do you know of Leagoo Shark 1?
- MattD
  February 22, 2016
  Yes, it seems not that good after all (saw a review a couple of days back)
- MattD
  February 22, 2016
  It’s a nice overall phone, if you can get past the “no sw upgrade whatsoever” 😁
- Assefa Hanson
  February 22, 2016
  i did check on its its camera is really nice
- Assefa Hanson
  February 25, 2016
- Italian gizchina!
- Cherry Picking
  February 29, 2016
  Okay thank you for the information! I was opting to buy one. I thought it was good.

jimberkas
February 19, 2016
- balcobomber25
  February 20, 2016
  I actually like them lol. Mostly because I am so sick of Silver and White. I want to see more color variety like the Blue and Pink that Sony is using (too bad their phones are terrible and expensive). I wish more phones would adopt a Moto Maker style where you can order it any color you want.
- Assefa Hanson
  February 25, 2016
  look at the latest mi5 it has a pale gold look, is it ugly to you?

Guest
February 19, 2016
- balcobomber25
  February 20, 2016
  Excellent choice of hardware for what they are trying to go for here. This is a phone that is designed around one thing: battery life. A 720p + 6735A + 5000mAh means theoretically you should be able to get a few days of battery life out of this.
- Guest
  February 20, 2016
  yeah … but i guess not enough for power users ?
- balcobomber25
  February 20, 2016
  Power users shouldn’t be looking at $150 phones to begin with.
- Guest
  February 21, 2016
  but i dont have $200 to blow on phones 🙁
- balcobomber25
  February 21, 2016
  You’re the exception!
- Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
  February 22, 2016
  Ulefone Power is a better choice if you want a battery monster phone, but still with a capable cpu.
- Guest
  February 23, 2016
Guest
February 19, 2016
I think the HW is okay considering price and that the main feature is the battery. The problem I have is that I’d like to have dual SIM and TF card at the same time. But I guess that wouldn’t work on the H2
- Assefa Hanson
  February 19, 2016
  you sure about this i know th h1 has 2 sims and tf card at the same time, is this h2 unibody? or does it say somewhere its a hybrid
Steven Fox
February 20, 2016
3Gigs of RAM on a entry level chip and a price tag higher than Redmi 3 Prime?
Don`t know why anyone would bother to be honest, but we have to have diversity, and at least Cubot`s recent modesl have very good built quality and above average cameras.
- balcobomber25
  February 20, 2016
  I love Xixomi but they are not for everyone and someone who wants a big battery phone and doesn’t care much about the SoC (most consumers are clueless about SoC’s) they could do worse than this.
  - Muhammad Yasir
    February 20, 2016
    but i care about SoC and RN3 pro is the best offering atm for the range !
    - Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
      February 22, 2016
      - Muhammad Yasir
        February 23, 2016
        Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
        February 25, 2016
        Speaking generally, you know things about the phones that the regular users didn’t ever heard.
- Assefa Hanson
  February 20, 2016
  not gonna lie its not better over rn3 pro for the price, the only reason to get this if you dont like miui or want a removbale big battery, cubot ram managment is usually good too the h1 comes with 75% ram free so id bet the h2 would have 2.5 gb ram free or more.. which can be viewed as good or bad by some

Steven Fox
February 20, 2016
3Gigs of RAM on a entry level chip and a price tag higher than Redmi 3 Prime?
Don`t know why anyone would bother to be honest, but we have to have diversity, and at least Cubot`s recent modesl have very good built quality and above average cameras.
- balcobomber25
  February 20, 2016
  I love Xixomi but they are not for everyone and someone who wants a big battery phone and doesn’t care much about the SoC (most consumers are clueless about SoC’s) they could do worse than this.
- Assefa Hanson
  February 20, 2016
  not gonna lie its not better over rn3 pro for the price, the only reason to get this if you dont like miui or want a removbale big battery, cubot ram managment is usually good too the h1 comes with 75% ram free so id bet the h2 would have 2.5 gb ram free or more.. which can be viewed as good or bad by some
- Guest
  February 20, 2016
  but i care about SoC and RN3 pro is the best offering atm for the range !
- Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
  February 22, 2016
  dude…you’re not a regular user. 😉
- Guest
  February 23, 2016
  of?
- Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
  February 25, 2016
  Speaking generally, you know things about the phones that the regular users didn’t ever heard.
Mario Pruteanu
February 20, 2016
Hey fellow gizchiners, I’m selling a phone with 8gb of ddr9 ram with 256gb of storage, a 23 mpx cam with ois and laser auto focus, and of course what better to go with it then a snapdragon 820 and a 11k samsung 6 inch screen, all for the mere price of 150 dollars, only downside is that there is no software and payment only by moneygram or parcel payment. Such a good deal that mostly likely all of my specs are real! Get one buy one free toooooooo!!!!!!
- Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
  February 22, 2016
Mario Pruteanu
February 20, 2016
Hey fellow gizchiners, I’m selling a phone with 8gb of ddr9 ram with 256gb of storage, a 23 mpx cam with ois and laser auto focus, and of course what better to go with it then a snapdragon 820 and a 11k samsung 6 inch screen, all for the mere price of 150 dollars, only downside is that there is no software and payment only by moneygram or parcel payment. Such a good deal that mostly likely all of my specs are real! Get one buy one free toooooooo!!!!!!
- Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
  February 22, 2016
Xbot Seven
April 25, 2016
and whats the REAL weight?
Xbot Seven
April 25, 2016
and whats the REAL weight?
Lennald
July 4, 2016
The CUBOT H2 carries Android 5.1, it is a rather old OS. The Current news showed that Android N will be released in July or August, also interesting news. I found an great Android OS comparison video between Android N, M and L, you can watch it on youtube.
Lennald
July 4, 2016
The CUBOT H2 carries Android 5.1, it is a rather old OS. The Current news showed that Android N will be released in July or August, also interesting news. I found an great Android OS comparison video between Android N, M and L, you can watch it on youtube.