In the past few hours, Duoquin has announced, on its official Weibo profile, the upcoming arrival on the market of its new ultra compact F22 Pro smartphone, with physical keyboard, infrared, two cameras, and Android 12.
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Duoquin, a Chinese brand known for having collaborated several times with Xiaomi through Youpin crowdfunding (e.g. for the phone with remote control function for Xiaomi home automation), has anticipated the next arrival on the market of the compact smartphone, with physical keyboard, F22 Pro on Weibo. .
Acclaimed as “King of Button Machines“, the Duoquin F22 Pro (147 x 58 x 9 mm), designed in black or white, has the classic shape of a feature phone, with some surprises. The 3.5-inch TFT LCD screen, resolved in 640 x 960 pixels (like the iPhone 4 of 2010), with 60 Hz refresh rate, has a 3: 2 format and, despite its size, thanks to the DPI values (320) and PPI (160), is also clearly legible on texts and icons.
Below, with special optimizations (also vibrational), an alphanumeric keypad, including the central multi-function key, the key for returning to the Home, and the key for the back: it should be noted that the selfiecamera (2 megapixel ), also useful for video calls, has been inserted in the lower right corner, inside the space for the hash #.
On the back, there is no shortage of the camera towards third parties (8 megapixel). The processor in service on the Duoquin F22 Pro is the octacore (2 GHz) Mediatek Helio G85, with the Mali-G52 MC2 GPU (max 1 GHz), capable of using 4 GB of RAM, in 64 or 128 storage configurations GB. Equipped with Bluetooth LE, and Wi-Fi ac / 5, the new compact Asian smartphone with physical keyboard, in terms of mobile connectivity, aims all-in on 4G LTE even if, unfortunately, the NFC module for payments is missing: in Compensation, as it is equipped with an infrared emitter, can act as a remote control for a wide range of devices.
The energy reserve of the Duoquin F22 Pro amounts to 2,150 mAh and is rechargeable at a speed of 10W thanks to the microUSB 2.0 Type-C port (with OTG and support for compatible headphones-earphones). The operating system detected is Android 12, with support for the Widevine DRM L3 codec (to enjoy Netflix, albeit in SD at 480p) and unlockable BootLoader.