Oukitel U20 Plus Unboxing, Hands On, First Impressions


I just received the Oukitel U20 Plus which has a dual camera as the main selling point. However, it uses a 13MP main camera and a 0.3MP secondary camera, which I’m not sure how effective it would be. It is touted as a “bokeh adder”, adding a nice bokeh effect only seen in DSLRs. The rest of the phone is rather ordinary for low end/budget phones, the dreaded MTK6737, 2GB of RAM, and a 3300mAh battery. Let’s get on with the unboxing.

Oukitel U20 Plus Specifications

Processor Mediatek MTK6737 Quad Core
Display 5.5″ 1920x1080px, IPS LCD
RAM 2GB
Storage 16GB
Operating System Android 6.0
Cameras 13MP/0.3MP + 5MP Camera
Battery 3300mAh
Physical Properties 255g, 17.30 x 8.90 x 0.90 cm

Oukitel U20 Plus Unboxing

The box is an ordinary box but it does look nicer than normal phone boxes (at least the budget ones). Opening up the box yields my gray U20 Plus wrapped in plastic and the rest of the accessories.

Oukitel U20 Plus Hands On

The entire phone felt cold as it was outside in below freezing weather, but once it warmed up, it was pretty obvious that the body wasn’t metal but plastic. It feels pretty big, I’m not sure if its because I’m moving from a 5″ phone or it is actually a large device.

The phone is pretty thick as well but the edges are rounded so that does help a little bit.

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Turning the phone on and we are greeted with the Oukitel Logo and after setting it up I immediately set it up, more on that later.

Oukitel U20 Plus Camera

I immediately tried out the camera, and see a couple of comparison shots below. This first one below is without HDR and with the dual camera turned off. It’s actually pretty decent but this is under studio lighting conditions which are slightly worse than bright sunlight.Below is with HDR on, you can see the exposure get a lot better, focus on the words inside the lens and it will be a lot easier to see.
The picture below is with dual camera mode turned on (called SLR). You can see the “Lumix” on the side of the camera is blurred out, e.g. there’s bokeh. As you can see, these pictures are very impressive for such a cheap camera, I’ll be taking a lot more comparison shots for the review.

Oukitel U20 Plus First Impressions

So far, the phone is nothing impressive, but the camera quality really surprised me. The dual camera mode does work but for now the results in HDR are slightly better than in dual camera mode. Be sure to stay tuned for the full review!

Oukitel U20 Plus Gallery

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32 Comments

  1. mf1gt3r
    December 31, 2016

    If the camera is good, then it is a winner.

  2. MattD
    December 31, 2016

    Actually, better than I thought. Now oukitel, just release a dual camera k6000 premium, and we’re good lol

    • Assefa Hanson
      December 31, 2016

      Matt we both know they are not releasing that ever I.saw they are going for the u13 next and maybe the u11

      • December 31, 2016

        I’m actually hoping for Oukitel to move on to the X20/P20/X25 but that will probably never happen.

        • MattD
          December 31, 2016

          Yeah, I’m wondering what kind of soc they’re going to use in the future: mt6750 maybe? Or they’re going to stick to mt6753 and mt6737 forever?! Did I miss some announcement by mediatek for lower-midranger? Because everything I remember is from helio p20 above…

          • January 1, 2017

            Yeah Cubot too. Seems like a cabal of companies not willing to move on to new SoCs. Cubot has not released anything more powerful than the MTK6753 to date…

        • Assefa Hanson
          December 31, 2016

          i can see p20 happening as its basically a 6753 of this year , you know who doesn’t look like they will move on CUBOT……

      • MattD
        December 31, 2016

        Yeah, we already know it won’t happen: this is mostly a kind of meme-rant I use under many oukitel posts… It’s a thing I do for myself stupidly hoping that someone would read and take notice that someone, myself included, hasn’t forgotten what they announced…

  3. Assefa Hanson
    December 31, 2016

    Zi Jin respect to you

    • December 31, 2016

      Unusual, but I’ll take it 🙂

  4. mf1gt3r
    December 31, 2016

    If the camera is good, then it is a winner.

    • Zi Jin Cheng
      December 31, 2016

      My thoughts exactly.

  5. MattD
    December 31, 2016

    Actually, better than I thought. Now oukitel, just release a dual camera k6000 premium, and we’re good lol

    • Assefa Hanson
      December 31, 2016

      Matt we both know they are not releasing that ever I.saw they are going for the u13 next and maybe the u11

    • Zi Jin Cheng
      December 31, 2016

      I’m actually hoping for Oukitel to move on to the X20/P20/X25 but that will probably never happen.

    • MattD
      December 31, 2016

      Yeah, we already know it won’t happen: this is mostly a kind of meme-rant I use under many oukitel posts… It’s a thing I do for myself stupidly hoping that someone would read and take notice that someone, myself included, hasn’t forgotten what they announced…

    • MattD
      December 31, 2016

      Yeah, I’m wondering what kind of soc they’re going to use in the future: mt6750 maybe? Or they’re going to stick to mt6753 and mt6737 forever?! Did I miss some announcement by mediatek for lower-midranger? Because everything I remember is from helio p20 above…

    • Assefa Hanson
      January 1, 2017

      i can see p20 happening as its basically a 6753 of this year , you know who doesn’t look like they will move on CUBOT……

    • Zi Jin Cheng
      January 1, 2017

      Yeah Cubot too. Seems like a cabal of companies not willing to move on to new SoCs. Cubot has not released anything more powerful than the MTK6753 to date…

  6. Assefa Hanson
    December 31, 2016

    Zi Jin respect to you

    • Zi Jin Cheng
      December 31, 2016

      Unusual, but I’ll take it 🙂

  7. sabir ali
    January 2, 2017

    I bought one already and it is in the shipment. When are you planning to make full review. If i will know then i can decide that i need to take that device or not?

    • January 2, 2017

      Not sure when it will be done. I am hoping to finish it this week, but it is not done yet.

      • sabir ali
        January 2, 2017

        Thanks for the reply. I know you have the mobile and you are working on it but if i will ask personally then what you will say. Should i wait little for dual or any similar product or receive the same which i bought?

        • January 3, 2017

          I honestly don’t know because this is the first dual camera phone I’ve tested.

        • January 3, 2017

          Oh I see, IMO should wait for a review on the Bluboo Dual

  8. sabir ali
    January 2, 2017

    I bought one already and it is in the shipment. When are you planning to make full review. If i will know then i can decide that i need to take that device or not?

    • Zi Jin Cheng
      January 2, 2017

      Not sure when it will be done. I am hoping to finish it this week, but it is not done yet.

    • sabir ali
      January 2, 2017

      Thanks for the reply. I know you have the mobile and you are working on it but if i will ask personally then what you will say. Should i wait little for dual or any similar product or receive the same which i bought?

    • Zi Jin Cheng
      January 3, 2017

      I honestly don’t know because this is the first dual camera phone I’ve tested.

    • Zi Jin Cheng
      January 3, 2017

      Oh I see, IMO should wait for a review on the Bluboo Dual