Cubot KingKong X Pro Review - an excellent blend of durability, performance, and functionality

Rear cameras, photo and video samples

Cubot KingKong X Pro arrives with a camera set that's quite familiar. We've already tested it on the KingKong Star 2 and the Cubot Max 5. The main camera employs a 100MP OmniVision OVA0B sensor with a 1/1.8" optical format and a 0.612 μm pixel size. It is paired with an f/1.8 lens. By default, it outputs 25 MP images thanks to the sensor's 4-in-1 pixel binning technology. It is also capable of 4K video recording at 30 fps. The same sensor is used by the main cameras of the Cubot KingKong Power 3, Cubot KingKong Star 2, Cubot Max 5, Unihertz Jelly Max, Cubot KingKong X, Tank 2 Pro by Unihertz, and the Tank Mini 1 by Unihertz. The main camera is aided by a 0.3MP depth sensor. The third rear camera is still a 5MP macro unit with autofocus but the sensor is changed from OmniVision OV5670 to GalaxyCore GC05A2. Below we provide photo and video samples shot with the main camera.

Selfie camera

The front-facing camera of the Cubot KingKong X Pro uses a 32MP Sony IMX615 sensor with a 1/2.80" optical format and 0.8 μm pixel size. It is paired with an f/2.25 lens and can record FHD videos at 30 fps. This setup has been used by all the latest Cubot smartphones and other ones we've tested: Cubot KingKong Power 3, Cubot KingKong Star 2, Cubot Max 5, Cubot KingKong X, Oukitel WP35, Oukitel WP33 Pro, Cubot KingKong AX, Oukitel WP30 Pro, Fossibot F102, Doos S100, Doogee V30, and Samsung Galaxy A52 5G. Below we list three sample photos shot with the front camera of the Cubot Max 5.

Camera App

The Camera app remains unchanged and offers the same design, layout, and options. The shutter button, the camera switch, and the shortcut to the list of photos and videos are placed at the bottom. The reel of shooting modes is positioned above these buttons. A digital zoom icon appears on the right above the shooting modes. The default one is called "Picture" which let's you adjust the flash settings, switch on/off AI and HDR, and access the photo settings. The "Video" shooting mode contains only an LED flash toggle and video recording settings. "UltraHD" is the setting that you should choose, in case you want to snap photos in the original sensor resolution. The "Macro" mode switches to the macro camera. The "Night View" mode uses the main camera. The "More" tab gives you access to the "Pro" mode, Portrait, Gif, Panorama, Facebeauty, Time Lapse, and QR Code. The "Pro" mode lets you adjust the white balance, ISO, exposure, focus metering, and shutter speed. The "Portrait" mode lets you adjust the background blur when snapping photos of people or animals. "Facebeauty" lets you adjust the degree of four beautification features as well as the background blur. The settings for each shooting mode are accessed from the icon in the top right corner. They appear as toggles on an overlay on the main screen. The interface for the front camera is identical but contains only the supported shooting modes - "Picture", "Video", and the "More" tab with Gif, Time Lapse, Facebeauty, and Portrait modes. Photo editing is done via the default Photos app with integrated Google Lens. From here, you can enhance, warm, or cool an image, adjust its brightness, contrast, white point, highlights, and other properties, crop, add filter, text, or markup.