Vernee Apollo Lite - Helio X20 mid-range smartphone

With the Vernee Apollo series, the manufacturer, which is largely unknown in this country, has announced further high-end and mid-range smartphones. The Vernee Apollo Lite is the smaller version of the flagship "Vernee Apollo". The manufacturer would like to release this Lite variant before the actual flagship. The retail price is around €200. Gearbest is one of the first manufacturers to list the new Vernee smartphone in pre-sale. However, it should be noted that the smartphone will only be released at the end of July.

Ments Apollo Lite

The Vernee Apollo Lite has a screen diagonal of 5.5 inches and has a full HD resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. A display panel from Sharp called “Sharp IGZO” is installed. This type of display is particularly energy efficient and allows for an increased refresh rate. The IPS display is protected by Gorilla Glass 3 from Corning. For improved optics, the display edge is slightly rounded with 2.5D glass.

The hardware of the Apollo Lite can be assigned to the upper middle class. In addition to a powerful MediaTek Helio X20 processor (MTK6797), which has 8 cores and clocks at 2.3GHz, the Apollo Lite offers 4GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. The internal memory can also be expanded by a further 128GB. Thanks to the Mali T880 GPU contained in the SoC, computationally intensive games can also be played with this smartphone.

The main camera has a resolution of 16 megapixels. The resolution of the front camera is 5 megapixels. 4K video recordings are supported. In addition, the main camera has an autofocus and a dual LED flash. According to the manufacturer, the autofocus focuses within 0.1 seconds. The image sensor of the main camera is a Samsung ISOCELL.

Additional functions include the new USB Type-C standard as well as a fingerprint scanner integrated on the back. 5 finger profiles can be saved on these. The unlock time is 0.1 seconds. The scanner is also “FIDO” certified. All common frequencies are supported for the network standards (2G, 3G and 4G). The smartphone also understands the 800MHz frequency.

The battery capacity is 3180mAh. Thanks to “Pump Express 3.0”, this larger than average battery can be charged in a very short time. The Apollo Lite is delivered with Android 6.0, which is largely based on stock Android.