Koolnee Apex launched with Bezel-less Notch Display – Review, Specs and Price

Koolnee Apex has been launched quietly on the Company’s website as a bezel-less beauty with top-notch. The device is expected to make its official debut at the Mobile Electronics Exhibition in Hong Kong from April 18th to the 21st.

This is the first Koolnee smartphone to come with the trending top-notch feature, and has a massive 6.18-inch FHD+ screen. Internally, there’s 2GB RAM and 16GB storage space. Without further ado, meet the Koolnee Apex.

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Design

Koolnee Apex

A combination of Metal and Plastic sums up its body, but the Plastic-like feel at the rear might be a turn off to some people. Sporting a simple symmetrical aesthetics at the rear, in terms of features.

The dual rear shooters starts a train at the top middle, paired with a fingerprint scanner underneath. There’s a dual-LED flash beside the cameras for night shoots. The stunning beauty was announced on the website in Blue color, it will definitely have other colors as well.

Display

Koolnee Apex

Steadily but surely, we need to accept the notch display as it’s now a part of us. The company had to flow with the current trend, the notch on the Koolnee Apex houses the selfie camera, speaker grille and sensors. However, they couldn’t completely get rid of the bottom bezel.

The 6.18-inch FHD+ IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen is a little bit disappointing in terms of features. Has a resolution of 480 x 996 pixels and 195 pixel per inch density, which should make all your movies and games come alive. Overall, the screen stretched up to 80% screen to body ratio.

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Hardware and Software

Under the hood is the powerful MediaTek MT6739 chip with an octa-core processor and 64-bit CPU architecture. The 8-cores of processor on this baby clocks at a speed of 1.5GHz with 16nm process technology offering fast performance. Handling graphics is the ARM Mali-G71 MP2 graphics processor, coming with 2-Cores and clocks at 700MHz.

Launch heavy apps and multitask through them all with 2GB RAM space available. It has a memory speed of 667MHz for a smooth ride through apps. There’s a standard 16GB storage space here, ready to accommodate all your files and apps. You can always upgrade up to 64GB as well using a memory card. The Koolnee Apex runs on Android 8.1 Oreo operating system out of the box.

Camera

At the rear, there’s a vertically aligned 13MP + 2MP Sony IMX135 Exmor RS shooters with f/2.2 aperture and 1.127 um pixel size. The camera is paired with lots of quality features and a dual-LED flash as well. Videos of 1080 pixels can be recorded at 30 frames per second, while the 5MP selfie camera has f/2.2 aperture as well.

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Battery

Powering the Koolnee Apex is a 4000mAh non-removable Li-Po battery with fast charging technology. With the fast charging feature, it shouldn’t take up to 2.1 hours to fully charge up the battery from 0% to 100%.

 

Koolnee Apex Full Technical Specifications

General

Device Type Smartphone
Model Koolnee Apex
Announced April, 2018
Released April, 2018
Status Available on Shopping stores

Network

2G Network Yes
3G Network Yes
4G Network Yes
SIM Type

Nano + Nano

SIM Count Dual SIM

Design

Type Metal + Plastic
Dimensions
Weight
Protection Yes
Colours Blue

Display

Display Type FHD+ IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Size 6.18-inch
Resolution 480 x 996 Pixels
Colors 16M colors
Pixel Density 195ppi
Screen-To-Body Ratio 80%
Touch Screen Yes
Protection Yes
Features Multi-touch, Scratch Resistant
Secondary Display No

Camera

13MP + 2MP
Yes
Yes
Autofocus 
Continuous shooting 
Digital zoom 
Exposure compensation 
Face detection 
Geotagging 
HDR 
ISO settings 
Panorama 
Scene mode 
Self-timer 
Touch focus 
White balance settings
Yes, dual-LED
5MP

Software

Android 8.1 Oreo
Modified
Yes
Skype Yes
Whatsapp Yes
Facebook Yes
Youtube Yes

Hardware

MediaTek (MT6739)
CPU Octa-Core 1.5GHz
GPU ARM Mali-G71 MP2
2GB
Internal Storage 16GB
Yes, up to 64GB

Fingerprint (Rear)
Accelerometer
Proximity
Ambient Light
Compass, Gyroscope, Hall

Controls Touchscreen, Lock Button, and Volume Key

Connectivity

Yes
Infrared No
Wi-Fi Yes
Wi-fi Hotspot Yes
USB Type Yes, microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC
HDMI
Facial Identification Yes
Yes

Battery

Battery Type Li-Po Battery
Capacity 4000mAh
Placement Non-removable
Fast Charging Yes
Standby
Talk Time
Music Play

Media

Yes, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, WAV, AC3, FLAC
Yes, 3GP, Mp4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 player
Vibration, Ringtones
MP3, WAV
Yes

Yes

Other Features

– MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player
– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
– DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.265 player
– Photo/video editor
– Document viewer

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