The Oukitel K6 is a Beautifully Solid Battery-life Beast!
It takes a certain amount of guts to go an purchase a smartphone like the Oukitel K6. Buying any smartphone that isn’t a household name like Samsung, LG and Apple comes with inherent risks.
But with risk comes great reward.
And the Oukitel K6 is one such reward that’s worth it. On paper, it’s got a big list of ticks next to it, covering everything from Display, Performance, Design, NFC, Face ID and Quad Cameras. Let’s not forget that it’s packing a huge 6300mAh battery inside with 3 amp fast charging.
Off paper, the K6 is a solid premium chunky beast, measuring in at 10.4mm thick and weighing well over 200 grams. Heck, it makes my OP5T feel like a flimsy skimming stone…
But the important question is, whether the K6 is good enough to warrant its relatively high price-tag? Let’s find out.
In this review, I’ll be aiming my beady eye at the K6’s Display Quality, Build Quality, Performance, Gaming, Camera Quality, Features and Battery Life. Feel free to skip to the sections that are important to you and don’t forget to check out the best deals below.
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The Good
- Premium Solid Design
- Huuugeee Battery
- Loads of freebies
- Fast Performance
The Bad
- High Price-Tag
- Notification LED looks cheap
Design, Display & Build Quality
Oukitel have done a good job with the K6’s design. It feels well balanced, it’s subtle yet premium and it’s one of the best looking big battery smartphones available.
Build quality is excellent with no rough edges, seams or misalignments. While the battery cover is made from plastic, the pearlescent sheen looks great.
Once you turn on the screen, you’re met with a bright 18:9 full HD display. The top and bottom bezels are slim at around a 1cm, but, the side bezels are on the chunky side.
Viewing angles on the IPS display are good, black levels are okay and it comes with MiraVision support. You can use this to tailor the colour saturation, add a blue light filter and choose whether you want your white balance to be cool, normal or warm.
It’s also nice to see that the curved corner edges are perfectly round.
Overall, it’s a nice display and the build quality is exceptional for a smaller brand like Oukitel.
Screen Tech Specs: 6 inch display, 2160 x 1080 resolution, 403 PPI, 18:9 Aspect Ratio with curved edges, 10-point multi-touch.
Colours Available: Black & Blue
Oukitel K6 – Camera Review
One of the key features of the Oukitel K6 is its quad-camera setup. Two selfie cams and also a dual-lens setup on the back.
I took the K6 out with me to see how well it could perform. I found the images tended to underexpose leaving them feeling like they need brightening up.
While you can get some great pictures, you’ll end up with 3 bad ones alongside it.
HDR tends to overexpose the image. For some situations, it works, but most often you lose more detail negating the gains in exposure. You can see in the image below how HDR mode has brought out the detail in the hut. HDR left, standard right side.
While I might sound negative about the K6, this is pretty standard for phones around this price. You can see all the photos below and make up your own mind.
You can see our full Oukitel K6 Camera Samples Album over at Flickr.
Rear Camera:
- 21MP + 8MP Dual Cameras
- 1080P Video Recording
Front Camera (Selfie time):
- 12MP + 8MP Dual Cameras
Extras
OTA Update:
Once you connect the Oukitel K6 to WiFi you’ll get your first OTA update. It’s 450Mb in size, will squash a couple of software bugs and takes around 5 minutes to complete.
Fingerprint Unlock
The fingerprint sensor is located on the back underneath the dual lens cameras. It works around 85% of the time as it’s on the small side. Unlock speed is okay, not lightning fast but you’re not growing a beard either.
Benchmarks
You can find the benchmarks results along with the technical specifications at the end of this Oukitel K6 review.
CPU: MediaTek Helio P23 Octa-Core 2.0GHz 8-Core
GPU: ARM Mali-G71 MP2 770MHz
RAM: 6GB
Storage: 64GB (52GB available)(Read Speed 175MB/s | Write Speed 217MB/s)(expandable up to 256GB)
Battery Life
Battery life is as you’d expect. Fantastic! The 6300mAh battery charges fast and lasts you well into your second day.
What’s in the box?
The Oukitel K6 comes with a good haul. Inside you’ll find the K6 phone, a clear soft plastic case, a USB Type-C OTG Cable, Type-C to AUX headphone converter cable, USB Cable, SIM Pin, Warranty Card and quick guide.
Oukitel K6 – The Verdict
If you’re after a smartphone that has excellent build quality, a crisp display, is fast and will last you over 2 days then look no further.
Just remember that the Oukitel K6 is a beast. Both in size, thickness and weight.
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Tech Specs & Connectivity
UK Network Coverage? Yes, the Oukitel K6 comes with full UK Support for all carriers.
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| Smartphone | Oukitel K6 |
| Screen Size | 6 inch |
| Pixel Density | 403 |
| Screen Resolution | 2160 x 1080 |
| Screen To Body Ratio | 88% |
| Screen technology | 2.5D curved glass, 18:9 aspect ratio, Curved Edges |
| Thickness | 10.4mm |
| Weight | 244 grams |
| Material | |
| Colors Available | Black & Blue |
| Storage | 64GB |
| Processor (CPU) | MediaTek Helio P23 Octa-Core |
| Graphics (GPU) |
ARM Mali-G71 MP2 770MHz
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| RAM | 6GB |
| Android Version | 7.1 Nougat |
| IP Rating (Water, dust) | NO |
| Micro-SD Card Tray | YES (max 256GB / takes 2nd SIM Slot) |
| Notification LED | YES (breathing) |
| Finger Print Sensor | YES – Rear Facing |
| Infrared | NO |
| USB Type | Type-C |
| 4G Bands | B20 (800MHz) / B8 (900MHz) / B3 (1800MHz) / B1 (2100MHz) / B7 (2600MHz) |
| 3G Bands | B1 2100MHz / B8 900MHz |
| 2G Bands | 1800MHz / 1900MHz / 850MHz / 900MHz |
| SIM Support | Dual Nano SIM |
| WiFi | 2.4GHz (b / g / n ) |
| GPS Tech | GPS |
| Bluetooth Version | 4.2 |
| NFC | YES |
| Sensors | Ambient light, E-compass, Gravity, Gyroscope, Proximity. |
| OTG | YES |
| Battery Size | 6300 mAh |
| Fast Charging | 5V / 3Amp Pump Express 3.0 |
Benchmarks
AnTuTu Benchmark 7
- CPU – 27275
- GPU – 14455
- UX – 18974
- MEM – 4325
Overall Score: 65029
Geekbench Score
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3D Mark Sling Shot Extreme – Vulkan
- Graphics Score – 358
- Physics Score – 1685
- Overall Score – 434
3D Mark Sling Shot
- Graphics Score – 3
- Physics Score – 1
- Overall Score – 4