DOOGEE S97 Pro, a rugged smartphone with a professional laser rangefinder

On 7th October DOOGEE announced that its flagship DooGee S97 Pro rugged smartphone is now available on Amazon

The S97 Pro comes with a Helio G95 Octa Core processor, a large battery and laser rangefinder packed into a rugged and durable casing, its available in black, orange and red from Amazon for £288.99

Spec’s:-

  • Laser rangefinder / 40m laser distance measurement
  • Formaldehyde detector / Support formaldehyde detection
  • 8500mAh Large ba‑ery / Support 33W fast charging
  • Helio G95 Octa Core 2.1GHz 12nm
  • G RAM+128G ROM Samsung® UFS memory
  • Samsung® AI Quad camera (48MP+8MP+2MP+2MP)
  • 16MP Front Camera(Samsung®)
  • 6.39″ Corning Gorilla Glass / DotDisplay
  • NFC supports Google Pay / Support 10W wireless charging
  • Support GPS / Galileo / Glonass / Beidou
  • P68 / IP69K / MIL­STD-810G

The S97 Pro’s professional laser rangefinder; the first on any smartphone which eradicates the need for rulers and tape measures with its eight measurement modes and 40 metre range.

The modes include a single measurement, such as a continuous measurement as the user walks, an area measurement, where the length and width are measured separately to automatically calculate the area, plus a volume measurement, where the length, height and width is measured to calculate the value.

There are also three Pythagoras modes to measure sloping edges, right angles, hypotenuse and heights making it the ideal working tool. All modes can be selected within the S97 Pro’s menu to calculate the desired measurement.

The S97 Pro is fitted Samsung’s 48MP Quad camera which delivers almost twice the number of pixels than 8K resolution,  8MP, 130° ultra-wide angle and clear camera angle with a one click panoramic view, a 2MP macro camera to discover a micro universe and a 2MP portrait camera.

Rugged capabilities

The S97 Pro provides effective insulation from water and dust as well as being drop-proof and scratch-resistant, the phone is waterproof and dustproof with IP ratings of IP68 and IP69K. Also having waterproof stoppers for the Type-C port, earphone jack and SIM card slot, meaning that the S97 Pro can be used in water up to 1.5m deep for up to 30 minutes to capture aquatic images.

Offering 360º shockproof protection (MIL-STD-810G) and scratch-resistant with Corning® Gorilla® Glass 5, the S97 Pro can be dropped onto concrete from up to 2 metres and remain intact, with increased resistance to scratches.

Processor and performance

The S97 Pro comes with  MediaTek Helio G95 Octa Core (2 x Cortex A76 2.1GHz + 6x Cortex A55 chipset) which adopts 12nm process technology, and vivid 6.39″ HD+Dot display screen with a 6720*1560 resolution with 270 PPI Pixel density and 16.7 million colour· LCD screen, 8GB RAM and 128GB storage, with the option of adding up to 256GB of T-Flash external storage.

The DOOGEE S97 Pro is equipped with an massive 8500mAh battery, providing a standby time of 624 hours, 40 hours calling time, 37 hours video time and 27 hours of gaming, Additionally, 33W Fast Charging is supported, meaning that in just 1 hour, the 33W fast charge allows 8500mAh battery to charge to 55%, giving a day’s worth of power, wireless charging is also supported, the S97 Pro has side fingerprint recognition and Face Unlock.

Hopefully we get one in for a full review soon.