Coolpad Cool 30i

The phone measures 166.2 mm tall, 76.7 mm wide, and 8.3 mm thick, with a total volume of approximately 105.8 cm³, and weighs 197.6 g. It is a conventional candy-bar form factor — the device cannot be folded and does not feature a rugged build. There is no water resistance of any kind, so the handset offers no protection against liquid exposure.

The device features a 6.56″ IPS LCD touchscreen with a 720 x 1600 resolution and a pixel density of 267 ppi. The panel runs at a 90Hz refresh rate for smoother scrolling and motion, though it does not support HDR10, HDR10+, or Dolby Vision for enhanced contrast or color range. There is no Always-On Display mode, no secondary screen, and the glass does not carry any branded damage-resistant coating.

The phone is powered by the MediaTek Helio G37 chipset, built on a 12 nm process with an octa-core CPU configuration of 4 cores at 2.3 GHz and 4 cores at 1.8 GHz using big.LITTLE technology, multithreading, and integrated LTE. It is paired with 6GB of DDR4 RAM running at 1,600 MHz across two channels, with a maximum supported memory amount of 8GB and a memory bandwidth of 13.9 GB/s. Internal storage stands at 256GB via eMMC 5.1, expandable by up to a further 256GB through an external memory slot. Graphics are handled by an integrated PowerVR GE8320 GPU clocked at 650 MHz with a turbo of 680 MHz, supporting DirectX 12 and OpenGL ES 3.2. In benchmarks, the chipset scores 115,000 on AnTuTu, 911 in Geekbench 6 multi-core, and 205 in the single-core test. Security features include an NX bit and ARM TrustZone support, and the SoC is 64-bit compatible.

The main camera is a 50 MP single-lens CMOS sensor with an f/1.6 aperture, phase-detection autofocus, touch autofocus, and continuous autofocus during video recording, though optical image stabilization and laser autofocus are not available. It supports 1080p video recording at 30 fps along with slow-motion capture, and offers a solid set of manual controls including exposure, ISO, focus, and white balance — however, manual shutter speed and RAW shooting are not supported. Additional shooting modes include HDR, burst mode, timelapse, and in-camera panoramas, while 360-degree panorama and 3D recording are absent. A single LED flash is present on the rear, though there is no dual-tone or RGB flash. The 8 MP front camera is a single-lens unit positioned above the display, with no front-facing flash and no under-display placement.

The phone runs Android 13 and includes a broad set of privacy controls such as clipboard warnings, location privacy options, camera and microphone access management, and the ability to block app tracking, though cross-site tracking blocking and Mail Privacy Protection are not present. On the usability side, the OS supports dark mode, extra dim mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, customizable notifications, a media picker, full-page scrolling screenshots, split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, widgets, sharing intents, a child lock, and the ability to play games while they are still downloading. On-device machine learning is supported alongside offline voice recognition and voice commands, and the system functions as a multi-user platform with phone tracking capability. OS updates do not come directly from the vendor, and features such as focus modes, Wi-Fi password sharing, battery health check, app offloading, and Quick Start are not available.

The device is equipped with a 4500 mAh rechargeable, non-removable battery that includes a battery level indicator. A charger is included in the box, though the phone does not support fast charging or wireless charging.

The phone includes stereo speakers for audio playback but does not have a 3.5 mm headset jack, so wired headphones would require an adapter. There is no FM radio, and none of the advanced Bluetooth audio codecs — aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, or LDAC — are supported.

The phone supports Wi-Fi 5 and Wi-Fi 4, Bluetooth 5, and GPS with Galileo for location, though 5G, NFC, and an HDMI output are not available. It takes a single SIM card and connects via a USB Type-C port running USB 2.0. An external memory card slot is present, and a fingerprint scanner handles biometric authentication; 3D facial recognition and an iris scanner are not included. On the sensor side, an accelerometer is built in, while a gyroscope, compass, and barometer are absent. The device has no infrared sensor, no heart rate monitor, no ANT+ support, no crash detection, no satellite SOS, and no built-in projector.

The phone includes a video light that can remain active during video recording. The display is flat rather than curved, does not use e-paper technology, and is not protected by sapphire glass.