Cubot A20

The Cubot A20 has a sizeable footprint, measuring 169.4 x 77.8 mm with a thickness of 9.6 mm, and it tips the scales at 214 g. Its total volume comes in at approximately 126.52 cm³. The device does not feature a rugged build and cannot be folded, and it carries no water resistance rating.

The Cubot A20 uses an IPS LCD panel measuring 6.75 inches with a resolution of 720 x 1600 px and a pixel density of 260 ppi, paired with a 90Hz refresh rate for smoother on-screen motion. It is a touch screen and also features a secondary screen with a resolution of 240 x 284 px. The display does not support HDR10, HDR10+, or Dolby Vision, lacks an Always-On Display mode, and is not protected by branded damage-resistant glass.

The Cubot A20 is driven by the Unisoc T616 chipset, fabricated on a 12 nm process and configured as an octa-core processor using big.LITTLE technology, with two cores clocked at 2 GHz and six cores at 1.8 GHz across 8 threads. It is paired with 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM running at 1866 MHz, a maximum supported memory capacity of 14GB, and a maximum memory bandwidth of 14.928 GB/s. Graphics are handled by an integrated Mali G57 MP1 GPU with a turbo frequency of 750 MHz, supporting OpenGL ES 3.2 and OpenCL 2.0. The device offers 128GB of eMMC 5.1 internal storage, a 1 MB L3 cache, integrated LTE, TrustZone security, and 64-bit support, with Geekbench 5 scores of 380 single-core and 1391 multi-core.

The Cubot A20 features a single-lens 48 MP rear camera with phase-detection autofocus, touch autofocus, continuous autofocus during video recording, and a single LED flash, though it lacks optical image stabilization, laser autofocus, and optical zoom. Manual controls cover exposure, ISO, focus, and white balance, and the camera also supports HDR mode, burst shooting, and in-camera panoramas, while slow-motion video recording, timelapse, RAW capture, manual shutter speed, HDR10 recording, Dolby Vision recording, and 3D photo or video are not available. On the front, a 16 MP camera is present as a single-lens unit without a front-facing flash or an under-display placement. Neither BSI nor CMOS sensor types are listed for the main camera, and 360-degree panorama shooting is also absent.

The Cubot A20 runs Android 14 and includes a broad set of privacy and usability features. On the privacy side, it offers clipboard warnings, location privacy options, camera and microphone access controls, and the ability to block app tracking, though Mail Privacy Protection and cross-site tracking blocking are not present. The interface supports dark mode, dynamic theming, theme customization, widgets, and an extra dim mode, while focus modes and app offloading are not available. Productivity features include split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, full-page screenshots, a media picker, customizable notifications, sharing intents, Live Text, and the ability to play games while they download. The device also supports offline voice recognition, voice commands, on-device machine learning, multi-user accounts, a child lock, battery health check, and phone position tracking. Wi-Fi password sharing, Quick Start, direct OS vendor updates, and the ability to function as a PC are not supported.

The Cubot A20 is equipped with a 5100 mAh rechargeable battery that includes a battery level indicator. The cell is non-removable and does not support wireless charging or fast charging.

The Cubot A20 includes a 3.5 mm headphone jack for wired audio connectivity, but it lacks stereo speakers and has no built-in radio. On the wireless audio side, none of the advanced Bluetooth codecs are supported, including aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, and LDAC.

The Cubot A20 supports dual SIM cards and connects wirelessly via Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) and Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), Bluetooth 5.0, and a cellular module, though 5G is not available. Wired connectivity is handled through a USB Type-C port, while HDMI output is absent. Download speeds reach up to 300 Mbit/s and upload speeds up to 100 Mbit/s. The device includes GPS with Galileo support and an accelerometer, but lacks a gyroscope, compass, barometer, infrared sensor, heart rate monitor, and ANT+ support. A fingerprint scanner is present for biometric authentication, while NFC, 3D facial recognition, and an iris scanner are not included. Additional features such as an external memory slot round out the connectivity options, whereas a built-in projector, stylus, crash detection, emergency SOS via satellite, DLNA certification, and motion or optical tracking are all absent.

The Cubot A20 features a video light for illumination during video recording. Its display is flat rather than curved and uses neither sapphire glass nor e-paper technology.