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today I've got my hands on the biggest phone I've ever used the cube op max it's no secret that I've taken an interest in Chinese phones lately now the flagships from the major brands all seem to just be slight refresh as year in and year out cubot is a brand I haven't used or seen before and I'm enjoying exploring deeper into the Chinese smartphone world with the Galaxy Note Samsung kicked off a trend towards phones with lighter displays and the phablet was born coming in with a 6 inch screen the cubot max is absolutely in this category of course with a screen this big the phone itself is large and it both looks and feels it in your hands the edges are curved which helps it feel a little smaller but of course that only goes so far the back side of the phone has a cubic design that gives it some texture and in turn gives your hand a better grip and depending on your personal preference either makes the phone look more interesting or ugly on the right-hand side of the phone you'll find the volume keys as well as the power or lock key below them moving to the top you'll see the micro USB port as well as the three-and-a-half millimeter jack there's no ports or buttons on the left-hand side and at the bottom is six holes in front of the mic all around it's a fairly simple and standard layout the front face features a front facing camera up top notification LED and there are three capacitive buttons at the bottom menu home and back on the right popping the back cover off we find two full size SIM slots either side of the rear camera as well as the SD card slot on the right underneath is the big boy battery sporty 4100 milliamp hours for me the display was probably the weak point of this phone not to say it was horrible but it's such a large size I think a minimum of 1080p is probably necessary this phone unfortunately is 1280 by 720 and isn't protected by any sort of Gorilla Glass so don't go dropping it it does come with a screen protective film though pre-installed colors are a little dull when compared to the display on my note 4 but that's to be expected really on a budget phone I wouldn't say I'm exactly a power user that maxes out smart phone hardware and I didn't really notice any lag or slowdown switching between apps and using Chrome and Facebook like a lot of Chinese smartphones the cueball max comes with an octa-core processor and this one's clocked at 1.3 gigahertz there's three gigabytes of RAM available and 32 gigabytes of internal storage which can be expanded up to an additional 128 gig through the SD card slot in terms of cameras the front-facing cameras five megapixels in the rear is 13 megapixels not that that really means much photos from the rear camera are definitely serviceable but it seemed difficult to get the right light levels at times so probably not ideal for quick snaps that you actually need in decent quality in terms of software we get the bare-bones Android 6.0 experience which is of course very welcome so big tick here from me the only other little thing I noticed about the phone was the vibration felt a little rattly but I always turn haptic feedback and the like off anyway so that didn't really bother me at all now let's put all this into perspective you can grab the cubic max from Tom top comm for just 119 US dollars including free standard shipping to Australia that's pretty damn good deal for a six inch Android 6.0 phone and with decent hardware it's also available for one hundred and seven US dollars on Amazon do you guys know of any better deals on a phablet let me know in the comments I'm your host Matt as always I'll see you guys next time cheers guys for joining me for another episode of hardware unbox so those of you that already support the channel thank you so much it's truly appreciated and to those of you that would like to support the channel directly I do have Amazon links and a patreon link in the video description below thanks a lot and I'll see you guys next time