Meet MyPhone’s latest phablet, the Ocean Pro!

A few weeks ago MyPhone officially announced two new smartphones to its already burgeoning lineup: the Iceberg Slim and the Ocean Pro. While we welcome more choices from MyPhone, we were a bit underwhelmed by the Ocean Pro because of its display, which is already in phablet territory but has a relatively low resolution qHD display. Well today, we’ll be unboxing MyPhone’s latest phablet, and you’ll find out that our initial fears were pretty much unfounded. On to the unboxing!

MyPhone Ocean Pro Specs

• 1.3GHz quad-core processor
• 1GB RAM
• 5.5-inch qHD IPS capacitive display, 960 x 540 resolution
• 4GB storage expandable via microSD slot up to 32GB
• 8 megapixel main camera
• 2 megapixel rear camera
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, OTG, Wireless Display
• Dual-sim
• Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
• 2350mAh Battery (removable)
• Php 6,999

Packaging and contents

MyPhone has really stepped it up in terms of its packaging on its latest smartphones, and the Ocean Pro is no exception. While it’s not as flashy as the Rio’s packaging, the Ocean Pro has a solid box that simply has the name Ocean Pro written on the bottom with silver lettering, with the MyPhone logo on top.

On the back of the box lies the IMEI information as well as the specs of the device.

Once you open the box you’ll see the device lying in a plastic container that’s similar to the Rio.

The accessories are typical of what you’d find in other offerings of MyPhone – there’s a USB cable, charger, headphones and the requisite user manual.

Initial impressions: looks and feels premium, despite having a budget price tag

Initially we were unimpressed by the renders of the Ocean Pro when we initially wrote about it a few weeks ago, but now that it’s in our hands, we’re happy to say we’re thoroughly impressed. While the budget phablet is mainly made out of plastic, its overall build quality is really good, without any obvious gaps or creaks anywhere on the device.

The finish on the Ocean Pro is matte, and in our case, white. The white chin right under the bezel is resembles some of the designs of HTC back in 2010-2011.

Delving deeper into the externals of the Ocean Pro, you’ll see that the volume rocker and the power button (located on the left and right side, respectively) are both silver and have a concentric circular finish on them, which adds to the premium feel of the device. The capacitive Android navigation buttons are located on the bottom of the bezel, right before the plastic chin.

The 3.5mm jack and USB port are on the top of the Ocean Pro. On the back, you’ll find the 8-megapixel camera module that protrudes a few millimeters from the body of the device.

As far as the display is concerned, it wasn’t as bad as we initially thought. The 5.5-inch IPS qHD display is nice and bright, and while the icons of the Ocean Pro was bigger compared to a phone that has the same screensize but higher resolution display, it wasn’t terrible. While there is pixelation in the text, you’ll really have to look in and squint to see it. Short version is that for normal people, the qHD display isn’t that much of an issue during normal use, although you will start to see pixelization when you start playing games and watching movies.

Speaking of games, the Ocean Pro should be able to handle most Android games out there in Google Play. With AnTuTu it scored a respectable 17234 points, which is good enough for most games. Since the display is only qHD, the GPU of the device won’t have to work overtime to render graphics, although that’s purely speculation on our part since we really haven’t had time to play with it that long.

That’s it for now. Expect a review of the Ocean Pro later on.