SpecEagle review · Kodak

Kodak Ektra review: A 2016 photography-focused phone with a camera-grip body.

SpecEagle Editorial·Oct 2016·$500
Overall
48/100
Class rank
#31 of 47
Tier
Mid-range
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

A Kodak-branded cameraphone.

Kodak Ektra was a licensed Kodak-branded photography phone with a camera-grip body and hardware shutter — niche cameraphone nostalgia.

01Display

62/100

62/100 trails the 67-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2016.

TypeIPS LCD
Size5.0 inches
Resolution1,920 × 1,080 px (FHD)

02Camera

64/100

64/100 puts it above the 60-point average for mid-range phones of 2016.

Main21 MP, f/2.0, OIS
Hardware shutter button
Selfie13 MP

03Performance

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2016.

ChipsetMediaTek Helio X20
RAM3 GB
Storage32 GB · microSD

04Battery

64/100

64/100 trails the 67-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2016.

Capacity3,000 mAh
WiredQC 2.0

05Build

68/100

68/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2016.

06Value

50/100

50/100 is one of the weaker value results among mid-range phones of 2016 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

What works
  • Camera-grip industrial design.
  • Hardware two-stage shutter button.
  • Kodak film-simulating Ektra modes.
  • OIS 21 MP sensor.
What doesn't
  • Helio X20 modest.
  • Kodak brand only — licensed.
  • Limited availability.
  • Mono speaker.
Cross-shop it against
Honor 8
$400 · score 70/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 47-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .