Here comes another nice smartphone from one of the leading smartphone makers in the African market, Tecno and they called this their new release the TECNO Phantom 7 which will be joining the TECNO Phantom family.
TECNO Phantom 6 and 6 Plus that was released last year was definitely a hit and its marketing was superb.
The flagship phone was released this 2017, shows that Tecno is gradually pushing outside the African market and expanding its brand products to cut across the international borders by embedding international specifications in this their flagship smartphone.
Design
The Tecno Phantom 7 arrives with a premium look and has curves on the edges. The body is made of metal frame and will be available in all colors, Silver and Gold just like the Phantom 6 has.
The Tecno Phantom 7 comes with a huge screen of 5.95 inches and has a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels, 370 pixels per inch (PPI). This device uses a screen type of IPS capacitive touchscreen with 16,000,000 colors.
At the front of this device, you will see a camera for selfie, a LED Flash for brighter images, the speaker for calls, and the 5.95 inches screen with FHD display resolution. At the back of this device, you will see the primary camera, a LED Flash and a fingerprint sensor.
Under this device is seated the charging port, while on top of it is our beloved 3.5mm jack.
Camera
The Tecno Phantom 7 ships in with an amazing camera that is sure to give both you and your loved ones a detailed image for remembrance. Let’s begin with the selfie camera. At the front of the Tecno Phantom 7 is sported a powerful 8MP selfie camera with up to 3264 x 2448-pixel.
Meanwhile, at the back of this smartphone comes another fantastic primary camera that is capable of pausing time. The primary camera is 16MP with a resolution of up to 5312 x 2988-pixel pictures and other features like the HDR, autofocus, Geo-tagging, panorama, simultaneous video and picture rec. camera with a dual sensor and dual LED flash.
Performance
The Tecno Phantom 7 is running on Android Nougat based on TECNO’s latest HIOS UI version and has a Heliox X25 processor. Remember that the Phantom 6 and Phantom 6 plus came with 3GB and 4GB RAM respectively. The Phantom 7 arrives with a 4GB RAM and 64GB internal memory that can be expanded up to 128 GB via a Micro SD.
The image processing of this smartphone has been improved and produces clear crystal HD images compared to the previous Phantom. TECNO smartphones have always been known not to arrive with many sensors, but this time the Tecno Phantom 7 arrives with sensors such as Pressure sensor, Geomagnetic sensor, Iris sensor, Hall sensor, Fingerprint sensor, NFC, HR sensor, RGB light sensor amongst many more.
Battery
The battery of the Tecno Phantom 7 is 4000mAh, which is capable of taking you the whole day even with a heavy use. The battery also features a quick charging technology Which is also a plus to this smartphone.
Other Features
- SNS integration ~ Yes
- MP4/MPEG4/H.263/H.264 player ~ Yes
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player ~ Yes
- Document viewer ~ Yes
- FM radio ~ Yes
- Image viewer and editor ~ Yes
- Voice memo/dial/command ~ Yes
- Predictive text input ~ Yes
- 3.5mm Jack ~ Yes.
Tecno Phantom 7 Price
The Tecno Phantom 7 has a price range of $245 to $ 265 which is equivalent to (N89,600 – 96,900 Naira). This smartphone can be purchased from most online stores within your region or any Tecno distributor within your area.
Verdict
The Tecno Phantom 7 is a major upgrade when you compare it with its predecessor, it comes along with a sharp camera, though the pixel didn’t feature much difference from its predecessors, the image processing of this smartphone has been greatly improved and produces clear crystal HD images compared to the previous Phantom.