Tecno is at again, do you recall our earlier article on Infinix Note 4 vs Note 5? Today we shall be comparing the Tecno Pouvoir 1 and Pouvoir 2. That word “Pouvoir” is a French word which simply means “Power”. Tecno, one of the leading smartphone manufacturers in this market, has broken a huge record with their latest smartphone, giving consumers a whopping battery capacity of 5000mAh.
With the discharge of the Tecno Pouvoir 2, the masses want to have a new brand at hand, which tells us that everyone love to upgrade, no one wants to be left out.
In this post, we are going to compare various aspects and specs on both devices (Tecno Pouvoir and Pouvoir 2), and for sure, come to a conclusion if one who already owns the former needs to whoever upgrade to the later if they will. So, let’s go right at it.
DESIGN AND CAMERA
The design of the Tecno Pouvoir 1 and Pouvoir 2 are both the same. Why do I say so, they both have antenna lines behind. One spotted difference on both smartphones is the rear camera and LED flash placement. The Tecno Pouvoir 1 features the rear camera with LED flash at the top left corner in a vertical position. While the Tecno Pouvoir 2 features the rear camera with LED flash at the top center. The Tecno Pouvoir 2 features a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. Meanwhile, the Tecno Pouvoir 1 has no fingerprint sensor.
The Tecno Pouvoir 1 and Pouvoir 2 are built-in a front glass with a shiny plastic body. The Pouvoir 2 is slimmer measuring 8.5mm thickness compared to the 8.8mm thickness of the Pouvoir 1.
One amazing fact is that the Tecno Pouvoir 2 supports Face ID technology, while the Pouvoir 1 doesn’t. The Tecno Pouvoir 2 comes with a rear camera of 13MP sensor while at the front is an 8MP sensor. Both cameras of the Tecno Pouvoir 2 are accompanied with LED flash.
The Tecno Pouvoir 1’s rear camera features an 8MP sensor and a 5MP sensor at the front camera for selfies. Just like the Pouvoir 2, both cameras of the Pouvoir 1 also supports LED flash.
Quick Specs Comparison
Below is the Tecno Pouvoir 1 and Tecno Pouvoir 2 Spec Comparison
BASIC INFORMATION | ||
Manufacturer | Tecno | Tecno |
Model | Pouvoir 1 | Pouvoir 2 |
OS version | 7.1 Nougat | 8.0 Oreo |
Launch date | April – 2017 | May – 2018 |
Colors | Amber Gold, Spruce Green, Black, Ice blue | Champaign Gold, City blue, Black |
DISPLAY | ||
Screen size | 5.5inch | 6.0inch |
Display technology | Full HD IPS capacity | Full HD IPS capacity |
Screen resolution | 1280 * 720 | 1440 * 720 |
Pixel density | 267 ppi | 304ppi |
CAMERA | ||
Front camera megapixel | 5 MP | 8 MP |
LED flash | Yes | Yes |
Video recording | Yes | Yes |
Geo-tagging | Yes | Yes |
Digital zoom | Yes | Yes |
Autofocus | Yes | Yes |
Face detection | Yes | Yes |
HDR | Yes | Yes |
Face detection | No | Yes + Face ID unlock system |
Rear camera | 8 MP | 13 MP |
SENSORS AND FEATURES | ||
Multi-touch | Yes | Yes |
Light sensor | Yes | Yes |
Accelerometer | Yes | Yes |
Compass | Yes | Yes |
Finger print sensor | No | Yes (rear-mounted) |
Proximity sensor | Yes | Yes |
BATTERY CAPACITY | ||
Battery (mah) | 5000 MAh | 5000MAh |
Removable Baterry | No | No |
CONNECTIVITY | ||
4G capability | Yes | Yes |
3G capability | Yes | Yes |
Wifi capability | Yes | Yes |
Wifi Hotspot | Yes | Yes |
Bluetooth | Yes | Yes |
NFC | No | No |
GPS | Yes | Yes |
HDMI | No | No |
Sim | Dual [Nano] | Dual (Micro) |
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS | ||
External memory slot | Yes | Yes |
External memory up to | 32GB | 128GB |
Internal memory | 16GB | 16GB |
C.P.U | MediaTek (MT6580) | MediaTek (MT6737) |
C.P.U speed | 1.3GHz quad-core | 1.3GHz quad-core |
Processors Core | Octa-Core | Octa-Core |
RAM | 1GB | 2GB |
GPU | Mali-T400 MP2 | Mali-T720 MP2 |
MEDIA | ||
Audio playback | Yes | Yes |
Video playback | Yes | Yes |
Ringtones | wav, mp3 | wav, mp3 |
FM radio | Yes | Yes |
3.5 Headphone jack | Yes | Yes |
Conclusion
Now back to the asked question: “If you should upgrade”, well you should be in a better position to respond to that. Comparing TECNO Pouvoir2 and TECNO Pouvoir 1, it is clear that they both have strong differences between them.
Which of the two smartphones will you purchase? Nevertheless, if you can afford the TECNO Pouvoir 2, go for it instead; it grants you more.
With better security features such as the Face Unlock and fingerprint sensor, better multi-tasking management with larger RAM, better display and not forgetting larger expandability of memory, the Tecno Pouvoir 2 is the clear winner. If you can, by all means, upgrade.
If you think otherwise, I’d, by all means, want to hear from you in the comments below.
2 Comments
nice review , i personally think this pouvoir 2 is a worthy upgrade of the pouvoir 1 and the pouvoir 2 pro is the bomb, that face ID will really come in handy for security purposes and its got a better RAM on it too.
very nice idea to upgrade but then its a fact that both devices are cool and got very good batteries