Tecno Phantom 5 Review in Nigeria

dl4.plNigeria: TECNO Mobile unveils new Phantom 5


TECNO Mobile has recently unveiled its latest offering, the TECNO PHANTOM 5. The PHANTOM 5 features for example 3GB RAM, fingerprint Touch ID and full alloy body casing. A premium smartphone fully optimized for leisure and work, the PHANTOM 5 has a MediaTek TFA9890 Octa-core chipset.

"Worldwide sales of smartphones to end users reached 336 million units, a rise of 19.3 per cent during the first quarter of 2015, these figures represent strong sales in Africa—especially North Africa and Nigeria, said Mr. Vane, Manager of Marketing, TECNO Mobile.

PHANTOM 5 boasts 13MP auto focus rear camera that takes pictures even in low light and HiFi 2.0 Dolby Nature encompass audio-first natural Boom sound stereos with zero sound distortion.

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"The Nigerian market is rapidly growing, what we see is an increasingly segmented space where cellphones are bought by end users depending on essential attributes like camera, music and Internet . TECNO is positioned strategically to meet the mobile needs of each section with quality music, camera and Internet phones from our product lines, Mr. Vane included.

As PHANTOM 5 unveils TECNO’s first fingerprint touch detector mounted on the back of the smart phone brand loyalists can now appreciate the long awaited ‘Touch’ finger print identification from the top mobile manufacturer.

"The correctness and speed of PHANTOM 5 ‘Touch’ sensor is brilliant, its scanner reads 360 degrees user fingerprint and in just about exactly the same minute the finger makes contact with the rear grove," said Miss. Hanane Karroumi, Media and PR Manager, TECNO Mobile.

Recommended retail price is about N81,000.00


Tecno Phantom 5 a pocket-friendly performer that is high

The Tecno Phantom 5 is in every way a budget-friendly smartphone with high end features making its acquisition a bargain for any user.

With trusted, classy and stylish being some of the adjectives that can result from the unit, the Chinese producer promises users the advantage of a high performance apparatus at a manageable price.

And in that regard the smartphone doesn’t disappoint.

To begin with, the device comes in an elaborate packaging in keeping with the producer’s convention of wowing in the onset.

More as opposed to aesthetics, the packaging guarantees the smartphone will endure no damage while on transportation system, thus alleviating a buyer of shock that is unnecessary.

The inside of the packaging is nonetheless minimalist and streamlined making unpacking it all the more a delightful encounter.

The carton includes the device, a protective cover, a travel adaptor, some of earphones, an USB 2.0 charging cable, a SIM key, and two SIM card adaptors.

The adaptors allow for an user to add a micro SIM or nano SIM determined by which size they have prior to buying the mobile.

The protective covering adds the additional security for the apparatus that is sleek, safeguarding in the big event of a fall against scrapes and dents.

The smartphone itself boasts a 5.5 inch monolith display, with a 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution and a 420 pixels per inch count making seeing a pleasant encounter. The handset has dimensions of 151 X 75.8 X 6.8 mm and weighs 172 grammes.

The screen has triple-layered Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection to keep scratches away.

At the top of the screen are the LED flashlight for illumination when shooting video calls, or selfies, an eight mega pixel wide-angle front a proximity sensor, when on calls and a fairly small ear piece that can occasionally come off as muffled.

This is because of the size which at times forces an user to adjust the handset when on a call.

The bottom of the screen has the capacitive touch buttons (exit key, menu button, and home button) with an extra capacitive button that minimizes another three to allow more viewing area.

tinyurl.comThe top border of the mobile made of plastic has a 3.5mm jack pin allowance, which puts emphasis on the handset’s own minimalist layout.

The jack pin allowance however comes off as a gaping hole which will be potentially an unofficial shop for lint from an user’s pocket.

On the left border of the unit is the the SIM card tray which has provision for two micro SIM cards.

The opposite edge has the volume toggle, the electricity/lock button and the memory card tray.

At the underside border of the smartphone is the charging interface which doubles up as the connector into a computer or other peripheral devices. On the right side of the charging port is the microphone that could trap lint.

The back of the smartphone features a 13 megapixel primary camera with a dual flash light set next to it.

Right beneath that is a fingerprint sensor that is one of the newer features offered by the maker. Unlike rival brands that permit only one finger to lock programs, the mobile and other attributes, the Phantom 5’s detector can save up to five fingers allowing for ease of use with either hand.

On the plus side, the handset is a great bargain for users looking to get an affordable device with main features. There's just little as the the apparatus is a proven performer running efficiently to rival other high end brands to bemoan in terms of functionality and attributes.

The drawback to the unit is the plastic top and bottom borders which will either break on impact or chip making the apparatus unsightly. Luckily, the protective casing sold with the cellphone solves this. The casing also protects the aluminium rear of the phone and by extension the fingerprint sensor to preserve its functionality.

tinyurl.comThe device’s RAM is 3GB which adds to the ease of running even RAM-intensive programs like games on the smartphone.

In terms of storage the smartphone offers a whole 32GB of internal memory and this is expandable to 132GB via a microSD card.

All this is kept running by a 3000 mAh non-changeable battery which offers notable standby and talk time.

Below the detector is a minimalist insignia of the brand that will be a relief to users who have hitherto held that the branding is noticeable in a not nice manner.

At the very base of the back is a wide Dolby Digital speaker, which coupled with the smartphone’s double sound equaliser capacities, creates rich sound during media playback.

Coming to the internal workings, the smartphone runs on the Android Lollipop 5.1 operating system that's been touted as among the most reactive in smartphones.

The smooth running operating system is helped by a 1.5GHz octa-core processor, a Cortex-A53 CPU, the MediaTek MT6753 chipset, and a Mali-T760 MP4 GPU all which make using the device an encounter full of surprises.

All in all, for N81,000 Naira, the cellphone is a great buy with the convenience of fair pricing against an above average offering of attributes on the device.

Tecno Phantom 5 is one of the finest smartphones in the marketplace


Tecno Phantom 5 debuts in Nigeria.

Tecno launched the new "beast" in its Phantom line.

The Tecno Phantom 5 comes with some really interesting characteristics that I am certain will grab the attention of many Android and technology lovers.

In case you are looking to have a phone that spells class, simple functionality and fair cost the Tecno Phantom 5 is the phone to have.

With the innovations in design and quality, Tecno Phantom 5 is really a powerful apparatus for leisure and work, which defines the needs of its users.

Remarkable specifications

The 5.5-inch FHD display offers more real estate for your content, making the experience of seeing movies, playing games and browsing the internet better.

It, nevertheless, keeps the 1080 x 1920 pixels’ resolution which offers a screening experience that is solid.

With 13 megapixels, Tecno Phantom 5 seems to downgrade the camera ability of the phantom line.

However, it maintains 8 megapixels’ front facing camera with a flash to let you to take selfies that is quite clean anytime anyplace.

With 151 x 78.5 x 6.8mm dimensions, Tecno Phantom 5 is super skinny and comes with a metallic finish.

It runs Android 5.1 (Lollipop) on a 64 Bit 1.5 GHz octa-core processor (MediaTek MT6753) with an impressive 3 GB RAM.

It has an in-built storage of 32 GB and permits up to 64 GB external storage, which ensures smooth operation of the smart phone.

It also comes with a strong audio system powered by Dolby that gives an unbelievable digital surround output for anyone who understands the power of music.

The smartphone has a finger print scanner technology that can save up to 10 fingerprints and allows you to unlock your mobile in less than 10 seconds. According Tecno, it takes 700 milliseconds to be precise.

It also comes with dual micro sim slots and a 3000 mAh battery that I am certain will continue a day or two depending on how you use it.


TECNO set to unveil 6 Plus versions and new Phantom 6 in an international start

Finally, the cellular giant TECNO gives a positive nod to the long held views by tech faithful that the Asian multinational will be dropping its flagship of the year, come September in an international start.

News of the yet to be released TECNO Phantom 6 and its variation TECNO Phantom 6 Plus has dominated on-line technology blogs for a while now but this has largely been treated as speculative. Nevertheless, it's turned out that these conjectures are not so notional after all. There will be an official release of a completely outlandish Phantom and this time TECNO is saying so.

Yet, what notify this article about the next TECNOPhantom are the verbal cues from a top ranked staff which suggest the mobile multinational may have taken lessons feedbacks on what the forerunner flagship, TECNO Phantom 5 didn't get totally correct last year.

So, in what regions did last Phantom neglect to impress?

The good thing about the TECNO system is that it takes consumers’ responses seriously and channels them into its R&D, so, the normal spot-on upgrades go with every flagship. From what we’ve learned, the TECNO Phantom 5 substance layout didn't live up to expectations.

Phantom 5 body rim is plastic not metal.

The option of plastic over full metal in Phantom 5 body rim is a major anticlimax for both users and reviewers of the smartphone that is brilliantly constructed.

"My Phantom 5 caved in at the edge on a major impact. I 'd also previously noticed that its champagne gold hue faded along the rim to expose black plastic base"—a Phantom 5 owner

This widely reported flaw in the predecessor Phantom has been worked out in the new TECNO Phantom 6 and 6 Plus as the successor Phantom will drop with superior aluminum-magnesium alloy rims for its 98.1% full metal body casing.

Phantom 5 cameras are only , not wow that is great

Even though the TECNO Phantom 5 sported 13MP rear/8MP front low light cameras that were breathless, Phantom enthusiasts felt the photo-concentrated midrange shots that were spectacular were pulled off by TECNO Camon C8.

What response do they get for their lackluster review of TECNO Phantom 5 cameras?

corta.coA massive double back camera upgrades (13MP 5MP) in TECNO Phantom 6 and cooling 21MP SONYTM back camera in the TECNO Phantom 6 Plus phablet form.

And finally, a deca- core

While the Phantom 5 passed the chip test quarterswhere its octa-core cpu wasbrought under the heat, TECNO needed a pleasant ending;a done and dusted occasion to its next Phantom. It got just that, the new TECNO Phantom 6is considered to be established with groundbreaking deca-core chip; one of the first mains in the marketplace with such enormous specs.