For all the Tecno phone lovers in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and India, the good news is that Tecno just launched a new smartphone into the market, called Phantom 9. The Tecno Phantom 9 was introduced by the Chinese phone manufacturer in the first week of July 2019. As usual, the phone comes with some decent specs, and a good price tag too. I shall be running you through all that right in this post. So, read on..
Tecno Phantom 9 Features
Tecno Phantom 9 comes with a 6.4 inch touch-screen display, having a resolution of 1080 x 2340pixels at a pixel density of 403 ppi, and an aspect ratio of 19.5:9. The Phantom 9 is powered by a 2.3GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio P35 processor, paired with 6GB of RAM. It has 3500mAh battery, which runs for longer hours when used moderately.
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From the camera department, the Tecno Phantom 9, on the rear, sports a 16MP primary camera, with an f/1.85 aperture, a second 8MP camera, and a third 2MP camera. At the front you will find a 32MP camera used for taking selfies and video calls.
The Tecno Phantom 9 runs HIOS 5.0 based on Android 9 Pie and packs 128GB of internal storage (which can be expanded further up to 256GB). The Phantom 9 is a dual-SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone.
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Connectivity options on the Tecno Phantom 9 include; Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, GPS, Bluetooth v5.00, 3G, and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in India). Sensors on the phone include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, compass/ magnetometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, and fingerprint sensor. The Tecno Phantom 9 supports Face Unlock.
The Tecno Phantom 9 measures 158.52 x 75.30 x 7.85mm (height x width x thickness) and weighs 164.00 grams. It was launched in Lapland Aurora colour.
Tecno Phantom 9 Price
The Tecno Phantom 9 price in India starts at INR14,999. Prices and offers in other African countries are listed below:
Nigeria – VIEW OFFERS HERE
Ghana – VIEW OFFERS HERE
Kenya – VIEW OFFERS HERE
Uganda – VIEW OFFERS HERE
NOTE: the Phantom 9 prices in the above African countries will be made known once it is official. You can easily bookmark this page to check for updates later.
Tecno Phantom 9 Specification
| NETWORK | |
| Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| 2G bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 |
| 3G bands | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 |
| 4G bands | LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) |
| Speed | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps |
| LAUNCH | |
| Announced | 2019, July |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2019, July 17 |
| BODY | |
| Dimensions | 158.5 x 75.3 x 7.9 mm (6.24 x 2.96 x 0.31 in) |
| Weight | 164.4 g (5.78 oz) |
| SIM | Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| DISPLAY | |
| Type | AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 6.39 inches, 100.2 cm2 (~84.0% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~403 ppi density) |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| PLATFORM | |
| OS | Android 9.0 (Pie) |
| Chipset | Mediatek MT6765 Helio P35 (12nm) |
| CPU | Octa-core (4×2.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) |
| GPU | PowerVR GE8320 |
| MEMORY | |
| Card slot | microSD, up to 1 TB (dedicated slot) |
| Internal | 128 GB, 6 GB RAM |
| MAIN CAMERA | |
| Triple |
16 MP, f/1.8, PDAF 8 MP, f/2.4, 13mm (ultrawide) 2 MP, f/2.8, depth sensor |
| Features | LED flash, HDR, panorama |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| SELFIE CAMERA | |
| Single | 32 MP, f/2.0 |
| Features | HDR |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| SOUND | |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| COMMS | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS |
| Radio | FM radio |
| USB | microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go |
| FEATURES | |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| BATTERY | |
| Non-removable Li-Ion 3500 mAh battery |
| MISC | |
| Colors | Lapland Aurora |
| Price | About 15000 INR |
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this is a good device that can serve anybody completely and it is also user friendly and flexible
Yes it is
great device from tecno mobile, its got good cameras and a very beautiful design. would have preferred it in different colours though.
You are right, Chris. But maybe in the colour aspect, Tecno have their reasons.