Tecno Phantom 6 Specs, Price And Review

The Tecno Phantom series are the most advanced and powerful smartphones from Tecno Mobility. Starting from its very first device; Phantom A, the Phantoms are naturally high end flagship devices. The Phantom 6 (Beauty) is the lil sister to the bigger Phantom 6 Plus (Beast).

 The display would not wow you much since its the popular 5.5″ inches we do see everywhere. But, there’s something different about this 5.5″ from Tecno. The Phantom 6 uses the most preferred screen type; Amoled Screen. If you have used one of those real good Samsung Galaxy devices like S3, S4, S5 and even the Note 7, you will know how saturated colors on a 5.5″ screen will look like. Well, the truth is, no matter the ppi density on an Amoled screen, you will certainly love every color on the screen.

Mind you, the display would’nt scratch easily because it uses a Gorilla glass.

Most flagship devices do come with some unfriendly memory specs like non expandable storage. For me, I don’t like devices without external SD card space. Well, Tecno is always doing their very best and they did it again.

The Phantom 6 (Beauty) has a 32GB ROM which can be expanded to about 128GB via a Micro SD card. With these combination, storing large files including photos, videos, apps, documents etc wont run your memory space out unless you want to download all the HD Seasonal movies from 02TVSeries.

When it comes to power and smartphones, its so important that a little issue with the sector, every other thing wont be enjoyed to the fullest. I remember when my Infinix Hot 2 battery became something else without my knowledge. From what is basically known, the Phantom 6 is powered by a non-removable 2,700 mAh battery.

Like seriously, I think this battery capacity is kinda low / too small to power a beauty like the Phantom 6. Although the Phantom 6 uses one of Mediatek’s latest chips which reduces power consumption and heating in its unique way, but anything less than 3000 mAh for a modern smartphone like the Phantom 6 would or may not serve you well if you use it the way its hyped. Well we would get more on that soon.

The Phantom 6 was launched out of the box with the latest Android 6 Marshmallow. Marshmallow has a lot to offer and coupled with Tecno’s HIOS, expect nothing but the best user experience. Since this device runs on Tecno’s own customized Android OS, you should expect OS upgrades later.

The Phantom supports 4G networks, good camera, it’s real slim, advanced security via Iris biometric scanner, USB type C and more just below.

2G Network	GSM 850/900/1800/1900
3G Network	900/2100
4G Network	LTE Band 3/7/20
SIM	Dual Micro Sim
Status Price	Announced 2016 Available N88,000 to N90,000, 899 AED, Ksh. 17,499
	Body
Dimensions	151.5*75.5*6.15mm
Keyboard Body	All-touch screen. Nano Molded Metal Body
Colors	Champagne Gold and Silver
Dedicated Keys	Volume Up/Down, Lock (for Power On/Off)
Display
Type	Capacitive LCD touchscreen with 16,000,000 colors
Size Resolution Multi Touch Protection	5.5″ Full HD AMOLED Screen (~180 degree viewing angle) 1080 x 1920 pixels (~ 420 ppi pixel density) Yes Scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla glass 3
Memory And OS
Card slot	MicroSD, up to 128GB
Internal	32GB ROM
OS	Tecno HIOS based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Processors CPU	64-Bit Cortex A53 2.0GHz Helio X10 Octa-core Mediatek Helio X10 MT6795M
RAM GPU	3GB RAM PowerVR G6200
Audio
Alert types	Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker	Yes
Audio port	3.5mm jack Boom NBO1 Earpods
Connectivity
2G	GPRS – up to 85.6 kbps; EDGE – up to 236.8 kbps 900/1800
3G	Up to 7.2 mbps downlink; Up to 5.76 mbps uplink 90/2100
4G	YES
WIFI	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Dual-band, WiFi Direct, Hotspot
Bluetooth	v4.1
GPS	Yes, with A-GPS
NFC	YES
USB Radio	USB Type C with Light Speed Charge
Camera Sony IMX258 13.0 MP AF & Samsung 5.0 MP Dual Back Camera Phase Detect Auto Focus (PDAF), HDR Dual Tone LED Flash – Enhanced Photo Colour Balance
Primary	Digital zoom, Continuous & Touch to Focus, Face detection, Image stabilisation, Panorama, Burst, Low Light Enhancement, 1080p HD video recording at 30 fps
Video	Yes
Secondary	8MP Wide angle/field of view lens Image & video stabilisation 1080p HD video recording at 30 fps Selfie Flash Wide Selfie Mode (also known as Selfie Panorama) Multi-Frame Low Light Enhancement
Battery
Capacity	2700 mAh
Stand-by
Talk time	Up to 2 Hours 4 Minutes
Music play Video play	Up to 1 hr 5 minutes
Other Features
Sensors	Accelerometer, Proximity, Light sensor, Iris Scanner 2.0
Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser Accessability	HTML Google TalkBack screen reader for audible output Face-To-Face Video chat with Google Hangouts Google Now voice assistance to answer questions and perform actions. Scalable fonts and magnification to zoom in or zoom out. High contrast text, colour inversion and colour correction Certain models rated for use with hearing aids
Java	No
Miscellaneous	– MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player – FM Radio – MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player – Image viewer and editor – Document viewer and editor – Preloaded applications –  Gmail™, Hangouts™, Google Chrome™, Google Drive™, Google Maps™, YouTube®, Google Play™, Google Photos, Messenger (SMS), Android Device Manager