Tecno and Infinix have over the past years taken over the smartphone market in Nigeria and some West African countries thanks to their budget prices and quality specifications, leaving a little portion for other smartphone brands to share.
Both brands just released their flagship devices for 2017, for Tecno it was the phantom 8 and for Infinix it was the zero 5.
Because of the similarities these smartphone brands bear in the specifications of smartphones at equal ranges, people find it difficult to choose between Tecno and Infinix smartphones.
In this article I am going to be doing a comparison between both smartphones to see which actually stands out with an edge over the other.
This comparison takes of with the Infinix zero 5;
The Infinix zero 5 features an all metal unibody design with a screen size of 5.98 inch covered with a 2.5D gorilla glass.
The Infinix zero 5 has a full HD JDI display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080.
The Infinix zero 5 is powered by an MTK Helio P25 processor with a clock speed of 2.6 Giga Hertz, 6GB of ram and 64GB of internal storage. There also an option for micro-SD storage expansion.
THE INFINIX ZERO 5 IS THE FIRST SMARTPHONE FROM INFINIX TO FEATURE DUAL REAR CAMERAS
The Infinix zero 5 on the rear features a 12mp wide angle lens with sony IMX386 sensor and a 13mp telephoto lens which brings about 10x zoom as opposed to the normal 2x zoom of the stock lens.
The lens also helps the Infinix zero 5 carry out bokeh effect from the rear.
On the front, the Infinix zero 5 features a 16mp front camera with an apature of F/2.0.
All these components are powered by a 4,350 mAh battery.
TECNO PHANTOM 8
The tecno phantom 8 is 5.7 inch in size, it features a metal build that's a bit different from what tecno users are use to. Its metal build has a glossy finish, tecno call it's design the diamond fire design, as it appears to a be shinny plastic from afar.
The tecno phantom 8 has a 5.7 inch full HD display with a screen resolution of 1920x1080.
The tecno phantom 8 is powered by mediatek's helio P25 octa core processor with a clock speed of 2.6 Giga Hertz.
The tecno phantom 8 features 6GB of ram, 64GB of internal memory with up to 2TB for micro SD expansion.
Also read : Samsung galaxy note 8+ vs tecno phantom 8
The star feature of the tecno phantom is actually it's rear dual camera's.
The tecno phantom 8 features a 13mp+12mp dual camera system at the back.
The 13mp camera bears the Sony IMX386 sensor with an aparture of F/1.8 and 2X optical zoom.
The 12mp camera lens is actually a telephoto lens with 10x optical zoom which maintaines sharpness.
The tecno phantom 8 also features a huge 20MP front facing camera.
The tecno phantom 8 is kept alive by a 3500mah battery.
Ok probably you have scanned through the specifications of both smartphones and in your mind you are saying both phones are the same, well you may just be right in a way, but not all the way.
Something to NOTE here, is the fact that both infinix and tecno are brought into existence by transsion holdings under the command of Nnamdi Eziegbo, the Nigerian entrepreneur behind these brands.
Both smartphones have the same processors, ram size, storage and camera specs.
Where things actually vary is the battery size and the design. Not much of a difference I guess.
Also something here to NOTE is the fact that infinix laid so much emphasis on the zero 5's Bokeh effect also known as portrait mode, where as tecno didn't say anything about it being featured on the phantom 8.
That may also be an advantage the zero 5 has over the phantom 8, but I don't really think a typical Nigerian will purchase a smartphone because of a camera effect which doesn't involve a higher camera sensor.
If you decide to go for the infinix zero 5 over the tecno phantom 8, it could be because of the larger battery the infinix zero 5 features, your the love you have for the infinix brand.
Price for the infinix zero 5 has not been confirmed yet, but a leak shows that the infinix zero 5 costs about $305 which is about 111 thousand naira as opposed to the 128 thousand price tag on the phantom 8.
You may also want to go for the zero 5 because of it's cheaper price tag , if this leaked price tag is correct.
For those who care about upgrade of OS, just so you know, tecno doesn't have a great history of sending software updates for android versions, instead they manufacture a new device with the latest operating system.
Don't get me twisted , both devices are great.
But The winner of this comparison is already lucid to you.
The winner of this comparison is the infinix zero 5.
Despite the infinite zero 5 managed to have an edge over the tecno phantom 8, I think between the phantom 8 and the zero 5 is the battle of fans. The brand with higher fans sells more, since both smartphones are very similar.
Both brands just released their flagship devices for 2017, for Tecno it was the phantom 8 and for Infinix it was the zero 5.
Because of the similarities these smartphone brands bear in the specifications of smartphones at equal ranges, people find it difficult to choose between Tecno and Infinix smartphones.
In this article I am going to be doing a comparison between both smartphones to see which actually stands out with an edge over the other.
This comparison takes of with the Infinix zero 5;
The Infinix zero 5 features an all metal unibody design with a screen size of 5.98 inch covered with a 2.5D gorilla glass.
The Infinix zero 5 has a full HD JDI display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080.
The Infinix zero 5 is powered by an MTK Helio P25 processor with a clock speed of 2.6 Giga Hertz, 6GB of ram and 64GB of internal storage. There also an option for micro-SD storage expansion.
THE INFINIX ZERO 5 IS THE FIRST SMARTPHONE FROM INFINIX TO FEATURE DUAL REAR CAMERAS
The Infinix zero 5 on the rear features a 12mp wide angle lens with sony IMX386 sensor and a 13mp telephoto lens which brings about 10x zoom as opposed to the normal 2x zoom of the stock lens.
The lens also helps the Infinix zero 5 carry out bokeh effect from the rear.
On the front, the Infinix zero 5 features a 16mp front camera with an apature of F/2.0.
All these components are powered by a 4,350 mAh battery.
- Build: metal unibody
- Display: 5.98 inch FHD display + 2.5 curved glass
- Resolution: 1920x1080
- Processor: MTK helio P25 octa core 2.6GHz
- Ram: 6GB
- Storage: 64GB
- Rear Camera: 13MP f/1.8 2x optical zoom + 12MP telephoto lens with 10x optical zoom
- Front camera: 16MP
- OS: Android 7.1
- 4G: Yes
- 3G: Yes
- 2G: Yes
- Gpu: Arm Mali-T880 dual GPU @ 1 GHz
- OTG: yes
- NFC: No
- Fingerprint: Yes
- Battery: 4,350mah
TECNO PHANTOM 8
The tecno phantom 8 has a 5.7 inch full HD display with a screen resolution of 1920x1080.
The tecno phantom 8 is powered by mediatek's helio P25 octa core processor with a clock speed of 2.6 Giga Hertz.
The tecno phantom 8 features 6GB of ram, 64GB of internal memory with up to 2TB for micro SD expansion.
Also read : Samsung galaxy note 8+ vs tecno phantom 8
The star feature of the tecno phantom is actually it's rear dual camera's.
The tecno phantom 8 features a 13mp+12mp dual camera system at the back.
The 13mp camera bears the Sony IMX386 sensor with an aparture of F/1.8 and 2X optical zoom.
The 12mp camera lens is actually a telephoto lens with 10x optical zoom which maintaines sharpness.
The tecno phantom 8 also features a huge 20MP front facing camera.
The tecno phantom 8 is kept alive by a 3500mah battery.
- Build: metal unibody with glossy finish
- Display: 5.7 inch FHD display + 2.5 curved glass
- Resolution: 1920x1080
- Processor: MTK helio P25 octa core 2.6GHz
- Ram: 6GB
- Storage: 64GB + 2TB for microSD expansion
- Rear Camera: 13MP f/1.8 2x optical zoom + 12MP telephoto lens with 10x optical zoom
- Front camera: 20MP
- OS: Android 7.1
- 4G: Yes
- 3G: Yes
- 2G: Yes
- Gpu: Arm Mali-T880 dual GPU @ 1 GHz
- OTG: yes
- NFC: No
- Fingerprint: Yes
- Battery: 3500mah
Ok probably you have scanned through the specifications of both smartphones and in your mind you are saying both phones are the same, well you may just be right in a way, but not all the way.
Something to NOTE here, is the fact that both infinix and tecno are brought into existence by transsion holdings under the command of Nnamdi Eziegbo, the Nigerian entrepreneur behind these brands.
Both smartphones have the same processors, ram size, storage and camera specs.
Where things actually vary is the battery size and the design. Not much of a difference I guess.
Also something here to NOTE is the fact that infinix laid so much emphasis on the zero 5's Bokeh effect also known as portrait mode, where as tecno didn't say anything about it being featured on the phantom 8.
That may also be an advantage the zero 5 has over the phantom 8, but I don't really think a typical Nigerian will purchase a smartphone because of a camera effect which doesn't involve a higher camera sensor.
If you decide to go for the infinix zero 5 over the tecno phantom 8, it could be because of the larger battery the infinix zero 5 features, your the love you have for the infinix brand.
Price for the infinix zero 5 has not been confirmed yet, but a leak shows that the infinix zero 5 costs about $305 which is about 111 thousand naira as opposed to the 128 thousand price tag on the phantom 8.
You may also want to go for the zero 5 because of it's cheaper price tag , if this leaked price tag is correct.
For those who care about upgrade of OS, just so you know, tecno doesn't have a great history of sending software updates for android versions, instead they manufacture a new device with the latest operating system.
Don't get me twisted , both devices are great.
But The winner of this comparison is already lucid to you.
The winner of this comparison is the infinix zero 5.
Despite the infinite zero 5 managed to have an edge over the tecno phantom 8, I think between the phantom 8 and the zero 5 is the battle of fans. The brand with higher fans sells more, since both smartphones are very similar.