madamgrace:
So you mean someone is gullible for having preference? If not for transcion phones how many people would be using Android phones in Nigeria? Currently, itel... is blazing, I could easily use 30k to buy s16 (quality phone), but can I use same amount to buy non transcion brands? Pls stop sermonising us. Minimum wage is still 30k

I just taya.

They say ' Variety is the spice of life' and i-tel offers just that.

Dash these guys an i-tel device and see them turn to sycophants.

I'm very impressed with their strategy of targeted manufacturing instead of flooding the market with high end devices already being massively produced by other so called flagship brands; i-tel has the capacity to do this; it's deliberate I guess.

JamParkMe:
The people have spoken. Congratulations to President Biden and Vice president Harris!!

Now Trump is a civilian, may the prosecituons for tax evasion begin. Trump will be locked up sooner than we think.

LOL

Biden will rather pardon Trump than see an EX-POTUS locked up.

officialfestus:
this itel catch my eyes

Me too bro.

I like that they optimized its battery (5000mAh) and RAM (2GB) even while maintaining its S16- esque build - Double S Lining + AG Effect And maintaining a slim girth & weight

The selfie cam too is great (8 MP, Face Recognition, 1080p@30fps video capture.)

Aprops to i-tel.

Kyase:

Ole face wey get pity
I dey always pity am

He's mad.

God punish him face; man looks lazy and doesn't care to motivate his players.

NiggaFx01:
Buy Itel A56 pro. It's on sales on Jumia and it is really worth it.
https://www./a56-5.99-ips-screen-android-9-pie-16gb-ram-1gb-ram-8mp-5mp-4000mah-fingerprint-face-id-gradation-blue-itel-mpg1422374.html

You can also checkout Itel S16 and S16pro

Instead, recommend the i-tel S16 pro, with 2/32GB, a better camera setup, 4000mAh battery, and a better display.... This is well within his ₦35k budget.

The S16 pro seems to be i-tel's crown jewel at the moment.

Biggest selling point: Battery & Camera.

Kyase:

Lol, ole is just a cow...
His team selection is based on trial and error, some dey work, some dey fail

A bloody clown.

Only his face annoys me

Luckyheart:
Hello everyone.
Happy New month.
As regards to the topic, I am planning to get a new android phone, but my budget is 30k-35k.
Note: the phone should have aleast 2gb.
I need your suggestions.
Thanks.

You know that with that price range, there's only about a few options right?

I advise you try out the itel S16 Pro.; it's within your budget's reach and dons cool feature even + your specified 2gig ram.

https://www.nairaland.com/6184232/meet-selfie-smartphones-without-limits

PRYCE:
Just googled it.

Has a 3GB RAM variant as well.

Costs between ₦25 to ₦32k

"It sports a 5-megapixel camera on the front for selfies, with a 1.4-micron aperture."

Impressive

5MP at f/1.4 aperture?

Large pinhole for adequate lighting and wide angling.

This is audacious from itel. I hardly come across this kinda cam spec.

Left to see what users have to say about its general capabilities

What's your favourite brand?

Since you are asking though, I'd recommend the itel S16 pro 4G LTE; has all your requirements and then some.

Looks cool too.

maseki:


What nonsense are you saying?
A phone of 1/16gb with an ancient of days processor almost irrelevant camera will beat S16 pro?

Goes to tell you the disdain for itel & its new releases. The disrespect is criminal mehn

In what world does someone who's smartphone savvy (or not) compare 1/16gb to 2/32gb, the processors on both devices and their cam setups?

The itel S16 pro 4G LTE def trumps it hands down.

chariisGRACE:


The lady said she applied IG filter. Don't make it look like it was taken straight from the Itel S16.

Filters can do just about so much if the cameras aren't great in the first place Miss Grace.

What's so hard in believing the itel S16 took this even with her admission that she applied filters?

The camera set ups on the S16 series are great and taking pictures are much about ability as they are about the Cameras themselves.

I've taken pretty ugly pictures on some so called "flagships" before; doesn't take away nothing from their cameras sha.

talk2ekpa:

Alright, as you wish.
https://www.droidafrica.net/gadget/itel-s16-pro-4g-lte/
In the link above, I tried to elaborate on the key differences between iTel S16 Pro and S16 Pro 4G LTE. But some people are not still getting it. There are three smartphones in the iTel S16-series(The standard S16, S16 Pro and S16 Pro 4G LTE)
These three device might have similar naming scheme, but there are not entirely the same. For example, vanilla S16 has just 6.5 inches display, while the S16 Pro and the S16 Pro LTE has 6.6-inches.

Secondly, S16 Pro and Pro 4G LTE has same design and looks, but with different internals. The S16 Pro has same CPU on the standard S16 which does not offer 4G network, but only the S16 Pro LTE has 4G network, and is probably powered by an octa-core UNISOC SC9863A CPU.

I could go on and on, but you can read more for yourself in the link provided above.

Great exposé.

I was thinking about doing a similar thread but you beat me to it which is OK.

The itel S16 series all have distinct features (In price & specs) which prospective buyers should understand. The S16 is the least packed in the series as compared to the S16 Pro 4G LTE which is the elite of them all.

The itel S16 pro 4G LTE does it for me though as it's more in touch with the times we are in.

Lol some apple fanboys won't like this

PornLegend:

Your targets are the tech and book illiterates.

Says quite a lot about your products.

Yes says a lot about its affordability.

About the "book and tech illiterates" reference; aren't they part of society? So they should be excluded? How are you better than them though?

There are a lot of middle class people still using itel products in the urban areas man; so what's your point exactly? Most of the middle class are educated.

Take the newly released itel S16 pro,

https://www.droidafrica.net/gadget/itel-s16-pro-4g-lte/

Most of your fav. Brands have phones with features exactly as this but we don't see you spreading no hate.

Your transsion itel hate is just ludicrous at best.

4tomandchi:
Who cares any more the after mart of the protest should have at least seen the figure tripled.

That's to tell you these figures are concocted.

chaloskyx:
LOL B4 THERES BEEN AN UPWARD SPIKE IN EUROPE SO I EXPECT YOU GUYS TO FOLLOW THE TREND HOWEVER YOU WONT BE ABLE TO REACH THE PREVIOUS 600-400 INFECTED MARK BECAUSE ECONOMIES LIKE NIGERIA CANT AFFORD ANOTHER LOCKDOWN SO BEST YOU CAN DO IS JUST TO MAPULATE FIGURES. LET US ELECTION END ABEG SO THAT WE CAN GO BACK TO OUR LIVES CAUSE THATS WHAT COVID IS ALL ABOUT

LOL. true. I very much agree.

theFilmtric:


The main reason most Xiaomi fan boys are filled with hate for other brands especially Transsion brands is the unpopularity of Xiaomi in real life Nigeria.

Xiaomi is clearly not as good as nairaland fan boys rate it.

I have been a guest on Nairaland for about 3 years now and I have seen a lot of hate coming from Xiaomi fan boys.

But lately some transsion users are starting to return the fire.

Buy what you want to buy don't be based on Nairaland in your choice!.

I use a blackberry device.


theFilmtricsay

I seriously don't understand the hate for these transsion devices like Itel.

These phones have succeeded in what they were intended for; to afford even the less privileged some inclusiveness.

These smartphones are so popular, you cannot dissuade Nigerians from patronizing them so it frustrates them.

ikemman:
Op, is you want durability over beauty, buy itel or vivo android devices

Umidigi isn't strong, it is just beautiful

If u want semi durable + beauty go for xiaomi

If you want durability + beauty buybl iphone or nokia

Durability trumps beauty afterall.
itel succeeds in this area.

With my level of carelessness, had it been any other phone, I'd be phoneless. My itel keeps pulling up for me.

theFilmtric:


Get trashed on Youtube??
How does that relate to Nigeria
Is Youtube Nigeria?

Years of criticism by Transsion fans?
If you don't know in Nigeria if I put an hot 9 with 6000maH and any Xiaomi or Umidigi with that price range an Average Nigerian will go for the hot 9

You are obviously not the Average African

“So you think an African would want a phone that would lag soo much that the only way to use it comfortably is to restore factory settings every few months and lose all your data?”
This is a lie My sis has been using an hot5 for about 3 years now the only problem is the 16gb space and it was always telling her to free space.She bought an SD card and that was solved!

And mind you when I am talking Transsion
I am talking about Tecno and Infinix
You can't buy an Itel phone of 20000 and expect good specs!!
Its clearly for the poor

I am not a promoter of any brand

But the main reasons I don't like Xiaomi are
1.The chinese name “XIAOMI” too chinese for me
2.I personally don't fancy their MIUI (I even prefer XOS to it
3.Spare parts are scarce
I know you might try to come up with all that durable talk but when it comes to durability according to what I've observed transsion phones are more durable
4.Chinese version and Global version WTF
5.Rubbish space
My second sister bought a Redmi 7 or so
The supposed space was 32 Gb
What we met there was 10 Gb available
Nonsense system apps and MIUI had taken 22 Gb
6.No acessories in the market
e.g pouches,Screen guards etc
7.From what I've seen from Xiaomi users in my 3 year Guest stay on Nairaland
They seem insecure,bashing everywhere with Xiaomi
I obviously don't want to feel insecure because of a phone!

theFilmtricsay

Allow these critics.

Brands like itel have their products tailored to low-income people.

The fact that phones are affordable means one thing; they aren't fully packed but somewhat to meet the VERY basic needs of the targeted consumer.

If they pack all the specs, then it wouldn't be affordable would it??

These guys are just frustrated that itel and other transsion smartphones have captured a very large swathe of the Nigerian market.

Affordability is just the watchword here

Itel seems to be flooding the market with these low end devices prolly in the hope of capturing low-income people which are in the high billions around the world.

If I were these companies ehn, I'd ask facebook, IG dem to be paying me oo cos the more people can get smartphones, the more they get on social media. Dem go just dey enrich Zuckerberg dem indirectly

S1MP:
OP is confused.

you said two phones have been officially announced, and then turn back and say the official specs are not clear.

wtf is the wrong with you?

p.s
his fellow marketers have began to invade the thread with phony comments. if the account is not at least 6 months old, its not real.

Oga check what he said. He said A48 and A25 have been launched giving their specs. He said it's the A23 that has unclear specs.

Look well before you yap.

Good morning

Check also the itel P36 Pro.

Good design, power packed, decent ram and processor, a camera you can work with & good screen resolution.

Since you are on the "If I die, I die" situation ... these are your options. Well under ₦40K

You could try it out. There's a whole thread about it.

https://www.nairaland.com/6184232/meet-selfie-smartphones-without-limits#94974554

The reviews are rave too.
Less pricy but packed.

bbscott:


They actually did well for the price.
The fact that it packs a beautiful design and great specs is a deal for me.

The pro is less than 40k

You can look it up

What I'm saying exactly.

There's only few options out there with these specs under 40k.

Most phones with this camera setup (triple) are way past 35-40k.

Then u got 4kmAH, and this screen size. This is great.

Decimus:

An hungry man is an angry man indeed.
Only lack of money will make one consider this sort of device. I was only offering a prayer for your people and you returned with violence.

God forbid even if things go south for me, I'd rather remain 'phoneless' than torture myself with this piece of calamity.

Your comment here is an affront on low income people u know right? I'm sure some are managing themselves with something as little as this and you saying you'd rather remain phoneless.

If your cloth is bigger than this, kindly let those whose size it is to explore na bro.

This is a good backup phone for people who like to handle two phones and those who are trying to rebound from phone loss or something. And then there's those who simply cannot afford something higher.

DanJukun:
At this price? And the reviews I'm seeing? This has got to be the steal of the year lol.

20k??

True.

I don't think there's a smartphone out there with 4000mAh under 30K.

I bought a Nokia 210 for 14k as backup phone oo, I should've waited

Definitely getting this for my pushy side chic

Could you try the itel S16 pro?

Just saw an exposé on it and it seems a steal.

If you are in for power, and great camera, it has it.

Since you are in for a budget piece, look at it.

Penaldo:

As beautiful as selfies appear, they sometimes suffer from beatable limits like taking bright pictures of ourselves. Or inefficient power set-up to keep the shots coming. This is the challenge itel Mobile’s S16 series seeks to address.

Comprising itel S16, S16 Pro, and S16 Pro (4G LTE), the selfie series is giving the promise of bright selfies, functionality and appealing designs. The series equally resolves the troubles that come with keeping selfies, perfect selfies at that, stored in a safe and secure space. All of these are about value for the smartphone user, particularly selfie-takers.

Released recently, the itel S16 Series offer:

Bright Selfies 24/7
Running on AI Selfie 2.0 technology, the series provides clear modes, in different forms, to users for great selfie experiences. The AI Dirty Lens Detection preps things for these experiences. With this feature, the smartphones recommend having lenses cleaned when they are dirty to ensure clearer selfies. While AI Face Beauty 3.0 makes sure users’ selfies are properly enhanced based on their age, gender and skin colour, the AI Portrait HDR feature applies compelling clarity to the faces of users in selfie shots. Gallery Go by Google completes the serving by keeping the selfies safe and organized.

Right Mood, Game Time
The beauty of a great selfie lies in the power of a genuine smile. When users spot the smiley face, the Smile Selfie Feature on the S16 series draws on this to automatically capture selfies. Both itel S16 and S16 Pro are appropriately designed to take care of this with ease. And you'd find this playing out in the output (beautiful selfies) that are captured afterwards.

Style and Varieties
The series meets the standards of a proper lifestyle product. This is easy to spot in the itel S16 with its 6.5’’ Waterdrop FullScreen. The story is the same on the S16 Pro which bears a 6.6” Dot-notch FullScreen. It’s quite interesting that both devices are shaped by the 8.3mm Slim Uni-body Design which makes them accessible for one-hand operation.

For itel S16 Pro, users can choose between the 3G and 4G options to browse, connect and stay updated. Both itel S16 and S16 Pro run on a solid 4000mAh Big battery supported by an upgraded AI Power Master for longer battery life.

Put together, these features put the itel S16 and S16 Pro in a good place. The devices set a new mark for how lifestyle products should look like, taking on major improvements for the end-user’s delight. itel S16 series is available at itel dealer shops and mobile phone stores in your city.

The edges on it are sleek.
4000 mAh is great.
6.6 inches screen
LTE
A dogged processor
And a camera system great in low light are the new benchmark in premium.

I see this one comes with 90% of these. Time to change??

They knew better than to do trash na. Obaseki it is.

Nothing in the post above is surprising to me and lots of sane minds.

Ize-Iyamu has a dysfunctional personality that keeps showing each time he talks.

Talk about a rogue.