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Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by atheistandproud(op): 10:50am On Jul 08, 2021
saratackit:
grin den use chipset no use phone nah grin if other components re not valuable
Are you going to rate a fingernail or toenail over your brain or heart?
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by Youngpo413: 11:54am On Jul 08, 2021
atheistandproud:
This little chip controls the entire phone.
Shot on my phone
wow....just remove it and attach snapdragon 888 ASAP...
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by atheistandproud(op): 12:23pm On Jul 08, 2021
Youngpo413:
wow....just remove it and attach snapdragon 888 ASAP...
If only it were that easy.
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by Youngpo413: 12:47pm On Jul 08, 2021
atheistandproud:
If only it were that easy.
lol
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by iseoluwanimi: 12:56pm On Jul 08, 2021
Sure its not like if you remove the screen or d camera u still have a complete phone... grin grin
atheistandproud:
This little chip controls the entire phone.

Shot on my phone
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by Shuregirl: 2:24pm On Jul 08, 2021
It's a yes for me
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by atheistandproud(op): 3:09pm On Jul 08, 2021
iseoluwanimi:
Sure its not like if you remove the screen or d camera u still have a complete phone... grin grin
Well you wouldn't even have a phone without that chip.
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by ayafcom: 5:45pm On Jul 08, 2021
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by Ammaizingemmy: 5:54pm On Jul 08, 2021
Onyeka90210:
If they give me, I go collect then sell to mumu for 200k,
The phone is cool, but it's not worth it, in my option , it's almost twice the expected price
Bro... See, it's a matter of "CHOICE'', if you like it you go for it and if you don't you leave..

To me, I can tell that this guys are trying to meet the standard where the likes of iPhone and Samsung are in, in terms of camera quality. And I think they did...
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by Ammaizingemmy: 6:06pm On Jul 08, 2021
jizzison:
Lol... Sebi that one na if dem dash you, the guy dey reason am if person fit comot 200k enter market buy am.
This phone, they no make am for everybody, na for people wey get the money, some wey no get the money dey wish to use the phone.

And as the phone no be for everybody bad Belle people go still talk.
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by jizzison(m): 9:21pm On Jul 08, 2021
atheistandproud:
I think he's cooling off in ban land grin
Haaa!
Nairaland cops has taken him "into the Badlands".
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by atheistandproud(op): 9:29pm On Jul 08, 2021
jizzison:
Haaa!
Nairaland cops has taken him "into the Badlands".
Hehehe
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by jizzison(m): 9:39pm On Jul 08, 2021
Ammaizingemmy:
This phone, they no make am for everybody, na for people wey get the money, some wey no get the money dey wish to use the phone.

And as the phone no be for everybody bad Belle people go still talk.
I concur with you to a length but if we check am well, the people wey get the money & those wey dey wish to use am never see options be that, if they make proper research dem no go look the phone face.
Lol... Make me & you reason well sef, with all the herculian flagships out there you go fit spend 250k on this phone?
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by iseoluwanimi: 10:17pm On Jul 08, 2021
so why stressing it ... all components re as important and must be best for any value been tagged
atheistandproud:
Well you wouldn't even have a phone without that chip.
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by sunshineV(f): 2:44am On Jul 09, 2021
iseoluwanimi:
so why stressing it ... all components re as important and must be best for any value been tagged
did u read what he wrote?
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by atheistandproud(op): 2:58am On Jul 09, 2021
iseoluwanimi:
so why stressing it ... all components re as important and must be best for any value been tagged
All parts of your body are important. Yes. But there are levels to importance. What part of the body is more important than the brain/spinal cord and the heart?

Why do we pull the plug on brain dead people? Are the other parts of their body not important?

I'll keep a screenshot of this conversation guy to remind you later, when Transsion uses a better SoC. Because your tone would have changed by then.

That was how some Infinix people in 2019 said Chipset/camera was not relevant in Nigeria. SunshineV and Skywalker240 can confirm. Now their tone has changed.
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by atheistandproud(op): 3:00am On Jul 09, 2021
sunshineV:
did u read what he wrote?
That's why I always keep screenshots. Leave am.

You should recognize when someone is trying to bend logic so as to force a nonexistent point through.
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by thepoweruser(m):
huh
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by thepoweruser(m): 3:50am On Jul 09, 2021
Ammaizingemmy:
Bro... See, it's a matter of "CHOICE'', if you like it you go for it and if you don't you leave..

To me, I can tell that this guys are trying to meet the standard where the likes of iPhone and Samsung are in, in terms of camera quality. And I think they did...
If by 'camera quality' you mean the camera hardware and software then I must tell you the truth: top-notch camera specs in 2021 don't cut it anymore.

The Google Pixel 5 is the definition of boring camera hardware. It has only two sensors: a 12.2MP 1/2.55-inch sensor with 1.4um pixels; behind a stabilized (OIS) 28mm equivalent lens and an f/1.7 aperture; and a 16MP 1/3.09-inch sensor serving as an ultrawide behind an f/2.2 lens with a 117-degree FoV. That sound exciting to you? That same main sensor has been used since the Pixel 2 in 2017. The Phantom X is clearly better, yes? A 50MP 'Tetracell' 1/1.32-inch sensor behind an f/1.9 aperture lens, very impressive for a midranger. Same sensor used in the flagship vivo X60 Pro+? Meizu 18/18 Pro? Hell; even the selfie camera on the Phantom is clearly better than the main camera of a high-end phone! That means far better photos and videos, right?

Sorry, but the Pixel 5, still regarded by many as the best camera phone for sheer image quality takes the Phantom X to the cleaners all century. Google's camera synergy between hardware and software is still outstanding.

How about arguably the most intriguing camera phone and perhaps the (indirect) successor to 2015's Panasonic Lumix CM1? Yes; I mean the Sharp Aquos R6. Currently bearing the world's largest camera sensor. One so big even the Mi 11 Ultra trembles in fear and panic: a 1-inch (yes, you read that right) Leica-designed 20.2MP sensor behind a Leica-branded Summicron lens; f/1,9 aperture; 24mm equivalent. Certainly the most impressive camera since the Mi 11 Ultra. Does it mean that it can take the crown as the best camera phone of the year?

Well like I've said several times hardware isn't everything. Seriously, the top dogs (Xiaomi, Samsung, Google, Apple, Huawei, Oppo, vivo, even OnePlus) are so good at image processing and computational photography that I sincerely doubt even Canon, Nikon, Olympus and Fujifilm can beat them there. So I doubt anyone can catch up anytime soon, not even Sharp x Leica. The Aquos R6, from what I've seen from credible sources, has notably worse contrast, exposure, dynamic range and low light performance than the iPhone 12 Pro, S21 Ultra, Mi 11 Ultra... and yes, OnePlus 9 Pro. Where Sharp does truly stand out is in bokeh (depth of field) during video recording; especially at night, because no one can convincingly simulate bokeh during video recording with software yet.

Why, you may ask? It's so simple it's almost easy to miss: these companies have far more engineering and software talent and a ton of money to spend on research and design.

If it were so easy; why are Apple's ex-CPU designers so valuable? Qualcomm spent $15 billion to acquire Nuvia, even though Phoenix has mostly been on paper as far as I know. So Tecno's TAIVOS does not have an ice cube's chance in hell of beating these juggernauts of smartphone tech. Because you like their image processing doesn't mean they are better than the leaders.

The amount OnePlus spent on that silly marketing partnership with Hasselblad would pay for Tecno's research and design for five years.

I'M NOT A FANBOY; JUST STATING THE #FACT.
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by sunshineV(f): 8:57am On Jul 09, 2021
atheistandproud:
All parts of your body are important. Yes. But there are levels to importance. What part of the body is more important than the brain/spinal cord and the heart?

Why do we pull the plug on brain dead people? Are the other parts of their body not important?

I'll keep a screenshot of this conversation guy to remind you later, when Transsion uses a better SoC. Because your tone would have changed by then.

That was how some Infinix people in 2019 said Chipset/camera was not relevant in Nigeria. SunshineV and Skywalker240 can confirm. Now their tone has changed.
"nigerians don't need good chipset" we can't forget that.
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by atheistandproud(op): 10:52am On Jul 09, 2021
thepoweruser:
If by 'camera quality' you mean the camera hardware and software then I must tell you the truth: top-notch camera specs in 2021 don't cut it anymore.

The Google Pixel 5 is the definition of boring camera hardware. It has only two sensors: a 12.2MP 1/2.55-inch sensor with 1.4um pixels; behind a stabilized (OIS) 28mm equivalent lens and an f/1.7 aperture; and a 16MP 1/3.09-inch sensor serving as an ultrawide behind an f/2.2 lens with a 117-degree FoV. That sound exciting to you? That same main sensor has been used since the Pixel 2 in 2017. The Phantom X is clearly better, yes? A 50MP 'Tetracell' 1/1.32-inch sensor behind an f/1.9 aperture lens, very impressive for a midranger. Same sensor used in the flagship vivo X60 Pro+? Meizu 18/18 Pro? Hell; even the selfie camera on the Phantom is clearly better than the main camera of a high-end phone! That means far better photos and videos, right?

Sorry, but the Pixel 5, still regarded by many as the best camera phone for sheer image quality takes the Phantom X to the cleaners all century. Google's camera synergy between hardware and software is still outstanding.

How about arguably the most intriguing camera phone and perhaps the (indirect) successor to 2015's Panasonic Lumix CM1? Yes; I mean the Sharp Aquos R6. Currently bearing the world's largest camera sensor. One so big even the Mi 11 Ultra trembles in fear and panic: a 1-inch (yes, you read that right) Leica-designed 20.2MP sensor behind a Leica-branded Summicron lens; f/1,9 aperture; 24mm equivalent. Certainly the most impressive camera since the Mi 11 Ultra. Does it mean that it can take the crown as the best camera phone of the year?

Well like I've said several times hardware isn't everything. Seriously, the top dogs (Xiaomi, Samsung, Google, Apple, Huawei, Oppo, vivo, even OnePlus) are so good at image processing and computational photography that I sincerely doubt even Canon, Nikon, Olympus and Fujifilm can beat them there. So I doubt anyone can catch up anytime soon, not even Sharp x Leica. The Aquos R6, from what I've seen from credible sources, has notably worse contrast, exposure, dynamic range and low light performance than the iPhone 12 Pro, S21 Ultra, Mi 11 Ultra... and yes, OnePlus 9 Pro. Where Sharp does truly stand out is in bokeh (depth of field) during video recording; especially at night, because no one can convincingly simulate bokeh during video recording with software yet.

Why, you may ask? It's so simple it's almost easy to miss: these companies have far more engineering and software talent and a ton of money to spend on research and design.

If it were so easy; why are Apple's ex-CPU designers so valuable? Qualcomm spent $15 billion to acquire Nuvia, even though Phoenix has mostly been on paper as far as I know. So Tecno's TAIVOS does not have an ice cube's chance in hell of beating these juggernauts of smartphone tech. Because you like their image processing doesn't mean they are better than the leaders.

The amount OnePlus spent on that silly marketing partnership with Hasselblad would pay for Tecno's research and design for five years.

I'M NOT A FANBOY; JUST STATING THE #FACT.
In the words of Peter Drury

Dynamite! Absolute Genuis!
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by iseoluwanimi: 10:30pm On Jul 09, 2021
better chipset or best chpset for tecno phones or other brands... my own concern is we dont rate phones PRICE with the Chipset only as if chipset can work on it own...
atheistandproud:
All parts of your body are important. Yes. But there are levels to importance. What part of the body is more important than the brain/spinal cord and the heart?

Why do we pull the plug on brain dead people? Are the other parts of their body not important?

I'll keep a screenshot of this conversation guy to remind you later, when Transsion uses a better SoC. Because your tone would have changed by then.

That was how some Infinix people in 2019 said Chipset/camera was not relevant in Nigeria. SunshineV and Skywalker240 can confirm. Now their tone has changed.
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by iseoluwanimi: 10:31pm On Jul 09, 2021
did u understand what i asked?
sunshineV:
did u read what he wrote?
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by iseoluwanimi: 10:33pm On Jul 09, 2021
?
sunshineV:
did u read what he wrote?
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by Freelancerx: 12:41am On Jul 10, 2021
Are you not assuming by saying they removed fonts because they wanted people to buy their latest devices?
atheistandproud:
It's your word against GSMARENA.

Tecno are not giving out review samples lol so I'll have to get the phone some way to test it.



That there is fallacious. In 2018, August, Tecno removed fonts from the Pouvoir 2 and Pouvoir 2 pro. I and some others wrote countless mails but they didn't add it back till about a year ago.

Why? To get people to buy the latest phone that was out at the time.

Companies only care about their profit margins. Don't even kid yourself about it. Does 228k sound like a customer friendly margin to you?
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by Freelancerx: 12:44am On Jul 10, 2021
It is the design for me
seanwilliam:
This phone is good looking.. very pretty sincerely..but I cant spend over 200k on product wey no be iphone or Samsung
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by skywalker240(m): 5:29am On Jul 10, 2021
iseoluwanimi:
better chipset or best chpset for tecno phones or other brands... my own concern is we dont rate phones PRICE with the Chipset only as if chipset can work on it own...
Other better brands does, it's advisable your franchise change bland mentality

And by the way, if y'all don't rate price by chipset, then why do you guys always overstress on a good chipset when making advert for your newly unveiled device's?

Eg

Infinix note 7 with G70

CAMON 16 PREMIER G90T
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by sunshineV(f): 8:07am On Jul 10, 2021
iseoluwanimi:
better chipset or best chpset for tecno phones or other brands... my own concern is we dont rate phones PRICE with the Chipset only as if chipset can work on it own...
who is we?
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by donbenie(m): 10:57am On Jul 10, 2021
Ammaizingemmy:
This phone, they no make am for everybody, na for people wey get the money, some wey no get the money dey wish to use the phone.

And as the phone no be for everybody bad Belle people go still talk.
Why should I use 200K+ to buy a Helio G95 powered device?

When I can get a Snapdragon 870 powered device for same amount?

You think say na for ground them dey pick the money? angry
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by donbenie(m): 11:01am On Jul 10, 2021
iseoluwanimi:
better chipset or best chpset for tecno phones or other brands... my own concern is we dont rate phones PRICE with the Chipset only as if chipset can work on it own...
So what exactly should we be rating the phone on?

GSMARENA called the main camera crap and the screen bland..

So tell..

What exactly should we be rating the phone with?
Re: Tecno Phantom X: A Honest Review by Mohbola(f): 12:03pm On Jul 10, 2021
It is still all about choice at last.
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