At the moment Blackview is one of the Chinese OEMs making headway internationally especially with their rugged series of smartphones. Today’s review is going to be on their recent Blackview A7 smartphone which is a low budget smartphone and a good looking one to be exact. The smartphone apart from being affordable offers a number of features that gives yougood value for your money. What does the smartphone as to offer? let’s find out.
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Blackview A7 Key Specs and Price
- 5.0-inch, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 1280 x 720 pixels (294 ppi)
- Android 7.0 (Nougat)
- Quad-core MediaTek MT6580A CPU with 1GB RAM
- Dual 8MP + 0.3MP camera and 2MP front camera
- 8GB built-in storage, up to 32GB with memory card
- 3G connectivity
- 2, 800mAh removable Li-ion battery
Design and Display
Most smartphones in the low budget category have a more or less generic design, however, the Blackview A7 features some nice perks to its generic design. The smartphone is quite portable making it’s build kind of compact and easy to handle. In a way the smartphone will appeal more to the female customers because of its nice design and portability.
Blackview like other smartphone makers equips the low budget Blackview A7 with a 5.0-inch 1280 x 720 pixels display. Although there are better resolution display out there but for a low budget smartphone this is about what you get. Also the screen has a pixel density is about 294 ppi and a well acceptable viewing angle.
Battery and Camera
The Blackview A7 is not too big on battery capacity which is the same you can say for most low budget smartphones out there. That being said, the smartphone has a 2, 800mAh removable Li-ion battery. This should get through a day on light usage and does not have the fast charge feature.
Dual camera is what most Chinese OEMs seem to be making nowadays. Also, the same goes for the Blackview A7 as it is packed with a dual 8MP + 0.3MP rear camera with dual LED flash and a 2MP front camera.
Hardware and Software
With low budget comes low grade hardware and the same goes for high-end smartphones that comes with high grade hardware. Be as it may, the Blackview A7 has a Quad-core MediaTek MT6580A CPU clocking at 1.3GHz and an ARM Mali-400 GPU.
Also featured in the smartphone is 1GB of internal memory and a built-in storage of 8GB some of which have been occupied by the system software. However, you get a chance to expand up to 32GB with a MicroSD card. Blackview A7 runs on Android 7.0 Nougat straight from the factory.
Blackview A7 Price and Availability
The Blackview A7 is available for sale in various online shopping platforms and smartphone retail outlets. Blackview A7 goes for about 18, 000 Naira to 25, 000 Naira depending on your location and the vendor in transaction with.
Blackview A7 Specs
Here are a few specs of the Blackview A7:
General Features
- Platform: Android 7.0 Nougat
- Processor: Quad-core 1.3GHz MediaTek MT6580A
- GPU: ARM Mali-400 MP2
- Memory: 1GB RAM
- Colours: -Black, Blue
- Dimension: 143.4 x 72.1 x 8.3 mm
- Weight: 161g
- SIM Type: Micro Sim
- SIM Count: Dual Sim
Display
- Display: 5.0-inch, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 1280 x 720 pixels
- Screen Protection: –
Camera
- Rear Camera: Dual 5MP + 0.3MP camera, 720p Video
- Rear Camera Features: Dual-LED Flash, face ID recognition, auto Focus, face detection, geotagging, HDR, dual LED flash
- Front Camera: 2MP camera, 480p Video
Storage
- Built-in Storage: 8GB
- Memory Card Support: Yes, up to 32GB
- Bundled Cloud Storage: –
Network Support
- 2G GSM: Yes
- 2G CDMA 1X: –
- 3G WCDMA: Yes
- 3G CDMA EVDO: –
- 4G LTE: –
Internet & Connectivity
- GPRS: Yes
- EDGE: Yes
- 3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes
- HSPA+: Yes
- CDMA EVDO: –
- 4G LTE: –
- WLAN: Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
- Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes
- Bluetooth: –
- NFC: –
- Infrared Blaster: –
- USB Port: USB 2.0
Messaging
- SMS/MMS: Yes
- Instant Messaging: Yes
- Push Emails: Yes
- Email Protocol: –
Entertainment
- Music Player: MP3/WAV/FLAC player
- Video Player: Mp4/H.264/H.263 Player
- FM Radio: Yes
- Loudspeaker: Yes
- 3.5mm Jack: Yes
Navigation
- Navigation: Yes, with A-GPS, GPS
- Maps: Yes
Sensors & Control
- Digital Compass: –
- Accelerometer: Yes
- Proximity Sensor: Yes
- Light Sensor: Yes
- Barometer: –
- SpO2: –
- Pedometer: –
- Heart Rate Monitor: –
- Gyroscope: –
- Fingerprint Scanner: –
- Iris Scanner: –
- Face Unlock: –
- Intelligent Digital Assistant: –
- Motion Sensing / Gesture Control: –
- Voice Control: –
Other Features
- Video Streaming: Yes
- Active Noise Cancellation: –
- Wireless Charging: –
- Built-in Mobile Payment: –
- Water Resistant: –
- Dust Resistant: –
- Image Editor: Yes
- Video Editor: Yes
- Document Viewer: Yes
- Document Editor: Yes
Battery
- Battery: 2, 800mAh removable Li-ion batter
- Talktime: –
- Standby Time: –
- Fast Charging: –
