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TECNO POVA 4 Pro Review: The brand is really good at making budget phones

Paco Zheng — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 02:01:48 +0000

TECNO POVA 4 PRO

POVA is one of the most important lineups for Tecno to win over users who are ignored by most well-known brands. Even in the design, The POVA models are also more attentive than most brands’ budget phones. No exception for the latest POVA 4 Pro. As a budget phone, even though it doesn’t come with a high-performance chipset, it’s still special enough in its price range.

Design

The first thing that impressed me is the phone’s design. Especially the back cover has a geometric aesthetic, far smarter than some combination of rectangular and round arrangements. It makes the camera module less obtrusive and more compatible with the rest of the back cover. What’s even more interesting is that the camera module doesn’t bump up too much.

On the other hand, like most budget models, both the phone’s frame and back cover are made of plastic. But the built quality doesn’t feel cheap at all. Oddly enough, the plastic frame feels much like metal.

The POVA 4 Pro isn’t exactly thin and lightweight. But considering the 6000mAh huge battery, this seems like a fair deal. Yes, you heard it right, the POVA 4 Pro is equipped with a long-last 6000mAh battery. So, if you need a regular phone with long battery life, it’s definitely one of the best choices. After a full day of heavy testing work, the remaining-power figure seemed to mock us: is that all there is?

Display

The 6.6-inch 90Hz Oled 1080P notch display is the most attractive upgrade over the standard POVA 4. If you choose the standard version, all you can have for eyes is a 720P LCD panel. But on the Pro variant, you can have a much better color contrast with a higher resolution. Meanwhile, you can also turn the AOD feature on for standby mode. On this phone, the 90Hz is also an appropriate refresh rate to match the software with smooth animation.

Software

And the system of the POVA 4 Pro also offers a good response without obvious laggy issues. But it still might let me wait one or two seconds to get responses or get slightly stuck if I kept too many apps on standby in the background. In this case, the phone provides a shortcut on the home page. With one click, the phone can clean up the background and free up memory to restore system smoothness. The operating system running on the phone is HiOS, which is based on Android 12. It’s one of the most friendly OS for budget models that we’ve ever experienced. But meanwhile, almost all the features updated in Android 12 are ready on the POVA 4 Pro.

Another convenient feature for the camera is that Google Lens has been integrated into the camera app, which can be easily activated by clicking the shortcut at the corner of the camera UI.

Audio

A surprise is that the POVA 4 Pro comes with dual speaker units for playing stereo sounds. This is indeed out of our expectations. So here just judge for yourself how they sound.

There’s a 3.5mm headphone jack at the bottom, where you can also plug the headphone in and turn it into an FM radio antenna. Inside the phone box, the accessories also include a pair of wired headphones for users.

And on the left side, the Sim-card tray also gives us some surprises. Pull it out and you will see the waterproof rubber ring, which is good. And it can load dual sim cards and gives another TF slot on the other side for storage expansion, which is indeed the most generous I have ever seen.

Cameras

As for the camera, the POVA 4 Pro is equipped with an 8MP selfie camera and dual rear cameras. For the front one, Tecno also brought the flash that we saw on the Spark series. You can make it a flash for taking selfies or keep it on to fill in the light for video shooting. While for the rear cameras, the main camera features a surprising 50MP sensor but we have no idea what the second cam is used for. This is clearly a risky solution. It removes other secondary lenses but focuses on giving the primary lens the best experience possible. I did enjoy shooting photos on the POVA 4 Pro since the 50MP sensor did produce good images for us. The absence of a wide-angle lens indeed made us a bit uncomfortable at first, especially when taking landscape photos. But the fact is that most wide-angle lenses don’t take high-quality pictures. Not to mention that this is a reasonably priced phone. So it’s still a fair deal.

And thanks to the 50MP high resolution, the phone can shoot pretty good digital zooming photos, especially in the range from 1 to 3x. Also due to the nice algorithm tuning, the photos shot on the phone still have decent colors and good sharpness.

Digital zoom

One more thing, the beauty effect of both the front and rear cameras is so amazing. It has a variety of beauty filters, not only for females but also for you guys. Even though I adopted a man filter, it still made me really feel shy after seeing the photos.

As for video shooting, both the front and rear lenses can shoot videos at up to 2k 30fps. This is indeed a bit of a waste of this 50MP sensor.

Performance & Gaming

As we mentioned, the Helio G99 is not exactly a high-performance chipset. But on phones like the POVA 4 Pro, such a configuration is still very reasonable. Meanwhile, the phone also generously comes with 8GB Ram plus 256GB Rom. This makes it capable of running most games smoothly under relatively low graphics.

Benchmarks & Gaming

For connectivity, in addition to Bluetooth and WIFI 5, the phone also supports NFC features.

The POVA 4 Pro’s battery life is really impressive. It’s pretty easy for the 6000mAh capacity to stand by for more than 2 days after we completed our battery life test. And then the 45W fast charger can collect all the power back in just about 1 hour, which is also not bad.

So that’s all we want to share about the Tecno POVA 4 Pro. We didn’t really expect a lot from this phone until we got it. And now we really appreciate the trade-offs that Tecno made with this phone. Tecno is still good at making budget phones. Unlike some brands, we can see from the POVA 4 Pro that the brand are serious.

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Tecno Pova 4 Pro Launched: 90Hz AMOLED Display, 45W Charging, & More

Sudarshan Ravichandran — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 06:18:24 +0000

After leaking a couple of times in the last few days, the Tecno Pova 4 Pro finally goes official. The device has made its global debut in Bangladesh.

The smartphone offers an interesting set of features. Hence, unlike most other handsets from the brand, this one can compete against the phones from competitors like Xiaomi and Realme in terms of specs.

Some of its highlights include an AMOLED display, dual speakers, 45W charging, and more. Let’s take a look at everything that it has to offer.

Tecno Pova 4 Pro Specifications

The Tecno Pova 4 Pro flaunts a 6.66-inch AMOLED display with an FHD+ resolution, up to a 90Hz refresh rate, and a dewdrop notch. It is powered by a MediaTek Helio G99 SoC paired with 8GB RAM, 256GB storage, and a multilayer graphite cooling system.

The phone runs Android 12-based HiOS. It has software features like Panther Engine 2.0 and Game Space 2.0 for gaming.

The device comes with a 50MP rear camera, which is assisted by an AI sensor and dual-LED flash. On the front, it sports an 8MP shooter and a single-LED flash.

On the connectivity front, the handset provides support for dual SIM, 4G, dual-band WiFi, Bluetooth, GNSS, NFC, and USB Type-C. It also arrives with a 3.5mm headphone jack, a z-axis linear vibration motor, a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, and Hi-Res Audio-certified dual stereo speakers with DTS Sound support.

The smartphone draws its power from a 6,000mAh battery. It carries support for 45W wired fast charging and 10W reverse wired charging.

Last but not least, the Tecno Pova 4 Pro is offered in two colors (blue and grey) and it measures 164.79 x 77 x 9.19mm in dimensions.

Tecno Pova 4 Pro Price and Availability

The Tecno Pova 4 Pro is priced at BDT 26,990 ($259) in Bangladesh. It is being only sold in blue color option in the country.

It should make its way to other markets like India and more in the coming days.

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Tecno Pova 4 Pro key specifications tipped, leaked renders emerge

Anvinraj Valiyathara — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 08:11:50 +0000

A recent report revealed the promo materials and specifications of the Pova 4. Now, a new leak by tipster Paras Guglani has revealed that the company may also announce a device named Tecno Pova 4 Pro. In addition, the tipster has also shared the renders of the Pova 4 and Pova 4 Pro.

Tecno Pova 4 Pro, Pova 4 renders

Tecno Pova 4 render by Paras Guglani

The above image showcases the color variants and design of the Tecno Pova 4. It features a punch-hole display and a uniquely patterned rear shell, which houses a dual-camera setup with an LED flash. The image below gives a look at the Tecno Pova 4 Pro’s color options. As can be seen, the Pro sports a similar yet enhanced rear design.

Tecno Pova 4 specifications (rumored)

The Pova 4 is expected to house a massive 6.82-inch LCD panel that offers a Full HD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. It will have an 8-megapixel camera with an LED flash. The rear-facing dual-camera setup has a 50-megapixel primary camera.

The Helio G99 chipset will be present under the hood of the Pova 4. It will arrive with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB / 256 GB of internal storage. The handset will pack a 6,000mAh battery, which will be a downgrade considering the Pova 3 housed a 7,000mAh battery. The Pova 4 will support 18W charging.

Tecno Pova 4 Pro specifications (rumored)

Tecno Pova 4 Pro render by Paras Guglani

According to Guglani, the Pova 4 Pro will have a 6.6-inch AMOLED FHD+ 90Hz display and carry support for 45W fast charging. It appears that the rest of the specs of the Pro model will be identical to the vanilla variant.

The Pova 4 series is expected to launch by late October in India. The predecessor, Pova 3, was priced at Rs 11,499 (~$141) at launch in India. Hence, it is likely that the Pova 4 may carry a similar price. The Pova 4 series is scheduled to launch on Oct. 6 in Bangladesh.

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