TECNO Phantom V Flip: A $600 Foldable!

[TECNO PHANTOM V FLIP HANDS-ON]

If you haven’t heard of TECNO, you’re not alone. This sub-brand of Transsion Holdings doesn’t sell phones in the US, so most folks here have never heard of it – despite it being the brand that brought us the CAMON 19 PRO (a color-changing Mondrian phone) last year, and the world’s most affordable large-format foldable back in the spring: the TECNO Phantom V Fold.

Not content to lay back in the cut, TECNO is kickin’ off the fall with another foldable: this time, a flip phone that’s weird, whimsical, and … what? Only $600?

This deserves a quick look under the hood – on Into The Fold!

[ABOUT INTO THE FOLD EPISODE 14]

This is the fourteenth in a series of episodes exploring the many facets of life on a folding screen. From the best foldable phones of 2023 to the bleeding-edge world of folding-screen laptops, “Into The Fold” is MrMobile’s showcase for the most exciting movement in mobile technology since 2007!

This episode of “Into The Fold” was made possible by a Phantom V Flip review sample provided by TECNO. Pre-production sample running pre-release software.

MrMobile does not accept compensation from the manufacturers of the products he reviews in exchange for producing content. No payment was provided and no manufacturer or carrier was afforded a preview, editorial input or copy approval rights concerning this review.

[MUSIC]

"And Them's The Facts" by Famous Cats [Soundstripe]:

“Kill The Noise” by DaMarcus VanBuren [Soundstripe]:

"VIP Only" by Lunareh [Soundstripe}:

"Fresh to Death" by Lunareh [Soundstripe]:

[CHAPTERS]

00:00 Nobody listens to TEC(h)NO
00:45 The flip phone plateau
02:05 Form over function
04:21 10 pounds of design in a 5-pound bag
05:56 Sponsor: Surfshark
06:46 You (mostly) get what you pay for
08:32 Welcome to the midrange, foldables!

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[DISCLOSURES]

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[lordcola-]

I still remember when 600$ was flahship smartphone price...

[AndrewDasilvaPLT]

Your personality and strong preference for certain things - but still being able to review more than just what you like makes me enjoy your channel more than other big tech nerds.

[aboodmkm]

In 2001, my wife and I bought a (yes, a singular) Nokia 3310. It was almost $400 out the door with a sim card. We were excited but frustrated at the same time because that was simply incomprehensible amount of money for a Middle Eastern family. But hey, it’s still in my drawer and yes it still works. This foldable with all the new features is almost as expensive when adjusting for inflation than our Nokia lol.

[arkantochiron]

What would be really cool is if the company allows a phone widget in the form of a vintage rotary dial on the outer circular display that enables us to dial numbers the old-school way. That would make me want to dial a lot of numbers that way instead of going into the phonebook 😄

[olivercarrara]

In my opinion, the Moto Razr 2019 is still the prettiest foldable :)

[GFourGadget]

Was waiting for your input on the Phantom V Flip since it was launched, and damn you're fast! Loved the video, and also glad that foldables pricing are slowly going down becoming more affordable and approachable 👍

[johnrhynes]

Love the honesty that you’re too busy with the iPhone and that this isn’t a real review. That’s all ppl want, honesty. Looking forward to the real review.

[iAsclepius]

Man! Never retire please. Love watching your stuff.

[pxlb]

If you flip it upside down, it's colour scheme looks like Pixel 2's kinda blue. I wish there were more phones with this kind of colour.

[zdanee]

For those looking for specs: it has a MT Dimensity 8050 SoC (about the level of a Snapdragon 865 in both performance and graphics), 8GB of RAM, 256 GB of UFS 3.1 storage, runs Android 13, the screen goes up to 1000nit, 120Hz refresh rate, 4000mAh battery, no microSD, no headphone jack, no wireless charging, no IP rating.

[RubyRoks]

It's interesting to see what phones this this takes design cues from, how it takes them, and how well it does it for the money. Still hoping we'll get the return of wood, even as a veneer, from the Moto X days of yore. Glass isn't the only "premium" material.

[chiragpatil]

Your videos are feels like I'm listening to some poet. Really love the way you present your videos. Not like some other reviewers who just talk about boring specs. I haven't seen anyone talking about phone design in such a detail.
Your videos really standout from the crowd. And that's why I watch your videos without miss and sometimes even multiples times.

[kettyspikes]

No Michael, we need a full review on this phone even if it's after the busy season of techtember. Would really appreciate a comparison with the other filps like the razor minus

[GoLions]

Saturday night and a MR Mobile feature film??? This is a WIN

[nicknorthcutt]

I'm glad that we're seeing so many companies get in on the folding action! It's been a good year for folding phones to say the least.

[sparky]

Cool that they’re making strides towards making folding phones cheaper. Would love to see that happen to the ones that fold out into a tablet rather than into a normal phone though, I can already fit a normal phone in my pocket so I have no reason to want to fold that in half

This gives me hope that perhaps some day budget folds will retail for less than flagship slabs though. In the meantime I’m eying the Z Fold 5, might be worth paying up to get in on it a few years earlier

[joshsalvation]

I'm sold on it being $600. I can't really be stirred away with that price point.

[ThierryTiramisu]

10:07
I am pumped! (yes, I have a Surface Duo 2, and yes, I'll miss Panos...)

[GeekFilter]

For the circular screen you could also do Livingston in his fish tank!

[elijahB]

"This could be a real Phantom Menace" is just *chefs kiss*