Last Updated on September 27, 2024 by TM
Meet the Itel A80, another affordable smartphone from Itel Mobile that ships with a couple of features that gives you some feel of premium on a budget.
You are quick to appreciate the looks of this very phone at first sight and most likely going to ask for the price in Nigeria. This is because, despite being a budget smartphone, it kind of look premium.
The Itel A80 did an excellent job in some areas while trying to set it at an affordable price, but is it actually worth buying? Well, we are about to find out.
Key features
- Announced: September, 2024
- Display: 6.7″ Punch-hole HD+ Display
- Refresh Rate: Support up to 120Hz
- Resolution: 720×1600
- Battery: 5000mAh
- Charging: 10W PowerCharge/Type-C
- Processor: UNISOC T603 Quad-core
- RAM: 8GB (4 +4) or 8GB (5 + 3)
- ROM: 128GB
- Front Camera: 8MP
- Rear Camera: 50MP
- Operating System: Android 14 (Go Edition)
- Thickness: 8.54mm
Itel A80 Price in Nigeria
The Itel A80 price in Nigeria begins at 115,000 naira ($75), it comes in three main colours; sandstone black, wave blue, glacier white. It can be bought in online and offline stores in Nigeria.
Design & Display
The Itel A80 has a design that is cool, it gives that vibe of premium from every angle. What more would you expect from a smartphone with a slim body that is 8.54mm thick, and lightweight as well. Cool right?
The body is made of plastic and the build quality is okay. Speaking of the body, here are the things you will notice: on the right is where the power and volume buttons are, on the left is the sim-tray, while at the bottom, you will find the headphone jack, USB Type C port and speaker grill. That’s pretty much it.
The Itel A80 comes with a lavished 6.7inch IPS LCD punch-Hole display, offering you a better visual experience. The expansive display provides an immersive viewing experience especially when watching videos or browsing.
The display has some nice features too like the 120Hz refresh rate, 500 nits max brightness, 4096 level of brightness and a 90% screen-to-body ratio. The accumulation of these gives you a breath-taking visual experience to enjoy.
Camera & Battery
The camera setup of the Itel A80 consists of a 50MP super HDR main camera with unique ring light and VGA sensor. There is also another variant of the Itel A80 with 3 + 5 GB RAM that comes with a 13MP Super HDR camera. In front, you have an 8MP portrait selfie camera that is equipped to capture memorable moments with stunning details.
Also available on the camera are creative filters that help with enhancing your photos, adding significant touch of professionalism. The camera has an automatic scene classification feature that can automatically classify and optimize more than 16 scenes and ensure every shot is perfectly tuned.
The Itel A80 has a 5000mAh battery that is ready to handle the usage expectation of various users. With only one charge, you are guaranteed up to 24 hours of moderate use and 48 hours or more of power depending on your level of consumption rate in Nigeria.
In order to extend your battery life and get the best out of it, you can activate the ultra power saving mode to significantly extend the battery life even further. There is even a 10W charger to help cut down charging time.
That said, the battery inside the Itel A80 has an impressive lifespan of over 4 years. It offers 35 Days of standby time, 31 hours of lengthy call, 75 hours of music on speaker and 18 hours of video playback.
Software & Hardware
The Itel A80 ships with the new Android A14 Go edition OS which has an intuitive user interface that blend aesthetics and performance perfectly to suite your daily use. The OS comes preinstalled with essential apps to get you started.
On the hardware scene, you will notice that the Itel A80 comes in two variant that are also noticeable via their RAM. And so we have 8GB (4 +4) or 8GB (5 + 3) of extended RAM with both having 128GB ROM of internal storage which can be expandable via microSD card slot up to 2TB. So you want to be sure about the particular one you are buying in Nigeria.
The Itel A80 is powered by the UNISOC T603 octa-core LTE chipset which has an optimized performance and AI capabilities to help you navigate fluidly across different apps, reducing lags and hindrances to smooth user experience.
Speaking of usability, this device has an interesting feature called Smart link + that helps to improve signal stability, enabling automatic repair in regions with poor network signals and reduce latency by 20%.
Final Thoughts
The Itel A80 was launched with affordability in mind. Although it came with notable features like the 120Hz refresh rate on the large display, an impressive Battery life and decent storage capacity. The overall camera quality is okay for the price but don’t expect it to wow you. Also, this device rocks a processor that is not so impressive for heavy tasks.
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