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itel P55 review: Budget 5G with 45W charging and 90Hz.

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2023·$130
Overall
52/100
Class rank
#2 of 4
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The cheapest 45W 5G phone.

itel P55 claimed the title of cheapest phone with both 5G and 45W charging at $130 — itel reaching upmarket from its feature-phone roots to capture first-time 5G buyers in Africa and India.

01Display

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.

TypeIPS LCD, 90Hz
Size6.6 inches
Resolution720 x 1612 px

02Camera

54/100

54/100 puts it above the 52-point average for budget phones of 2023.

Main50 MP, f/1.8
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

56/100

At 56/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2023 — 8 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetDimensity 6080 (6nm)
GPUMali-G57 MC2

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.

Capacity5000 mAh
Charging45W

05Build

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.

What works
  • Cheapest 5G with 45W charging at $130
  • 90Hz + 50 MP + 8 GB RAM
  • microSD + 3.5 mm jack
What doesn't
  • Dimensity 6080 entry-tier
  • 720p only
  • itel OS basic

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 4-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .