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itel S25 review: AMOLED at $129 — itel's most polished phone yet.

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2024·$129
Overall
56/100
Class rank
#1 of 5
Tier
Budget
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The verdict, up front

AMOLED for $129 — itel's Africa flagship.

itel S25 brings AMOLED to the $129 tier — the cheapest OLED phone from any Transsion brand. Trade-offs: only 60 Hz, no 5G, and a UNISOC T606 chip that lags Redmi 13C 5G on benchmarks but matches it on real-world day-use.

01Display

70/100

70/100 puts it above the 67-point average for budget phones of 2024.

TypeAMOLED, 60 Hz
Size6.78 inches
Resolution1,612 × 720 px

02Camera

50/100

50/100 trails the 53-point cohort average for budget phones of 2024.

Main50 MP, f/1.8
Macro0.08 MP (depth)
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

42/100

42/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2024 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetUNISOC T606 (12 nm)
RAM4 / 6 GB
Storage128 GB · microSD

04Battery

78/100

78/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2024.

Capacity5,000 mAh
Wired18 W

05Build

58/100

58/100 trails the 60-point cohort average for budget phones of 2024.

06Value

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 77-point average for budget phones of 2024.

What works
  • AMOLED at $129 is rare.
  • 5,000 mAh + microSD + 3.5 mm jack.
  • 50 MP main camera.
  • Lightweight 187 g build.
What doesn't
  • Only 60 Hz AMOLED.
  • UNISOC T606 is slow.
  • No 5G.
  • 1-year OS update commitment.

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 5-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .