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Tecno Pop 9 review: Entry Pop 2024.

Item: Tecno Pop 9
Rating: 52
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2024·$80

Overall

52/100

Class rank

#15 of 19

Tier

Budget

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Tecno Pop 9 entry.

Pop 9 is Tecno's sub-$80 entry-level for Africa's first-smartphone buyers.

01Display

60/100

60/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2024 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

TypeIPS LCD

Size6.6"

Resolution1612 x 720

02Performance

50/100

50/100 trails the 54-point cohort average for budget phones of 2024.

ChipsetUnisoc T606

RAM4 GB

Storage128 GB

03Camera

56/100

56/100 trails the 58-point cohort average for budget phones of 2024.

Main13 MP

Front5 MP

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2024.

Capacity5,000 mAh

Charging10 W

05Software

64/100

64/100 trails the 66-point cohort average for budget phones of 2024.

What works

$80 entry Tecno.
5,000 mAh.
4 GB / 128 GB.
Android Go.

What doesn't

Unisoc T606 weak.
HD+ only.
13 MP cam.
10 W charging.

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