Blackview A200 Pro Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Blackview A200 Pro - when beautiful design doesn't save the day

The Chinese company Blackview is doing its best to get out of the list of brands operating in the smartphone market in the background. However, in order to improve the image and increase sales, appropriate phones of the middle and higher price segments are needed, combining attractive appearance, excellent performance and wide functionality. Unfortunately, the hero of today's review has only the first competitive advantage.

As noted earlier, the novelty really pleases with the exterior. A frameless display with a built-in fingerprint sensor, a modern block of three cameras in the style of Honor, the actual colors of the glass cases make the device look much more expensive than its opponents. The 6.67-inch AMOLED screen is covered with Gorilla Glass 5 and features a bright, rich picture with a resolution of 2400x1080 pixels. Not without the flagship 120-Hz refresh rate, which gives the displayed content excellent smoothness.

It is a pity that the technical characteristics will no longer cause the same enthusiastic emotions. The MediaTek Helio G99 CPU (12GB of RAM, Mali G57-MC2 video core) does not support 5G networks, and does not set records in synthetic tests like AnTuTu (less than 400 thousand points). Thus, the gaming possibilities are also not amazing. The chipset can no longer handle really resource intensive applications like Honkai: Star Rail. The user needs not only to set low graphic settings, but also get used to the appearance of friezes and lags. But fans of long-playing mobile assistants can sleep peacefully, because the energy efficiency of the processor, coupled with a 5050 mAh battery, will provide more than 9-10 hours of active screen time. If Android 13 also played a role in achieving such autonomy. The charging power was an impressive 66W, there was no place for a wireless analogue. The amount of permanent memory of 256GB is supplemented by a microSD slot.

There are also problems with photography. Auxiliary 8 and 2-megapixel photomodules are also useless for phablet competitors, but the main 108-megapixel Samsung HM6 sensor without optical stabilization demonstrates mediocre evening shooting and capturing moving objects with obvious blurs. Only daytime photo shoots reveal the potential of the module; photos obtained in such conditions can be posted on social networks without editing. NFC contactless payments are present, but stereo sound is not. Music lovers will also be upset by the lack of a wired headphone jack. As a result, we have a rather controversial device, ready to attract with an exceptionally attractive appearance.