Blackview BL7000 Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Blackview BL7000 - unremarkable defender

In pursuit of expanding the range of smartphones offered, manufacturers often switch from quality to quantity. Unfortunately, this problem has not bypassed the Chinese company Blackview. Thus, the hero of today's review turned out to be extremely average for the price segment, devoid of noticeable competitive advantages, which is why the likelihood of its commercial success is not very high.

The appearance of the new product tries to be attractive due to the interesting texture of the back panel, side fingerprint scanner, original block of photo modules and a 32-megapixel selfie camera located in the display. However, the overall impression is spoiled by the large thickness of the case, huge screen frames. It is becoming increasingly difficult to justify this in 2025 with the presence of moisture protection according to IP68 standards. The 6.78-inch IPS display is quite good, if we consider it from the standpoint of picture clarity at FullHD+ resolution, its smoothness at 120 Hz refresh rate, and natural color rendering. But the outdated matrix technology is no longer able to surprise with brightness. On a sunny day, the buyer will have to look for shade.

The technical characteristics were the MediaTek Dimensity 6300 CPU, 8 GB of RAM, and the Mali G57MC2 video accelerator. The bundle supports 5G networks, copes with the Android 15 interface, but still does not impress in terms of performance. The chipset comes from the ancient 700th model, so you can only hope for comfortable gameplay in modern games with low graphics settings. The battery capacity of 7500 mAh is not subject to serious criticism, but opponents often have batteries of 10,000 mAh or more. At the same time, the unit gives out its two days without searching for sockets, and there is also a 33W charger. 256 GB of permanent memory is allocated, but it can always be expanded with MicroSD cards.

The main cameras are mediocre. The 20-megapixel monochrome night vision sensor is a specific thing, it will not be useful to every user. The main 50-megapixel photo module did not receive optical stabilization, and in general it is quite simple. If it is still possible to take a high-quality daytime photo with a couple of takes, then evening shots are overwhelmingly drowned in noise and other artifacts. There is no stereo sound, one speaker does not upset with its volume, but is categorically not suitable for listening to music due to the unbalanced frequency response. As for contactless payment NFC, there was a place for it in the gadget. Thus, we have an absolutely passable product that does not cause either negative or positive emotions.