Blackview BV8100 Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Blackview BV8100 - balanced strength

Rugged smartphones at the border of low and middle price segments are becoming increasingly popular among fans of mobile electronics. The reason for this is progress and, as a consequence, the gradual improvement of all technical characteristics. The hero of today's review belongs to a similar category of devices and is ready to gain the love of hundreds of thousands of satisfied users.

The appearance of the new product is not ideal, because we are dealing with an affordable phone with water protection according to IP68 standards. The most negative thing will be caused by the enormous thickness of the rubberized body and thick display frames, which are standard for such devices. Among the positive aspects of the exterior, we highlight the bright, interesting colors of the rear panels, a stylish triple camera unit, a side fingerprint sensor and a 32-megapixel selfie camera located at the top of the screen. The 6.5-inch IPS panel used is equipped with FullHD+ resolution, a decent 120-Hz picture refresh rate, and correct color reproduction. But with the brightness margin, everything is not so rosy; an indicator of 550 nits will not always be enough for the visibility of the displayed image.

The role of the processor is given to the extremely popular MediaTek Helio G99 CPU, which, together with 8GB of RAM and the Mali G57MC2 graphics adapter, achieves results of 380,000 points in the AnTuTu benchmark. This is a good value, guaranteeing the stability of the Android 14 interface, as well as providing basic gaming capabilities. All modern games will run, but in resource-demanding projects you will have to limit the graphics settings to low-medium presets. As for autonomy, the 8800 mAh battery will make you forget about the location of the nearest outlets for a couple of days. Fast charging with a power of 45W harmoniously complements the previously mentioned advantage of the battery. 256GB of permanent memory are allocated, which can be easily expanded with MicroSD cards.

The main 50-megapixel Samsung GN5 sensor (optical stabilization) and a 13-megapixel wide-angle module will help you create both daytime and evening photos. There is noise, but not in a critical amount, there is little blur, detail is preserved in full. There is no stereo sound, but one speaker provides a volume of almost 90 dB. NFC contactless payments add to the list of advantages of a very competitive gadget.