TCD: got this phone few days ago. phone is great and I'm enjoying it but I think the battery has issues.

it takes forever to charge. there are times the battery will just remain at a point for hours and refuse to move up while charging. I put off the phone, put it on, battery level drops from 80's to like 15% from there it will remain for hours till it decides to start charging again. today battery was at 15% I put it off and left it on charge and slept for 3 hours. on waking up battery was still charging I put it on and the damn thing is still on 15% unplugged the charger and it happily dropped down to 14%.

at certain times while using the battery drops from 100% to 90% in less than 5 minutes, after that rate of discharge stabilizes then at like 30% the battery starts counting down like stopwatch till 14% in a matter of minutes.

All these is highly distressing and can't understand why a new device should act like this. This is almost ruining my first android experience maybe I should have gone for a more established name.

Bornstar: hello dear nairalanders I am back with review:
What i mean by soft battery was as at the time I unparked my F7 phantom A1 I pressed my battery with both hands on it and it very soft like ogi but I got home I switched it phone and charged it, it wasn't up to 3hours and the was fully charged.

my observation now is that F7 phantom A1 is not bad and the battery life as android phone is OK much better than blackberry Z10 for now pending when BBM is introduced to android for more comparison.

I used original Samsung charger to charge it, to very honest with 3G+ the battery drains down quickly than expected and mine has many applications running on it.

Techno F7 phantom is great, picture quality is awesome and sound is nice and games, infact a lots to say about this phone.

less I forget after charging the battery it became strong and OK.

on Edge F7 battery can last for over 18 to 20 hours plus browsing and phone calls notifications update and avast actively ruining etc.

I am sending mail on my F7 phantom A1. cheers, happy Sunday.

Godvilla: This bat3 issue can only be solved by a software upgrade via OTA or direct customer service @ calcare.

Godvilla: This bat3 issue can only be solved by a software upgrade via OTA or direct customer service @ calcare.

cyrexx:

Bros, thanks for your advice, but in my case I followed all the rules for first charging. I'm sure many people here knows about first charging rule. The problem with f7 is that the phone capacity and power consumption (hd screen, 5inch, 3g dual sim, crisp clear display etc) far exceeds the 2100mah battery they bundled with it.

Maybe I was not fortunate enough to get a not-so-good battery. Though it was sealed and untouched when I bought it, with untouched tecno seal.

I even went to their CC to complain, I was told there's nothing they can do as there's no extra f7 battery available.

The reason why I am stating this is warn potential buyers to be very careful when buying this machine, to know exactly what they might experience if not so lucky. It's a very good phone,I must say, except for quick battery drainage issues I have with it.

Thanks.

jaymichael: Airtel blackberry plan. *440*161# for 4GB for two months. 1500 naira. If you have not used the plan before, you should subscribe for airtel daily bundle 100naira to activate it. you can check for the code online or call customer care. good luck.

TCD: got this phone few days ago. phone is great and I'm enjoying it but I think the battery has issues.

it takes forever to charge. there are times the battery will just remain at a point for hours and refuse to move up while charging. I put off the phone, put it on, battery level drops from 80's to like 15% from there it will remain for hours till it decides to start charging again. today battery was at 15% I put it off and left it on charge and slept for 3 hours. on waking up battery was still charging I put it on and the damn thing is still on 15% unplugged the charger and it happily dropped down to 14%.

at certain times while using the battery drops from 100% to 90% in less than 5 minutes, after that rate of discharge stabilizes then at like 30% the battery starts counting down like stopwatch till 14% in a matter of minutes.

All these is highly distressing and can't understand why a new device should act like this. This is almost ruining my first android experience maybe I should have gone for a more established name.

sambo4all@yahoo.com:
Guy if wat u re saying is true, dat ur problem is not 4rm battry it is 4rm d phone.. Just take it to a sound phone engineer he wil help u out if carl care cnt help, its onece happen 2 my Motorola... An like others re sayin used original Samsung charger it an see the different... Dnt suffer urself again!

sambo4all@yahoo.com:
Guy if wat u re saying is true, dat ur problem is not 4rm battry it is 4rm d phone.. Just take it to a sound phone engineer he wil help u out if carl care cnt help, its onece happen 2 my Motorola... An like others re sayin used original Samsung charger it an see the different... Dnt suffer urself again!

mr.drizzy:
Abeg u ppl are wasting pages writing long irrelevant things,isnt a smartfone made to do all dose things ina dey call,for goodness sake lets accept the truth tecno were suppose to have a good ba3 check out lenovo p770 with the same features as this(plus the old chipset)..they did lots of test and figured its gonna be such a ba3 waster/hoter so they increased the ba3 to 3500mah..imagine..tecno didnt even do test ,dey jst make fones and give us(africans) asper we dnt knw anything bout tech..smh

Otantu: @sambo r still going to buy this phone? to me 34k is a big risk 4 me with all dis battery issues. o

Otantu: @sambo r still going to buy this phone? to me 34k is a big risk 4 me with all dis battery issues. o

chibuike123: typical bb madness

Popsy1: OK.. I just gatta talk... d ba3 of d techno f7 z awesum... charged it fully in d morning, used it intensively during d day (takin pix, sendin thru Bluetooth to oda fones, listenin 2 music, browsing, etc).. came bk and wanted d ba3 to die so I didn't charge it.. switched on 3g, increased brightness to maximum and switched on all switchables until d ba3 gave up.. in total, I got mur Dan 20hrs!!!

jaymichael: Airtel blackberry plan. *440*161# for 4GB for two months. 1500 naira. If you have not used the plan before, you should subscribe for airtel daily bundle 100naira to activate it. you can check for the code online or call customer care. good luck.

Faru:

Na true! For your mind. I beg enter house make u sleep so that d beautiful dream go comot for ya eyes. 20 hrs with intensive use, na otondos u think say dey for here?

Godvilla: Phew!
Just placed an order for Xiaomi Mi2S 32GB ROM variation on Aliexpress via EMS. Total price=$449. I'll get it in less than 2weeks

Faru:

E be like say Na only me and you dey use this phone o! Anyway, have u gone to tecno to complain? I would have done same but am in Benin. Let us get an official statement from them. I had 100% ba3 in the morning went to work with my power bank still came back from work with my phone dead. Now am forced to by a car charger. Guy I can feel your pain cos am also in the same mess. I have suspended my anger until I visit tecno by month end and I pray they have answers otherwise kata kata go burst!

victoor: Pls can chainfire work on this phone

coobboy: see u guys should stop complaining about this phone once u've bought it u've bought it already you guys should look at the good side of the phone and stop comparing it with other phones the phone is genuine on its own has its own image........battery una dey talk like canal pple shey blackberry battery no dey come down fast fast due to the g network? cant even last for 10hrs... see make una leave the phone like that and dont lead people astray by the end of the montb i'm gonna buy the phone..........u should look at the n3 thread due to the low memory it does not concern them look at the pictures of games and apps there pple sharing pictures and app why cant you just be like that there........... see ets leave this phone the way it i've been following this thread since day one... comparism and complaining aint good look at the good side not the bad side