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00:00It's happening. We have another flip foldy contender and I'm all for it.
00:03This is our first look at the Tecno Phantom V Flip 5G.
00:10Good day, you beautiful people. Welcome to Zvezda's Tech, where we do tech in your life,
00:14in style. I'm thrilled because we get to look at another foldy today, but this time around,
00:19the Flip, meaning a clamshell foldable, just like the Z Flips or the Moto Razr, and you guys know
00:25I love that. This is our look at the Tecno Phantom V Flip, which isn't Tecno's first foldy, but
00:32it's Tecno's first clamshell foldy. You see why I'm excited? Now, we did check out the Phantom V
00:38Fold, which was an impressive first try from Tecno, and that bigger foldy's claim to fame
00:42is that it's the cheapest foldy in the market right now. So that being said, I'm really curious
00:47to see Tecno's first attempt at the clamshell foldable. Without further ado, let's get to the
00:52unboxing.
01:52So
02:11that's always so satisfying. And also, just like the Tecno Fold's hinge, except this hinge stays
02:17at various degree angles, which I imagine would be perfect for shooting with this phone. But more
02:21on shooting and those cameras later. Unfolding, it does feel similar to the Moto Razr in that I
02:26feel like it could unfold more, but it really can't. Again, note that, and I also said this
02:32in my Razr vid, though it does feel that way, it also seems like it's already unfolded and it's
02:38fully flat. The crease is still there, as with anything that folds, though expect that to
02:42disappear, or at least expect not to notice it when you're actually already using this phone.
02:47That's also a 120Hz screen, so it feels snappy, and this has an always-on display. On the right,
02:53we have a fingerprint scanner and volume buttons, SIM card tray on the left, and at the bottom,
02:58speakers and your charging port that's a USB Type-C. Folded, this phone feels good in hand,
03:04especially when you have tiny hands. It sort of feels like the Moto Razr because it has more
03:10rounded edges, and on the side, see, no visible gaps. This material, Tecno says, is leather,
03:17though I'm thinking this is vegan leather. Either way, it feels nice and premium.
03:23This isn't the first time we're seeing a circular cover display. We've seen this on the Huawei P50
03:28Pocket, but this is the first time we're seeing one this big. It's also right smack in the middle
03:32of the phone, and I sort of like how symmetrical this looks, though I'm not sure how this camera
03:38placement will factor in once we start shooting with them. Now, a round screen does seem like a
03:43great idea, especially for navigation. Swipe right, and you get Spotify. Swipe left, you get different
03:49widgets. Swipe down, quick settings, and when you swipe up, you get your notifications, though I'm
03:54not quite sure this round cover will work out for typing, but no need to worry because you don't
04:00even get a QWERTY keyboard on the cover display here, or the ability to type messages. You can
04:05reply via the cover screen, though, but only via quick replies and emojis. That cover screen, you can
04:11also customize and even do these T-emojis. Like other clamshell foldies, there are a couple of
04:17ways to shoot with this phone. My favorite, though, utilizing that cover display and that foldy form
04:23factor. So this way, you can prop the phone up and adjust the angles, and this can do a number of
04:28remote shooting options, so you can frame, preview through the cover, and either do voice shooting,
04:33which triggers the shutter when you say capture, shoot, or cheese. You can do gestures on here, which
04:39allows you to take a photo when a palm is recognized, and then there's also smile shot, which
04:44shoots when it sees a smiley face. Personally, the smile shot, I don't use because I end up with, like,
04:50way more photos than I would take. If someone else is shooting for you, you can also turn on the
04:57cover screen, so you get a little preview of how they're framing you. Plus, you can also use that
05:01cover screen with the phone completely closed, but you can only take videos, photos, and portraits. No
05:06zooming in or out, and from here, you can try touch shooting or fingerprint shooting, meaning you use
05:13the fingerprint scanner button as a shutter. And finally, you can also shoot with that selfie camera
05:18with the phone either unfolded or folded for the best possible angle, which is a very useful feature
05:25for video calls. Now, those rear cameras, also those cameras by the cover screen, that's a 64-megapixel
05:32main camera and a 13-megapixel wide. For photos, you can do wide 1x and zoom up to 10x. For videos,
05:40you can do 1x to zooming into until 10x, and you can also shoot up to 4k 30fps video on here.
05:49Up front, on that 32-megapixel selfie camera, you can shoot up until 2k 30fps video, and there's an
05:56ultra steady mode that's available with both front and back cameras, although on 1080p 30fps. Now,
06:04one fun feature on this phone is that on portrait mode, there's an AI smart body option, which
06:10allows you to edit your body. Now, more than anything, I feel like this is a really funny
06:17feature, but yeah, you can, but you can actually edit your body parts if you want to. I'm not
06:24advocating for it, I'm just saying you can if you wanted to.
06:28♪♪♪
06:42It's pretty interesting to me that Tecno is going after this foldy form factor.
06:46Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy about it. For the last few years, Samsung has monopolized the
06:50market with the z-flips, and with market interest and the fact that more companies are jumping into
06:55the clamshell foldy form factor as an indication, then we're about to see even more clamshell foldys.
07:02The circular display on this clamshell foldy is very interesting to me, and I really do love seeing
07:07different implementations on similar phones, but I will say that I'm not quite sure the circular
07:13display is the way to go, considering that we're getting issues from previous generation flip foldys
07:19that current releases were able to solve. Like let's say, for example, the z-flip 5 with its wider
07:25cover display now allows you to see a full preview of what you're shooting, or even the find and to
07:30flip with the horizontal cover, I feel like that's a great implementation because it shows you more
07:35on the screen. You get what I'm saying. Then again though, this is Tecno's first clamshell, first flip
07:41foldy, and that means that I do think that they're going in the right direction, one in terms of them
07:46actually going into the clamshell form factor, and two in terms of this first gen clamshell foldy
07:53itself. Similar to the phantom v-fold, I will say that this is a great first try, although I'm willing
07:58to wait and see the next generation to see just how it gets better from here. Again, this is just
08:04our first look at the phantom v-flip. Let me know what your questions are, let me know what types of
08:08videos you'd want me to make with this phone. If you want a camera vlog test or a social media test,
08:12comment down below. That's it for today. If you want to see how I use my tech on a daily basis,
08:16find me online. That's Isa Daws, underscore, and Instagram, two, three, and TikTok. Until next time!