Unboxing The T630 comes with an 1150 mAh battery, earphones, Travel Charger and a 13 month Warranty that is given with all Tecno phones Specs Operating system: MOS Network: EDGE/GPRS/3G Band: GSM900/DCS1800MHz/ WCDMA21OOMHz Dimension: 1185111.55mm Display: 2.4″QVGA Resolution: 240*320 Camera: Dual Camera (2MP back, 0.3MP front) Audio format: AWB, AMR, WAV, AAC, AMR, M4A, MID, MP3 Video format: AVI, 3GP, 3G2, MP4, FLV Memory: 128MB ROM+64MB RAM Expandable micro SD up to 32GB Connectivity: BT2.1, Earphone Jack Battery capacity: 1150mAh Talk time: 6.3hrs Standby time: 184 hrs. Features
Design The T630 has a sleek candy bar design at only 11mm thin with a 2.4 Inch screen, QVGA display with a 230*320 resolution which is big and sharp enough. It also features a nice keypad for easy typing and navigation. It comes in five colors; Black, White, Gray, Navy Blue and Gold. Fully customizable with cool menu icons, Wallpaper, Screen-savers, MP3 ringtones, Quick access Menu and Navigation. Apps Tecno partnered with AFMOBI to bring you a host of customized Social apps they believe you would need and these include: Opera Mini, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, Gmail, Palm Chat, “Tzone”, “Lifestyle” and “Weblink” not to mention a help app in case you are stuck. As for games, the only pre-installed game is Tecno Football and the rest (Asphalt, Assassin) are all trials that can be downloaded. We didn’t like the games that much and they could have put some better feature phone games than Tecno Football alone. They further included productivity Apps that include: Calendar, Alarm, World Clock, Calculator, Converter, Stopwatch, Recorder, Torch, Photo Editor, Inbuilt Traffic, EBook Reader, Notes, and Task List etc. Battery The 1150 mAh battery performs well for a phone of this nature. Tecno claims a talk time of 6.3 hrs and a Standby time of 184 hrs. Even though we couldn’t confirm the talk time, the standby time is a max of about 3-4 days and not 7. With heavy use like browsing, playing music, games and WI-FI tethering all at once we saw the battery drain quite fast even though not as fast as the ordinary smartphones lasting us a maximum of 2 days. If not put to heavy use, the T630 battery can definitely last longer Overall Performance:What We Liked Wi-Fi and Tethering Lots of useful apps/Features Apps could be updated Easy to Use OS Sleek Design Easy to Customize What We Didn’t Like No Whatsapp. No Fun Games Low RAM Price and Availability The T630 is currently not available. So we shall let you know as and when it will be, but with Tecno’s good distribution chain, expect it all over Africa in a few weeks. (We shall keep you updated on that one) We have spoken to Tecno and the T630 is expected to go for around 140,000/- Ugx (about $55) Conclusion Tecno has made the perfect intersection between smart and feature phone by embedding a couple of smart features and customizing them for a feature phone. With the T630, Tecno has a better chance of competing with Nokia’s range of feature phones that mimic smartphone functionality like the Asha and others. If you want an affordable feature phone to complement your smartphone then the T630 is it.
