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TECNO Pouvior 3 Air | Specifications Review

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The TECNO Pouvoir 3 Air (pronounced puh-vwah) is a budget Android smartphone that became available in mid-June 2019. The smartphone packs an impressive entry-level technical profile with the highlight being on the battery, 5000mAh!

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The Pouvoir 3 Air is a budget variant of the Pouvoir 3. The main difference between the two is that the Air comes with (16+1GB) configuration while the Pouvoir 3 packs a (32+2GB) combo.

The Pouvoir 3 Air has a suggested retail price of Ksh. 10,999. At that price point, if you are interested in the smartphone, you should also check out the Infinix Hot 7 (X624B) (Ksh. 11,399) and Samsung Galaxy A2 Core (Ksh. 8,999).

That said, here is a quick run-through the technical profile of the TECNO Pouvior 3 Air.

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TECNO Pouvior 3 Air : Battery and Extras

Battery Capacity: 5000mAh

The battery profile of the Pouvior 3 Air is highlight of the smartphone and the core reason why TECNO wants you to buy the smartphone.

The smartphone packs a 5000mAh battery. The battery is quite big and TECNO Mobile advertises it as having a 4-day of ‘interrupted time’. This can translate to the smartphone offering you up to 3 days of use from a single charge while on moderate usage.

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The battery life is just right especially for ‘watu wetu wa ushago’ where the supply of electricity is erratic or for those with professions that require a smartphone with excellent battery stamina.

A 5000mAh battery is in fact quite rare. The other smartphone with a similar capacity is the Samsung Galaxy M30 (Ksh. 28,000).

TECNO Pouvior 3 Air : Display

Display Size: 6.0-inch

Display Type: Full view

Screen Resolution: 960 x 480 Pixels

The display is another highlight of the Pouvior 3 Air. You get a 6.2-inch Full view display with a 960 x 480 Pixels.

TECNO Pouvior 3 Air: Design

Dimensions: 157.6 x 78.18 x 9.25 mm

Colors: Black, Gold and Blue

The Pouvior 3 Air really tries to be beautiful but it’s quite thick. This is primarily due to the large battery. It’s however, a price worthy of paying for the impressive battery performance.

TECNO Pouvior 3 Air: Performance

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Network: 4G/3G

Fingerprint: Yes

Operating System: Android™ 9 Pie(Go edition)

CPU: 2.0 GHz Quad Core

RAM: 1 GB

Internal Memory: 16 GB

Micro SD: Yes

The Pouvior 3 Air has a rather weak performance profile and might struggle to run graphic intensive apps and games. The performance profile however, adequate just right to run the daily common use apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube and many more.

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However, the great thing is that the runs Android 9.0 Go. Let me explain a bit what this means. We have the normal Android 9.0 OS and we have the Go version. The Go version is light and designed to run on smartphones with 1GB RAM. It’s, therefore, just right for devices such as the Pouvior 3 Air.

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Other than that, you het 16GB as internal storage and a micro-SD card slot to expand the memory.

TECNO Pouvior 3 Air: Camera

Back Camera: 8MP

Front Camera: 8MP

LED Flash: Yes

The TECNO Pouvior 3 Air offers a 8MP camera for general photography and an 8MP camera for your selfies and video calls.

TECNO Pouvior 3 Air: Price in Kenya

The TECNO Pouvoir 3 Air has a suggested retail price of Ksh. 10,999 in Kenya.

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