TECNO has just announced two new foldable smartphones, the Phantom V Fold 2 and Phantom V Flip 2. These are the company’s second-gen book-style and clamshell foldables. The first-gen models arrived last year.
These devices do look a lot more compelling design-wise. The clamshell model comes with a much larger cover display and looks way more modern. The book-style foldable does have a better design overall, not to mention it’s considerably slimmer and lighter. Let’s focus on the book-style foldable first, though.
The Phantom V Fold 2 comes in two variants
The Phantom V Fold 2 comes in two variants. The Rippling Blue and Karst Green variants. This smartphone has a back cover from marble-špatterned fiberglass and pleated leather textures.
There are three cameras on the back of the phone, which are included in a dedicated camera island which is placed high on the phone’s back. The bezels seem thin on both main and cover displays, while the hinge seems to be rather slim.
The phone includes a 7.85-inch LTPO AMOLED main display with a 120Hz refresh rate. The cover display measures 6.45 inches, and it’s also an LTPO AMOLED panel. TECNO also included 12GB of RAM here and 512GB of storage.
A rather large battery is included, along with 70W charging
The MediaTek Dimensity 9000+ SoC fuels this smartphone, while a 5,750mAh battery is also a part of the package. Needless to say, that’s quite a sizeable battery pack. The phone supports 70W wired charging and comes with a charger. 15W wireless charging is also on offer here.
TECNO says that the phone is tested for 400,000 folds, so you don’t have to worry about that. The phone also supports the Phantom V Pen stylus, though you’ll have to get it separately.
Three 50-megapixel cameras are included on the back here. A 50-megapixel main camera has a 1/1.3-inch camera sensor from OmniVision and a 1.2um pixel size. OIS is supported here too. A 50-megapixel Portrait Camera offers 2x optical zoom and 20x digital zoom. A 50-megapixel ultrawide camera has a 114-degree FoV. Two 32-megapixel cameras are also included here.
TECNO is offering various AI and foldable features
A range of foldable features are also included here, for half-folded display, such as a special camera layout, for example. TECNO also offers a number of AI features for both devices, such as magic eraser, for example.
The TECNO Phantom V Fold 2 measures 159 x 160.35 x 5.52mm when unfolded, and 159 x 72.16 x 11.78mm when folded. It weighs 249 grams.
The TECNO Phantom V Flip 2 looks way more modern than its predecessor
The TECNO Phantom V Flip 2 has a much larger display than its predecessor. Instead of a tiny circular display, TECNO went for a 3.64-inch panel on the back that goes around the cameras too. There are two cameras back there, by the way.
Its cover display is much larger, and 70W charging is supported
The main display on the phone is a 6.9-inch panel. That’s an LTPO AMOLED panel, by the way, and it offers a fullHD+ resolution, not to mention a high 2,160Hz PWM dimming.
This smartphone is fueled by the MediaTek Dimensity 8020 processor. It comes with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage. Android 14 comes pre-installed, as it does on the ‘Fold’ model.
A 4,720mAh battery is here, along with 70W wired charging. A 50-megapixel main camera is backed by a 50-megapixel ultrawide camera. On the front (main display), you’ll find a 32-megapixel snapper.
This phone has been certified for 400,000 folds too
If you half-fold the phone, you enter the so-called ‘FreeCam’ mode, and there are a number of ‘FreeCam’ features, such as a FreeCam Selfie, FreeCam Group Selfie, and so on. This smartphone has also been certified for 400,000 folds, by the way.
The phone measures 170.74 x 73.4 x 7.64mm when unfolded, and 87.8 x 73.4 x 16.04mm when folded. It weighs 196 grams, and it comes in Moondust Gray and Travertine Green colors.
Pricing & availability for both models
Both the TECNO Phantom V Fold 2 and Phantom V Flip 2 will be available in “TECNO’s key regions”. Those regions include Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and more. The two devices will go on sale on September 23, starting with Africa, while other markets will get it somewhere between that date and the end of October.
The TECNO Phantom V Fold 2 will be priced at $1,099, though the price may vary a bit from one region to the next. The TECNO Phantom V Flip 2 will launch with a price tag of $699, though that price could also vary depending on where you get the phone.