Report: Natasha B. Jefferson

New Additions | Tecno Phantom X2, Phantom X2 Pro With MediaTek Dimensity 9000 SoC



The Phantom X2 and Phantom X2 Pro are new additions to the Phantom X lineup from Tecno Mobile. The phones were launched at a Tecno’s ‘Beyond the Extraordinary’ event in Saudi Arabia. The phones come with a 6.8-inch full-HD+ curved flexible AMOLED display, MediaTek Dimensity 9000 SoC and a 5,160mAh battery.

The Pro variant has the world’s first retractable rear portrait camera lens. The handsets Tecno Phantom X2 will be available in Mars Orange and Stardust Grey colors while the Phantom X2 will be available in Moonlight Silver and Stardust Grey color variants. Both phones are powered by Android 12-based HiOS 12 with dual-SIM 5G support.

The Phantom X2 Pro 5G has a 6.8-inch full-HD+ curved flexible AMOLED display with a 120HZ refresh rate, 1080 x 2400 pixels screen resolution and 360HZ touch sampling rate. The display has a P3 Wide colour gamut with TUV SUD certification with Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection.

The Pro variant is equipped with the 4nm MediaTek Dimensity 9000 5G SoC with ARM Mali-G710 MC10 GPU with HyperEngine 5.0 for smooth gaming experience. The phone has 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM paired with 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. The Tecno Phantom X2 Pro 5G ships with a triple rear camera setup that includes a 50-megapixel primary sensor, another 50-megapixel sensor with a retractable portrait lens, and a third 13-megapixel sensor.

Detailed Specs:

Network Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G
Launch Announced 2022, December 07
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2022, December
Body Dimensions 164.6 x 72.7 x 9 mm (6.48 x 2.86 x 0.35 in)
Weight 201 g (7.09 oz)
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), aluminum frame, plastic back
SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display Type AMOLED, 120Hz, 500 nits
Size 6.8 inches, 111.6 cm2
(~93.3% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~387 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Platform OS Android 12, HIOS 12
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9000 (4 nm)
CPU Octa-core (1×3.05 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3×2.85 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4×1.80 GHz Cortex-A510)
GPU Mali-G710 MC10
Memory Card slot No
Internal 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM
  UFS 3.1
Main Camera Triple 50 MP, f/1.9, (wide), 1/1.3", 1.2µm, PDAF
50 MP, f/1.5, 65mm (telephoto), 1/2.7", 0.64µm, PDAF, 2.5x optical zoom, retractable lens
13 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide), 1/1.3", 1.12µm, AF
Features LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps
Selfie camera Single 32 MP, f/2.5, (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm
Features LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band
Bluetooth 5.3, A2DP, LE
Positioning GPS
NFC Yes
Radio FM radio, recording
USB USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Features Sensors Fingerprint (under display,
optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Battery Type Li-Po 5160 mAh, non-removable
Charging 45W wired, 54% in 20 min, 100% in 60 min (advertised)
Misc Colors Stardust Gray, Mars Orange
Models AD9