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itel City 100 review: A color-shifting budget phone with a 90 Hz AMOLED, near the price floor.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jun 2025·$110
Overall
46/100
Class rank
#6 of 14
Tier
Entry
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

An AMOLED and a party trick, near the floor.

City 100's pitch is an actual FHD+ AMOLED and a sun-reactive color-shifting back at ~$110 — flourishes the price rarely allows. The slow Unisoc chip and 4G ceiling are the cost. For a cheap phone that looks and reads better than its tier, itel found an angle.

01Display

66/100

At 66/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among entry phones of 2025 — 9 points above the cohort average.

TypeAMOLED, 90 Hz
Size6.7 inches
Resolution2,400 × 1,080 px (FHD+)

02Camera

48/100

48/100 — right at the average for entry phones of 2025.

Main50 MP, f/1.8
AI lens0.08 MP
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

42/100

42/100 — right at the average for entry phones of 2025.

ChipsetUnisoc T7100 (12 nm)
RAM4 / 6 GB (+ virtual)
Storage128 / 256 GB · microSD

04Battery

78/100

78/100 — right at the average for entry phones of 2025.

Capacity5,000 mAh
Wired18 W

05Build

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for entry phones of 2025.

06Value

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for entry phones of 2025.

What works
  • A real FHD+ AMOLED at ~$110 — rare at the price.
  • Sun-reactive color-shifting back.
  • 5,000 mAh, IP64, microSD + jack.
  • 50 MP main.
What doesn't
  • Unisoc T7100 + 4 GB are very slow.
  • 4G only, 90 Hz (not 120).
  • 18 W charging, 8 MP selfie.
  • itel OS bloat.
Cross-shop it against
Moto G35
$169 · score 54/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 14-phone cohort of entry devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .