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itel P55 review: Budget 5G with 45W charging and 90Hz.

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2023·$130
Overall
52/100
Class rank
#166 of 232
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The cheapest 45W 5G phone.

itel P55 claimed the title of cheapest phone with both 5G and 45W charging at $130 — itel reaching upmarket from its feature-phone roots to capture first-time 5G buyers in Africa and India.

01Display

64/100

64/100 trails the 66-point cohort average for budget phones of 2023.

TypeIPS LCD, 90Hz
Size6.6 inches
Resolution720 x 1612 px

02Camera

54/100

54/100 trails the 58-point cohort average for budget phones of 2023.

Main50 MP, f/1.8
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

56/100

56/100 puts it above the 53-point average for budget phones of 2023.

ChipsetDimensity 6080 (6nm)
GPUMali-G57 MC2

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2023.

Capacity5000 mAh
Charging45W

05Build

60/100

60/100 trails the 63-point cohort average for budget phones of 2023.

What works
  • Cheapest 5G with 45W charging at $130
  • 90Hz + 50 MP + 8 GB RAM
  • microSD + 3.5 mm jack
What doesn't
  • Dimensity 6080 entry-tier
  • 720p only
  • itel OS basic
Cross-shop it against
Moto G85
$299 · score 74/100

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 232-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .