SpecEagle review · Tecno

Tecno Pouvoir 3 review: The 6,000 mAh battery king for emerging markets.

SpecEagle Editorial·Mar 2019·$130
Overall
44/100
Class rank
#83 of 103
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The battery king for emerging markets.

Tecno Pouvoir 3 built its whole identity around a 6,000 mAh battery and power-bank reverse charging at $130 — designed for regions with unreliable power. A huge African seller.

01Display

52/100

52/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2019 — 12 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

TypeIPS LCD, 60 Hz
Size6.2 inches
Resolution1,500 × 720 px

02Camera

44/100

44/100 is one of the weaker camera results among budget phones of 2019 — 12 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Main13 MP, f/1.8
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

36/100

36/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2019 — 14 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetMediatek Helio A22 (12 nm)
RAM2 / 3 GB
Storage32 GB + microSD

04Battery

90/100

At 90/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among budget phones of 2019 — 16 points above the cohort average.

Capacity6,000 mAh
Wired10 W
ReversePower-bank mode

05Build

54/100

54/100 trails the 60-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.

06Value

60/100

60/100 trails the 65-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.

What works
  • Massive 6,000 mAh — days of use.
  • Reverse charging / power bank.
  • Jack + microSD at $130.
  • Built for power cuts.
What doesn't
  • Helio A22 very slow.
  • HD+ LCD.
  • 10 W charging for a big cell.
  • Heavy 203 g.
Cross-shop it against
Redmi Note 9
$199 · score 68/100

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