SpecEagle review · Tecno

Tecno Spark 40 review: Africa 2025 Spark refresh.

Item: Tecno Spark 40
Rating: 65
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2025·$170

Overall

65/100

Class rank

#25 of 146

Tier

Budget

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Tecno Spark 40 AMOLED.

Spark 40 brings AMOLED + NFC at $170 — Tecno's 2025 Africa-priority Spark refresh.

01Display

78/100

At 78/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2025 — 9 points above the cohort average.

TypeAMOLED

Size6.78"

Refresh120 Hz

02Performance

62/100

At 62/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2025 — 7 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetHelio G81

RAM8 GB

Storage256 GB

03Camera

70/100

At 70/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among budget phones of 2025 — 11 points above the cohort average.

Main64 MP

Front13 MP

04Battery

82/100

82/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2025.

Capacity5,200 mAh

Charging45 W

05Software

72/100

72/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2025.

What works

AMOLED + 45 W at $170.
NFC included.
Magic Skin design.
8 GB / 256 GB.

What doesn't

Helio G81 mid-tier.
No 5G.
IP54 only.
13 MP selfie.

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