Tecno Spark 30 Pro Transformers Edition hands-on review

06 October 2024
Tecno went all in with the customization of the device and the interface.

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AnonD-512010, 06 Oct 2024The Helio G-series LTE chips need to be discontinued.Absolutely. Most of the Helio series is just overclocked and rebadged variants of each other, and besides the Helio G99 and its variants, they are extremely slow and outdated. Most of them use Cortex-A53 cores, which were released 12 years ago and struggle to acceptably run even basic tasks nowadays, and certainly struggle to run modern versions of Android. Again, besides the Helio G99, they also all only support eMMC. If I were MediaTek, I would get rid of these godawful chipset lineup and simplify the ultra-low-end lineup into 1 chip. I'd do this:

•Dimensity 5400 — Rebadged Dimensity 6300 with Bluetooth 5.4; with 1080p@30fps support; and made on TSMC N4P
•Dimensity 6400 — As fast as Dimensity 7350 and with some of its ISP's capabilities, including 1080p@60fps support; with Bluetooth 5.4 and more audio codec support; and made on TSMC N4P
•Dimensity 7400 — Very slightly faster than Dimensity 8200; with support for external displays; and with 1080p@120fps and 4K@30fps support
•Dimensity 8400 — As fast as the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1; with support for external displays; and made on TSMC N3E
•Dimensity 9400 — I don't think I need to explain this one at all

    Also the design is stupid. Even if a lot of their intended market is kids, they still could've made it look cool. The hue of the red and blue is way too harsh. It doesn't look good and it doesn't properly match Optimus. And it's like they didn't put any thought into the placement of the colors.

      Good to know the G100 performs worse than the G99. These rebrands are so god damn stupid. You can't just overclock a chip and claim it's a different one. I mean it doesn't even look like they're binning them, based on this at least.

        man it would be one hell of a slow and laggy transformer for future fights ,
        Decepticons will surely win

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          Anonymouse, 06 Oct 2024It's your kind that makes mt404's life here in GS... moreNot purpose, more like a satisfaction to his life.

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            • 06 Oct 2024

            Crow1313, 06 Oct 2024I'm also sure we could ask GSM Arena team to IP ban hi... moreIt's your kind that makes mt404's life here in GSMA have purpose.

            The easily triggered ppl.

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              Anonymous, 06 Oct 2024I expected a lot of hate and unsatisfied comments from this... moreA decade ago, this phone would probably have sold well.

              But honestly, the design is pretty poor. It looks like a knockoff phone from AliExpress. Or one of those "gaming" phones. And its a low end device on top of it

                Bugle, 06 Oct 2024I'm sure mt404 could give us an explanation to him rea... moreI'm also sure we could ask GSM Arena team to IP ban him. It's a useless person that doesn't add anything relevant to any discussion, except a desperate need for attention.

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                  AnonD-512010, 06 Oct 2024The Helio G-series LTE chips need to be discontinued.No it needs improvement.
                  Helio G isnt bad at all its very cheap and stable just need an improvement. Especially the GPU.

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                    • 06 Oct 2024

                    I'm sure mt404 could give us an explanation to him react spamming comment sections

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                      • 06 Oct 2024

                      pl2rts, 06 Oct 2024If the color would be made in a different style then the li... moreI thought about dropping a comment like this but decided against it when I realised the red and the blue were the wrong way round to be Russian

                        The Helio G-series LTE chips need to be discontinued.

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 06 Oct 2024

                          This is awesome.

                            If the color would be made in a different style then the lines then it be a nice but as of now it just reminds me of some country flag

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                              • Emn
                              • 06 Oct 2024

                              I expected a lot of hate and unsatisfied comments from this phone but in another person's perspective, this one design is a brilliant creation.

                              After seeing the Transformers One movie, I'd even want one of this phone just for collection.

                              Of course, most wouldn't be in-fond of getting one because of the specification but what can you do? I mean, they're already making a lot of it.

                              A lot of people roasting this phone for having the good design but bad model to choose on but still, they ain't backing down and will continue cooking!

                              Keep it up, Tecno.

                                REDMI all the way 👌

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                                  • D3w
                                  • 06 Oct 2024

                                  Infinix Hot 40 Pro is better than Optimus Prime hahaha....
                                  Cheaper Phone 💰
                                  Have 12gb ram
                                  Camera is almost the same 😏
                                  The remaining money can add 256GB ROM 🏆

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                                    • 06 Oct 2024

                                    Could have improved the phone's back design