Blackview BV8800 review

 

Blackview BV8800 review Introduction.

Yes, this is a BlackView review, it's the first of its kind on our website! The maker is gaining traction in various markets and its phones have finally reached our office. BlackView makes affordable, sick smartphones; Some of them even have great features like thermal or night vision cameras. And today, we'll explore one such device - the Blackview BV8800 with a night vision camera and an impressive 8,380mAh battery.

So, BlackView looks a lot like an earphone, doesn't it? In fact, the BlackView BV8800 we have for this review is as tough as the (power) Armor Elephone, and it has both IP69K water resistance and drop-to-concrete resilience from a distance of 1.5 meters.

The BV8800 offers a 6.58 "90Hz Full HD display and runs on MediaTek's Helio G96 chipset.

This BlackView BV8800 model weighs 367 grams and is not due to the dense plastic and metal shield. The large battery inside has an 8,380mAh capacity, which will give this phone days, if not weeks, of battery autonomy.

And then there's the quad-camera with a 50MP primary, an 8MP ultraviolet, a 2MP depth sensor, and a 20MP night vision camera that emits ShostPar-IR on the back. The last part will help you to see and capture what is in the dark and we are not talking about night mode here but night vision available in a security camera or dedicated NV goggles.

So, the BV8800 is a rugged midrange and a BF battery, and a night vision camera. It's a unique tool, that's for sure, so let's scroll through its specs and start this review.

Blackview BV8800 Specs at a glance:

Body:- 176.2x83.5x17.7mm, 367g; reinforced metal frame with rubber top and bottom, plastic back; IP68/IP69K dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins), Drop-to-concrete resistance from up to 1.5 m, MIL-STD-810H compliant.

Display:- 6.58" IPS LCD, 90Hz, 480 nits, 1080x2408px resolution, 20.07:9 aspect ratio, 401ppi.

Chipset:- Mediatek MT6781 Helio G96 (12 nm): Octa-core (2x2.05 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55); Mali-G57 MC2.

Memory:- 128GB 8GB RAM; UFS 2.1.

OS/Software:- Android 11, Doke-OS 3.0.

Rear camera:- Wide (main): 50 MP, f/1.8, PDAF; Ultra wide angle: 8 MP, f/2.2, 117˚; Macro: 2 MP; Night Vision:- 20 MP, f/1.8, (IR camera), 2 IR emitters.

Front camera:- 16 MP, f/2.0, (wide).

Video capture:- Rear camera: 1440p@30fps; Front camera: 1080p@30fps.

Battery:- 8380mAh; Fast charging 33W, 31% in 30 min, 100% in 90 min (advertised), Reverse charging.

Misc:- Fingerprint reader (side-mounted); NFC; FM radio.

Even if the Blackview BV8800 is a midrange, we can now exclude two obvious ones - no microSD expansion slot and no 3.5mm jack. We think that these are essential for this kind of sick smartphone and of course the BV8800 will enhance the perceived quality.

And that's about it. The rest seems like a solid package for a solid device. So, let's get this thing out of the box, what do we do?