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– Intro
hey it’s adrian from dumb crumbles tech today i’m reviewing this blackvue bv4900 rugged smartphone so you can see from the build quality here it’s a pretty pretty thick and uh beefy looking phone which it has to be to be a rugged phone now this retails for about 130 usd um it’s not a brand that i’m familiar with but i was looking at some options from ulefone which looks to be like a competitor and i came across this phone which will seem like a great value okay so before i get started with the review if you find this video helpful or any of my other videos please consider liking and subscribing and let’s get
Specs
started okay so a few tech specs about the phone so it’s a 5.7 inch ips screen it’s a hd resolution of 720 by 1440p and uh 283 ppi with a screen ratio of 18 to 9 so definitely not one of the sharpest displays out there at 283 ppi the cpu is a mediatek helio 822 cpu running at two gigahertz and has three gigs of lp ddr3 ram in terms of storage it has 32 gigs of on-board storage which can be expanded with a micro sd card up to 128 gigs for a total of 160 gb which is quite a lot like i mentioned it’s a 50 580 milliamp hour battery and the waterproof rating is ip68 rating and an ip69k rating for protection against dust high temperatures high water pressure in the front there’s a 5 megapixel uh lens there and at the back there’s a 8 megapixel sony imx 134 lens now you can see there’s a flash here and looks like three modules for cameras but only one of those modules is populated as far as i can tell them after reaching out to the manufacturer and there’s a bluetooth that’s running bluetooth five and there’s android 10 i did update the phone and it capped out at android 10 so i doubt there’s going to be any future upgrades in terms of weight it’s actually not too bad it’s 261 grams i’ve held much heavier phones that weren’t rugged so this is actually not bad for a rugged phone um it supports up to 4g no 5g and in terms of the dimension so it’s 6.2 inches tall 3 inches wide and 0.54 inches high so really not that bad for a phone that’s rugged in terms of a form factor so one thing i forgot to mention earlier when i was going over to specs is that this phone does have nfc and if you’re not sure what that is that just means near field communications and that’s usually what allows you to tap the back of your phone to pay for purchases okay so before i get into the
Dealbreakers
rest of the review i wanted to go over a couple of potential deal breakers now considering the price of the phone at 130 us you know that’s to be expected but this phone has no wireless charging it’s only three gigs of ram like i mentioned there’s no type c charging it’s only going to be micro usb charging okay so considering that this is a
Appearance
rugged phone as i mentioned the design is actually not too bad i do like it with these little pops of green here it’s not really not a bad looking phone also like i mentioned it’s not overly thick unlike other rugged uh smartphones that i’ve seen and it does have you know a nice textured finish on the back here that you can see and it carries around on the phone which really does help and there’s also these little uh ribbing features here or these little protrusions here just to protect against uh drops it could just bounce or absorb some of that so in terms of the design it’s really not really not a bad looking phone taking a look at the front of the phone there’s a 5 megapixel camera there front facing speaker and there is an led notification light that pops up when you have notifications missed calls i don’t have anything so it’s not lit right now but it is a great feature to have on phones at the back of the phone it looks like there’s a four camera module but it actually is not so we have a flash here and opposite of that is a 8 megapixel sony sensor the other two modules appear to be dummy modules or just placeholder modules maybe these are filled on higher end phones the bottom of the phone has a micro usb charging port which is a bit disappointing it would have been better if it was type c the current spec so you’re still going to have to keep one of those cables and there’s also two downward firing speakers and a microphone the top of the phone also covered that it houses a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack which is really appreciated taking a look at the side of the phone there is a volume rocker here and a power button and these have good travel distance when they’re pressed the only thing i wish is that they weren’t smooth and that they had a bit of a texture for additional grip so on the opposite side of the phone that’s where the sim card and memory card tray is so
Ruggedness
what makes this phone truly rugged well like i mentioned earlier it has passed 10 military grade tests to get the a10g rating that it has it is waterproof up to 1.5 meters or 5 feet for about 30 minutes and it’s also drop proof from about 1.5 meters or 5 feet as well and it is fully dust proof and it’s something that i truly do believe because these are sealed quite tightly okay so if you’re buying this phone for its ruggedness you may actually be dropping it so i can’t extend my camera that high but it’s extended three feet up so what i’m gonna do is i’m just gonna take this phone and drop it from three feet now i have a video ready here i’m just gonna play it it’s very hard to see the word huge makeup against so speaker’s working fine let’s take a close look let me turn the screen off no damage on the screen corners no cracking nothing is out of place so that was a three feet drop and it is rated for up to a five foot drop this phone does say that is it is waterproof right here so what i’m going to do is i’m just going to play this music here and drop it in the hair make sure to sound this little [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] all right so that did really well you could see everything sealed up um discharging port here sim card tray there and a headphone jack there to get into
Unlocking
the phone you have two options one is face unlock and the other is by pin or swiping there is no fingerprint reader anywhere on the phone now face unlock it’s really hit and miss and it’s not something i would try especially in dim lighting okay taking a look at the
Screen & Performance
screen on the phone it’s a 283 ppi screen or pixels per inch so it’s definitely not a high end screen and you can see the text is clear but it’s not going to be super crisp or sharp now the refresh rate on the phone is low i’m pretty sure it’s at 60 i can find official documentation on that but that’s one of the reasons why the battery life is also great now one thing that i was impressed with is the max brightness you can see it does get quite bright now this is great for indoor use it’s more than adequate shaded areas when you’re outdoors but in direct sunlight you may want it a bit brighter but given the price of the foam this is fine taking a look at navigating around the phone it’s pretty fluid moving around the screens and you know it does seem to load fairly quickly i think i’m being restricted by my internet speed right now i’m kind of in the basement here but you can see it’s still loading pretty well if i go into youtube and i go back let me just reload the home screen here there’s a there you can see there’s a bit of a delay it you shouldn’t take that long and again i’m being limited by my internet speed but once you do start you know loading around everything seems fine if i play a video you can see i mean in terms of video quality seems fine it’s not glitching or hiccuping and when i put it to full screen mode there was a bit of a delay there it took like a little bit of a second or under to go to full screen mode and then back out of full screen mode back to the home screen it’s okay like i said nothing to write home about but for casual use it’ll get you by if you’re
Gaming
planning on gaming on this phone be warned like i mentioned you know we’re just a two gigahertz cpu and three gigs of ram you’re not gonna be able to play many new games now if i just start this temple run game here as long as you’re playing something that’s around this level
Sound
of you know demanding specs then you’ll be okay so it still runs okay enough but you can see there are some pickups and things like that in terms of the max output for the volume it’s not that bad so i’ll play this video [Music] so you can hear that max volume is quite loud i’ll show that again [Music]
Camera
in terms of the cameras on this phone they’re really basic cameras so the front five megapixel camera works and it looks like it applies some type of skin softening but you’re mostly going to want to use this back camera here which has the sony sensor on it so you can see as i look here you know it’s maintaining focus pretty quickly and then once i’m ready to snap you know it takes it very quickly and then i can just click this to review it now let me just go to widescreen so you can see everything is in focus so it’s well for quick snaps but you know it’s not going to be anything amazing you know you’re going to want to post on social media now these are some photos i took on the weekend so even though it’s a little bit backlit you could see everything is in focus and you know exposed fairly decently i also did take a video and you can hear the sound pickup is pretty good of that seagull flying down there so it’s good for general use okay so let’s
Battery Life
talk about the battery life so like i mentioned this one has a 5580 milliamp hour battery which has a sizeable battery and even with the screen brightness maxed out you know this is lasting me you know three four five days even now keep in mind i don’t have bluetooth turned on and i leave my location office i’m just running off the wi-fi but if i’m watching videos and you know i could have the sound pretty loud do a little bit of light gaming the battery life is really good on this so you’re not gonna be charging this too often to get an idea of how good the battery is on this phone i’m gonna play a video it’s not gonna be full screen because i wanna have a real time showing of the battery drain but i’m gonna let the video play for about five to ten minutes and you can take a look at the battery discharge rate in terms of
Software
software like i mentioned this one comes with android 10 and i checked for updates and it doesn’t look like it’s going to get out of android 10. in terms of bloatware though it doesn’t come with too many apps on here there’s some bv apps for black view but the one app that was very handy is this toolbag app so you can see it has a bunch of stuff like compass sound meter pick hanging uh gradienter height measure protractor so it looks like it’s really geared for someone who would be in constructions or their traits and they actually seem well calibrated like i didn’t calibrate anything and just right out of the box there you know everything seems seems pretty pretty well functioning is
Worth It?
this phone worth the price i think in 130 us it is worth the price but it’s gonna depend on your expectations and what your use case is so this phone really is meant to be kind of knocked around um like i mentioned it does show that it’s waterproof hair and it’s also shock proof over here so it’s really meant for situations or people who are going to put their phone through you know a little bit of a beating so if you have a child who always loses their phone or is always damaging their phone this is probably going to be a great option for them because you’re probably not going to cry if something happens to it so let me know what you think about this video or if you think this phone is worth it for the price if you are interested in picking it up i’ve left an affiliate link in the description below and if i’ve forgotten to test anything or if i’ve missed anything in my testing please let me know and i’ll do my best to try to test it and get back to you lastly if you found this video helpful please consider helping me out by leaving a like or subscribing and i’ll see you in the next video thanks take care you
☑️ Get the Blackview BV4900 on Amazon
Please note that some of the links in my video descriptions are affiliate links where I earn from qualifying purchases. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
