The Chinese company Blackview has announced its new flagship smartphone of the BV series, in which the manufacturer produces protected phones. The novelty is called Blackview BV9900. Together with a smartphone, the company also presented a smartwatch called Blackview BV-SW02, which is suitable for both business people and athletes.
The Blackview BV9900 is the world’s first ruggedized smartphone equipped with a four-module main camera with a Sony IMX586 sensor at the head. The 48MP universal module is assisted by a 5MP image sensor, which is used to blur the background. The wide-angle module has a resolution of 16MP and a 2MP sensor is used to shoot objects from a short distance.
The smartphone is based on MediaTek’s flagship mobile processor. This is a single-chip system Helio P90, made using 12-nm technology. The chipset is supplemented with 8GB of RAM type LPDDR4x. The capacity of the permanent drive is 256GB. The flash type in the Blackview BV9900 is UFS 2.1. The performance of the hardware platform will be enough for games and simple tasks.
Chinese developers have worked to increase the stability of the smartphone to extreme temperatures. Blackview BV9900 can be used both in severe frosts and in great heat. The novelty will work at -30 degrees, and at +55 degrees. The annular housing is protected against water and dust according to IP68 and IP69K standards. Also declared protection class MIL-STD-810G, which made the smartphone resistant to vibration.
The model runs on a 4380mAh battery and supports 18-watt fast charging. Wireless charging is also claimed. Its power is 10 watts. From the rest, we note the Android 9 operating system, an NFC chip, a fingerprint scanner, a heart rate sensor, and a barometer.
The recommended price of the Blackview BV9900 is $499.99. However, on December 23 and 24 of this year, you can buy a smartphone on AliExpress for $170 cheaper.
The second novelty of the Chinese manufacturer, the Blackview BV-SW02 smartwatch has acquired a heart rate sensor and can monitor sleep. The software provides recognition of 12 types of activity.
The body of the wearable gadget has a protection class of 5 ATM. This means that the smartwatch will survive the pressure underwater at a depth of 50 meters. Blackview BV-SW02 can show notifications coming to the smartphone, and the battery life is up to 15 days. The watch is paired with phones based on the operating systems iOS (from v9.0) and Android (from v4.4) via Bluetooth 4.0.
The cost of the Blackview BV-SW02 is $79.99. As a gift when buying a watch, the company gives an orange strap. Until December 22, 2019, everyone has the opportunity to get the Blackview BV9900 and Blackview BV-SW02 for free. For this you need, so take part in the competition on the official website of the Blackview.