Homtom is well known for their entry-level smartphone that offers decent processor, battery, and an inbuilt storage. You will be surprised to find out that HomTom S99 with impressive features and a massive battery capacity comes at affordable price. Something you will hardly find on all these popular brands. Let’s see what this phone has in store for us.
Key Features and Specs of Homtom S99.
- Display: 5.5 inches 1440 x 720 Pixels.
- Processor: MediaTek MT6750T with 4GB RAM
- Operating System: Android 8.0 Oreo
- Memory: 64GB inbuilt storage expandable up to 256GB SDcard
- Camera: Dual 21MP + 2MP rear and 13MP front camera
- Fingerprint scanner
- Network: 4G LTE
- Battery: 6200mAh Nonremovable
Where to buy Homtom S99
Homtom S99 price in Nigeria See offer on Jumia
Homtom S99 Global price See offer here
Design and Display.
The Homtom S99 is not looking bad as you can see in the image above, though the smartphone still maintains the usual looks of Homttom phons, however, the difference is still clear.
Unlike other entry-level smartphones in this price segment, the phone ditched the popular plastic body design and pack an Aluminum alloy material and some plastic on the body.
The panel houses a dual camera with an LED flash beside them and a fingerprint scanner below with the Homtom branded logo sitting at the bottom.
On the screen, the Homtom S99 has a screen size of 5.5 inches HD+ IPS, LCD capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 1440 x 720 Pixels, all in an infinity display and you can buy them in various colors that include Black, White, Gray, and Blue.
Camera and Storage.
On the camera, the Homtom S99 impressively carries a combo camera of 21 Megapixels + 2MP on the back which supports full HD video recording and it has image dimensions of 5344 x 4008 Pixels with an LED flash.
There is also a front facing camera of 13 Megapixels with F2.2 Aperture, and Sony Exmor RS CMOS Sensor. The storage equipped on the phone is 64GB which is enough but in case you still need more you can expand the memory up to 256GB via micro SD card.
Hardware and Software.
On the inside, the Homtom S99 has a MediaTek MT6750T chipset with an octa-core that runs at a speed of 1.5 GHz max. It has an Android 8.0 Oreo operating system with a nonremovable battery capacity of 6200mAh with a fast charging technology and its promise to last up to 1000 hours of standby. There is a 4G data support and it also has a Micro USB v2.0 With OTG and Bluetooth plus other connectivities options.
Price of Homtom S99.
The Homtom S99 will cost $140. In Nigeria, Homtom S99 will sell at a price of 50,000 Naira.
General features of Homtom S99
| Here are the few Features and specs of Homtom S99 |
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| Operating System: Android 8.0 Oreo |
| Internal memory: 64GB |
| External memory: Yes up to256GB. |
| RAM: 4GB. |
| BUILD and DESIGN |
| Processor: MediaTek MT6750T Octa-Core 4x 1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A53+ 4x 1.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 |
| Dimension: – |
| GPU: ARM Mali-T860 MP2, 650 MHz, 4-Cores. |
| SIM Type: Dual Nano-SIM |
| weight: -. |
| DISPLAY |
| Screen size: 5.5 inches HD+. |
| Screen Resolution: 1440 x 720 Pixels. |
| Screen protection: Yes |
| Screen Resolution Density: 293ppi. |
| Display Type: IPS, LCD capacitive touchscreen. |
| LED flash: Yes. |
| COLORS |
| Black, White, Gray, Blue |
| CAMERA |
| Rear: Dual 21MP + 2MP LED flash |
| Front: 13MP with F2.2 Aperture, Sony Exmor RS CMOS Sensor. |
| Main camera features: Autofocus, Continuous shooting, Digital zoom, Exposure compensation, Face detection, Geotagging, HDR, ISO settings, Panorama, Scene mode Self-timer, Touch focus, White balance settings, Phase Detection |
| NETWORK |
| 2G GSM: Yes, GSM: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz |
| 3G WCDMA: Yes, WCDMA: 900 / 2100MHz. |
| 3G WCDMA EVDO: – |
| 4G LTE: Yes, LTE : 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 MHz. |
| CONNECTIVITY |
| WLAN: Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, 802.11 n 5GHz, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Dual-Band |
| wi-fi hotspot: Yes. |
| Bluetooth: Yes, Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS: Yes. |
| Infrared Blaster: No. |
| Bluetooth tethering: Yes. |
| USB Tethering: Yes. |
| USB port: Yes, Micro USB v2.0 With OTG. |
| INTERNET |
| HSPA+: Yes. |
| GPRS: Yes. |
| EDGE: Yes. |
| 3G/WCDMA/HSPA/NFC: Yes. |
| 4G LTE: Yes. |
| ENTERTAINMENT |
| Music Player: MP3, AAC,ASF, WAV, AAC+, OGG, FLAC, MIDI, WMA, MP3, AMR, eAAC+. |
| Video player: MP4, 3GP, MOV, MKV, AVI, FLV, MPEG. |
| FM Radio: Yes. |
| Loudspeaker: Yes. |
| Ear Phone jack: Yes. |
| Instant Messaging: Yes. |
| SMS, MMS: Yes. |
| Push Email: Yes. |
| SENSOR |
| fingerprint: Yes. |
| Digital Compass: – |
| Accelerometer: Yes. |
| Proximity Sensor: Yes. |
| Light Sensor: Yes. |
| Barometer: No. |
| Heart Rate Monitor: -. |
| Gyroscope: Yes. |
| Geomagnetic: Yes. |
| Face Unlock: No |
| Intelligent Digital Assistant: -. |
| Voice Control: Yes. |
| Other features |
| Navigation: Yes, with GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS. |
| Map: Yes. |
| Water Resistant: No. |
| Dust Resistant: No |
| Wireless Charging: No. |
| Video Streaming: Yes. |
| Active Noise Cancellation: -. |
| BATTERY |
| Capacity: 6200mAh Battery (Non Removable). |
| Talk Time: Up to 55 Hours |
| Standby Time: Up to 1000 Hours |
| Browsing Time: Up to 25 Hours |
| Music Play Time: Up to 120 Hours |
| Charging Time: Up to 2 Hours |
| fast charging: Yes |
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