Blackview BV7100 review
Two-minute review Blackview has produced some excellent rugged designs, and the BV7100 is a notch up in terms of the quality of construction. The chassis of this phone appears to have been machined from a solid block of alloy that gives it significant solidity but also makes it weigh a hefty 430g. But the construction isn’t the whole story on the weight because the other factor in that equation is the enormous battery Blackview put inside it. There may be a bigger battery out there, but 13,000mAH in the BV7100 is beyond all the recent rugged phone designs we’ve encountered. To get a battery of that capacity charged isn’t easy, though Blackview did enable 33W fast charging on this device, and the USB-C port on it can transfer power to other devices using an OTG cable if required. Total charging time is around 200 minutes using the included charger, but because the battery is segmented into two cells, a half-charge can be achieved in a little over an hour. When fully charged, the ...