TECNO unveils TECNO BOOM J8

TECNO one of the leading mobile telecoms companies has given music lovers something to cheer again as the mobile maker unveiled its latest music phone, the TECNO BOOM J8 recently.

The upgraded music smartphone flagged off a new era of TECNO mobile devices which run on TECNO’s custom operating system, the HiOS.

The unique user interface of the HiOS, improved app management options and highly optimised audio features place the new TECNO BOOM J8 at the core of mobile customers’ demands said Attai Oguche, TECNO’s Marketing and PR lead.

“The HiOS operating system which gives the BOOM J8 more room for intuitive functions and the phone’s highly optimised software features has earned it impressive ratings from mobile tech analysts who partnered TECNO in reviewing the smart phone before its launch. TECNO’s BOOM J8 might well be the best music-centric smartphone of its price range in the market,” Attai explained.

Besides showcasing TECNO’s HiOS, the new BOOM J8 flaunts other top-of-the-line features such as immersive 5.5” IPS HD touch screen, 13MP AF Back/5.0MP Front geo-tagging cameras with optical image stabilisation (OIS) and dual LED flash.

It is powered by MediaTek Quad-core processor and stomachs 2GB RAM/ 16GB internal memory space.

“TECNO BOOM J8 rewards music lovers with custom BOOM headphones; each box of the smart phone comes with a free headphone but it is the BOOM Max app, a pre-installed custom music equalisation feature that will totally hook mobile users who listen to music in detail,” Jesse Oguntimehin, TECNO digital marketing lead said.

TECNO BOOM J8 music phone is an upgrade on predecessor TECNO BOOM J7 and J5 launched in the earlier part of 2015. The smartphone comes pre-installed with the BOOM player app-Africa’s largest in-app music library and the new Palmchat 5.2 social messaging app.

Kenneth Uzoekwe, Spokesperson for Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC) said Tecno Mobile, in their efforts to abide by the law have gone through the necessary processes and attained the quality approval of NCC.

According to Chidi Okonkwo, TECNO MD, Nigeria, “BOOM J8 matches the hype with premium specifications and material design. This music phone is elegant in every way; it is a sheer product of hard work and outlandish thinking,”

TECNO stated that the flagship device will be retailed at N40, 999 across offline and online sales outlets nationwide.

Jumoke Akiyode