With its massive battery and a range of extra features, the Blackview BV7300 smartphone is built for camping, exploring, and all kinds of outdoor adventures.
ZDNET's key takeaways This ruggedized smartphone has a huge battery, a massive 800-lumen flashlight, and a night vision camera. The massive battery does make the handset weigh a hefty 2 pounds. The display can be a bit washed out in bright sunlight. $249.99 at Amazon At Amazon, the Blackview BV7300 is on sale for $250, a 7% discount. You can also apply a $20 coupon, lowering its price further to $230. I remember when smartphones started to use the built-in flash as a flashlight - it was quite revolutionary. While the flash is good enough for many situations, there are times when it is somewhat limited in its power output capacity, and something bigger would be welcomed. Also: The best rugged phones you can buy Enter the Blackview BV7300 - a ruggedized smartphone with the biggest flashlight I've seen on a phone. Let's talk hardware The BV7300 features a 6.67-inch HD+ IPS display running at 720 by 1,604 resolution and a variable refresh rate that shifts between 60Hz and 90Hz depending on what's on the screen. To add extra ruggedness, the display is armored with a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 5 for impact and scratch resistance. It's a passable screen, with just enough color and contrast to vividly depict apps and text, but it looks a little washed out under direct sunlight. A boost in brightness (nits) would help the phone a lot. Powering the smartphone is a 2GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio G81 chip backed by 6GB of RAM (with the ability to add a further 12GB using memory expansion, which I recommend doing), 256GB storage, and the ability to bump that up even further with a 2TB microSD card. Inside, there's a 15,000mAh battery (for comparison, the iPhone 16 Pro Max has a 4,685mAh battery) that can power the unit for 57 days on standby, up to 56 hours of call time, 28 hours…