Itel A90

The itel A90 comes with a basic camera setup that includes a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front shooter. The handset is built for point-and-shoot use and keeps things functional. In good lighting, daylight shots look vibrant, with decent detail and sharpness. In low light, the cameras struggle quite a bit. Images show heavy noise and lack detail. The selfie camera performs similarly, and it handles skin tones well and delivers good colour reproduction, though facial details tend to be smoothed out.I compared the phone's cameras against one of its key rivals, the Infinix Smart 9 HD (review). Check it out below: DaylightIn normal daylight conditions, both the itel A90 and Infinix Smart 9 HD take decent shots, although there's a fair amount of difference between the two shots. The itel A90's colour science leans towards warmer hues, while the Infinix Smart 9 HD's colours are more neutral. The former also crushes the shadows, which makes the image appear flat, unlike the Smart 9 HD, which maintains them and gives the image depth. In terms of detail level and sharpness, the itel A90 is a notch better than its peer. PortraitIn portrait shots, the colours are inaccurate on both phones. The itel A90 brightens up the skin tone, while the Infinix Smart 9 HD adds a red tint to the subject's skin. In terms of edge detection, both phones face a fair amount of issues, although the Smart 9 HD has a slight advantage here. The Smart 9 HD also maintains better facial details compared to the itel A90, which makes it a better portrait shooter. SelfieIn selfies, the itel A90 has some advantages over the Infinix Smart 9 HD. The former's colours are closer to reality and maintain a better clarity level. When you look at images more closely, the Infinix Smart 9 HD preserves facial details more closely.   Low lightIn low-light conditions, both phones struggle quite a bit, which isn't a surprise. Since they don't come with a dedicated night mode either, the details turn out poor, and the images are underexposed in both phones. Even so, the Infinix Smart 9 HD manages to bring out more of the scene compared to the itel A90, so that gives it an advantage here. 

The itel A90 runs on a modest Unisoc T7100 chipset, which is essentially a rebranded Unisoc T603, and is mated with up to 4GB LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB eMMC 5.1 storage. You can expand the storage via a microSD card slot. Check out the benchmarks below, logged by our in-house smartphone testing team. Performance is generally fine for the price. There is a bit of lag while running everyday tasks like app switching or scrolling through social media, but that's expected at this price and not specific to this phone.Multitasking is limited, with the phone able to keep just a couple of apps running at once. The slow storage also means app loading times can feel sluggish. It handles basic tasks like video browsing, chats, and calls reasonably well, but you'll notice lag even in these areas.We also tested the phone's gaming performance. The handset can run casual titles without much trouble, but games like BGMI are out of reach in terms of smooth frame rates. The itel A90 is meant strictly for light gaming. The itel A90 runs itelOS 14 based on Android 14 Go out of the box. The software is basic but gets the job done. One noteworthy feature is the dynamic bar, which mimics the iPhone's Dynamic Island. The handset shows up for alerts like charging status, low battery warnings, and other quick notifications, making everyday interactions a bit more intuitive. The itel A90 also comes with the Aviana AI assistant, which adds a few handy features. You get a voice assistant that can call contacts, play songs on YouTube, and provide insights about images. There's also an AI writing assistant and a webpage summariser to help you get through content faster. While the response speed felt a bit slow at times, the features worked well enough and are useful for light productivity or hands-free control.

The itel A90 packs a standard 5,000mAh battery with support for 15W charging, with a 10W charger included in the box. While the phone's PCMark score is slightly lower than some rivals, real-world battery life is pretty decent, considering the low-res display and light OS.The handset should comfortably last a full day for most users. In our 2-hour lab test, which included YouTube streaming and gaming, the battery dropped by 28 percent, which is roughly about the same as what you'd expect in this segment.The charging speed, unfortunately, is slow. The handset takes about 2 hours and 23 minutes for the phone to charge completely from 20 percent capacity. Once again, slow charging speed isn't unique to the itel A90, but it is still a drawback nonetheless.