Each of the smartphones cost UGX 250,000 if no promotional offer is running. But, the Airtel 4G smartphone now follows a trajectory that has set its price at UGX 150,000 with attractive specifications.

In comparison, you are required to pay UGX 49,000 for the MTN Kabode Supa smartphone as an initial deposit, then, clear the balance in 6 months which sets your total pay at UGX 250,000, versus the Airtel 4G Smartphone that now trails at UGX 150,000.

As a fact, the MTN Kabode Supa has no official images versus the Airtel 4G Smartphone which has its real images with the Benco branding displayed on its marketing items. What’s used on the MTN Kabode Supa marketing items are images of the original MTN Kabode that was first shipped before an upgrade with the Supa tagline. The actual MTN Kabode Supa is an ITEL AC250 smartphone.

By specifications, the ITEL AC250 (MTN Kabode Supa) is comparable to the Airtel 4G Smartphone and both smartphones boast with 4G connectivity. However, the difference majorly reflects in the battery capacity with the Kabode Supa borrowing ITEL’s big battery prowess at 2050mAh, and the Airtel 4G smartphone bowing with a 1800mAh capacity.

Both devices come with Free MTN Data for the MTN Kabode Supa and free Airtel Data for the Airtel 4G Smartphone redeemable once you purchase the smartphone. Optionally, you can buy 1 year of internet access at UGX 86,500 for the Airtel 4G Smartphone.

Verdict: MTN Kabode Supa Vs Airtel 4G Smartphone, the device you should buy

Based on our findings about both the MTN Kabode Supa and the Airtel 4G Smartphone, both devices are only good for users switching from feature phones to a smartphone for the first time. However, if you have used serious mid-range or high-range devices, you will find both devices extremely disappointing and slow.

However, in our view, the Airtel 4G Smartphone is the best smartphone you can buy since it has no hidden costs that are often overcharged in the buy-on-loan schemes, and the real product images are used in its marketing item, unlike the MTN Kabode Supa that uses images of the old MTN Kabode.

More so, to buy the MTN Kabode Supa, you have to go through the full process of filling in the pay mpola mpola forms versus the Airtel 4G Smartphone which you can use as fast as you hand over the money at your nearest Airtel service center.

A UGX 99,000 deposit is required to get the MTN Kabode Supa which comes with 2GB of free MTN Data every month for 7 months.

This means, alongside the favorable daily payment plan of UGX 833, as a customer, you get free data to maximize the smartphone’s browsing capabilities with common platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, among others available for Android.

Affordability aside, the MTN Kabode Supa specifications tease an average build quality, features, and functionality equipped to the smartphone.

A 5-inch screen size, Android Go, and a 1.4GHZ processor make it an entry-level smartphone, but support for 2G, 3G, and 4G LTE bands makes it a great beginner device as listed on the specifications sheet we received from MTN Uganda.

MTN Kabode Supa Specifications

As per the specifications sheet, the MTN Kabode Supa must be a slow-performance smartphone gifted with below-average entry-level features. By standard, it falls in the same class as the old 100,000/= priced MTN Fero Smartphone with the only difference being a pay-on-credit structure at a somewhat higher price tag.

The MTN Kabode Supa Price in Uganda

By the MTN Uganda standard, you must pay UGX 99,000 to get a brand new MTN Kabode Supa smartphone and pay the balance in 6 months with a daily, weekly, or monthly payment plan to choose from as listed below.

Ratings

In a nutshell, the MTN Kabode Supa has launched a smartphone designed to favor low-key users who would like to upgrade from a feature phone to a touch screen device, but given its specifications, the device ranks below the original MTN Kabode smartphone.

More so, with a deposit fee of UGX 99,000, the MTN Kabode Supa does not rank up to this flat fee status. Given the fact that you clear UGX 25,000 every month for 6 months, the total price of the smartphone accumulates to UGX 249,000 which is way too high if compared to better specification variants like the Itel A-series.

Hence, if you can get the original MTN Kabode, or MTN Kamunye, well and good, else, we can range the MTN Kabode Supa as a disappointment as per its specifications sheet. But if we manage to receive a review unit from MTN, we shall publish our overall performance grade report in the coming weeks.