Exclusive: Here's our first look at the Tecno Spark 7 launching next week

Tecno introduced the Spark 6 last September with a Helio G70 SoC, and it will follow up with its successor dubbed Tecno Spark 7 next week in India. A reliable source sent us an image of the Spark 7, which reveals the smartphone will pack a waterdrop notch display. Its predecessor came with a 6.8" HD+ punch hole screen, and it remains to be seen if there"s any change in the display diagonal and resolution on the Spark 7.

The Tecno Spark 7 has a textured back, with the big Spark branding on the bottom-left. The picture hides the upper portion of the panel, so we can"t tell how many rear cameras the Spark 7 will come with. However, the Spark 6 came with a 16MP triple camera, and some upgrades are to be expected. The Spark 7 will likely also sport a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner like its predecessor.

Previously Tecno told us that the Spark 7 - which will be offered in Green, Black, and Blue colors - will come with video features such as Time-lapse Videos, Video Bokeh, and Slo-Mo video recording. The company also said that the Spark 7 series smartphone will feature Time-lapse on both the front and rear cameras, with speed settings ranging from 15x to 5400x.

The Spark 7 should pack at least a 5,000 mAh battery like the Spark 6, and the picture reveals a USB-C port, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a microphone placed at the bottom. Oddly enough, we don"t see a speaker grille here, and neither is it visible in the lower half portion of its back cover, meaning it could be placed on the top-side of the smartphone or alongside the rear cameras. But we don"t remember when was the last time a smartphone was launched with a speaker positioned like that.

We don"t have the full specs sheet of the Tecno Spark 7 yet, but you can expect to hear more about the smartphone before its official unveiling.