itel launched the A300C in India on 18 September at ₹10,999, about $115 or KES 14,900. There is one configuration: 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The number itel leads with is the 6,000mAh battery, charging at 18W, with a charger and a case in the box.
itel is the affordable end of Transsion, the Chinese group that also owns TECNO and Infinix. In Kenya its phones cost from about KES 9,900 to about KES 15,800 going by listings.
The huge battery isn’t the new part
itel already sells 6,000mAh devices. The A200+ arrived in February 2026 with the same capacity, and the Power 80 landed in June with 7,000mAh.
What the A300C adds is MIL-STD-810H certification, a US military test standard that in phone marketing usually means a lab drop test. It is not a water or dust rating.
4G only, 720p, and a GPU from 2022
The modem supports 4G networks. There is no 5G.
The screen is a 6.56-inch LCD at 720 x 1612, running at 90Hz. That is roughly 270 pixels per inch, low enough to see the edges of text, though the 90Hz does make scrolling smoother than the 60Hz panels in previous itel phones.
The chip is a Unisoc T7100, octa-core at 1.8GHz, with PowerVR GE8322 graphics. That GPU is the same block Unisoc put in the SC9863A, the chip inside phones like the Nokia C21 in 2022. Older games will run, but new ones won’t run well.
Then there’s the RAM. itel advertises “up to 12GB effective RAM”. The phone has 4GB. The other 8GB is virtual RAM: part of the 64GB of storage, used as overflow when physical memory fills. It doesn’t make the phone faster, and it eats your storage.
4GB RAM
That RAM capacity is the reason for Android Go.
Android 16 Go Edition is the cut-down build for low-memory phones. It runs lighter versions of Google’s apps. itel had no choice here. Google’s rules previously pushed 2GB and 3GB RAM devices to use Androdd Go. From Android 16 they push 4GB devices there too. Full Android now effectively needs at least 6GB.
Screen replacement
itel is bundling 100 days of free screen replacement in India. The published terms are:
- one replacement per phone,
- a labour charge of ₹500, about $5 or KES 675, paid by the customer,
- scratches and normal wear are excluded, and
- proof of purchase plus a readable IMEI is a must.
That is an India offer. itel has run 100-day programmes in Kenya, but when we covered the A37 in 2021, that one replaced phones with manufacturing defects and specifically excluded cracked screens.
In our guide to phones under KES 20,000, KES 13,000 gets a TECNO Spark 40 with a 120Hz screen, a 50MP camera and 45W charging, and KES 12,000 gets an Infinix HOT 60i with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Indian launch prices don’t convert straight into Kenyan retail, but the gap is wide enough to notice.
Memory explains part of it. Transsion told the Shanghai Stock Exchange in July it made more money in the first half of 2026 on fewer phones, because it put prices up. Memory chips are now close to 60% of the bill of materials on phones under $400.
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