Tecno unveils the CAMON 18 Series in Kenya: features and pricing

Tecno Mobile Kenya unveiled three variants of the Tecno Camon 18 Series to the Kenyan market on October 25, 2021. The phones are; Tecno Camon 18, Tecno Camon 18 Premier and the Tecno Camon 18P.

Tecno Camon 18

The display on this phone is a 6.80-inch touchscreen with a resolution of 1080×2460 pixels and a 20.5:9 aspect ratio. An octa-core MediaTek Helio G88 CPU powers the Tecno Camon 18. It has a total of 4GB of RAM. The Tecno Camon 18 is powered by a 5000mAh battery and runs Android 11. The Tecno Camon 18 is compatible with Tecno’s unique quick charging technology.

In terms of cameras, the Tecno Camon 18 has a triple camera configuration on the back with a 48-megapixel primary camera, a 2-megapixel camera, and another 2-megapixel camera. It includes a single front-facing camera with a 16-megapixel sensor for selfies.

The Tecno Camon 18 comes with 128GB of internal storage and runs HIOS 8, which is based on Android 11. The Tecno Camon 18 is a dual-SIM phone that accepts Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM cards. The dimensions of the Tecno Camon 18 are 168.86 x 76.67 x 8.77mm (height, breadth, and thickness). Ceramic White, Dusk Gray, and Iris Purple were the first colors to be released.

Wi-Fi, GPS, NFC, USB OTG, FM radio, 3G, and 4G are all available on the Tecno Camon 18. Accelerometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, and fingerprint sensor are among the phone’s sensors.

The recommended price for this variant is KES 22,199.

Tecno Camon 18 Premier

The Tecno Camon 18 Premier has a triple camera array with a 64-megapixel primary sensor with gimbal stabilization, as well as a 120Hz AMOLED display and a MediaTek Helio G96 SoC with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of onboard storage.

The Android 11-based Hi OS 8.0 operates on the dual-SIM (Nano) Tecno Camon 18 Premier. It has a 6.7-inch full-HD+ (1,080×2,400 pixels) AMOLED display with a peak brightness of 550 nits and a refresh rate of 120Hz. It has the recently released MediaTek Helio G96 SoC under the hood, along with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of inbuilt storage.

A 64-megapixel primary sensor, a gimbal-stabilized 12-megapixel sensor, and an 8-megapixel periscope zoom lens with 60x Hyper Zoom capability headline the Tecno Camon 18 Premier’s triple rear camera configuration. It also contains a Moon Probe capability that captures photos of the Moon using the Galileo algorithm. A 32-megapixel selfie camera with dual-LED flash is also included.

The recommended price for this device is KES 39,999.

Tecno Camon 18P

The Tecno Camon 18P runs on HiOS 8, based on Android 11. It has a 6.8-inch full-HD+ (1,080×2,460 pixels) full-HD+ display with a 20.5:9 aspect ratio and a refresh rate of up to 120Hz. The device is equipped with an octa-core MediaTek Helio G96 SoC and 8GB of RAM. It has a triple-camera arrangement on the back, with a 48-megapixel primary sensor, a 2-megapixel depth sensor, and a 13-megapixel portrait camera. A quad LED flash is included with the camera configuration.

The Tecno Camon 18P has a 16-megapixel front-facing camera with twin LED flash for selfies.

Internal storage on the new Tecno Camon 18P is 128GB. 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS/ A-GPS, FM radio, and a USB port are among the connectivity possibilities. An accelerometer, ambient light sensor, gyroscope, and proximity sensor are among the sensors aboard. The phone also has a fingerprint sensor on the side.

The phone has a massive 5,000mAh battery with 33W rapid charging. Finally, the Tecno Camon 18P has the same dimensions as the Tecno Camon 18: 168.86×76.67×8.77mm.

The recommended price for the phone is KES 27,699.