Tecno Camon 15: Features, Specifications, and Price

Tecno Mobility launched the Camon 15, the direct successor to the Tecno Camon 12, in Nigeria in February after launching the device in India.

Though the device is not listed on the Tecno Nigeria webpage, it is listed on the international page.

Commenting on the launch, Tecno stated that the Camon 15, “Featured with 48MP clear lens, every shot was taken by CAMON 15 Air deserves the compliment of high-quality clearness and fine texture. Ultra-clear photos are readily available. Supporting 8x zooming, enlarge the photo after taking a shot; the clearness and fineness of the picture will surprise you. The small details that the naked eye cannot see will be authentically captured and recorded by CAMON 15. Click the shooting to capture the beautiful views and unforgettable memories, and find the hidden wonder around you.
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This is how the Camon 15 differs from the Camon 12 and 12 Air.

Overview

Design and Display

The Tecno Camon 15 chose the Dot-In (fancy name for hole-in-screen) display over the Infinity U display on the Camon 12. The thin panel has a single flash, a downgrade from the dual-LED flash on its predecessor.

The right-hand side contains the volume control and power buttons. The left side holds the SIM and memory card tray. There is a bezel at the bottom to maintain structural integrity.

Going to the back of the phone, we have a vertical camera on the top left side with a quad flashlight and the Camon brand. The Fingerprint sensor is present, too, but placed a little bit closer to the top. The Tecno brand is at the bottom middle.

The phone’s base houses the 3.5mm audio jack, dedicated microphone, USB 2.0, and external speaker. It has a plastic build and a good gradient design.

The phone’s display is a 6.6-inch IPS LCD panel. It retains the Camon 12 display resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels and a 20:8 aspect ratio. The screen-to-body ratio has not been determined, but it should be around 85%.

The Camon 15 will come in 3 colors: Shoal Gold, Fascinating Purple, and Dark Jade.

Camera Specifications

The Camon series is Tecno’s camera series, and Camon 15 follows the old tradition of introducing Tecno’s best cameras.

The selfie camera features a 16MP camera, like that found on the Tecno Camon 12. A dual-LED flash is available for clearer night shots and to assist with Face Recognition.

The main upgrade comes on the rear camera, which features a 48MP main shooter, 2MP 115° ultra-wide-angle lens, 2MP camera for 2cm macro, Ultra Night Lens supported by DSP chip, and f/1.79 aperture. This is an improvement over the 16MP + 8MP + 2MP lens on the Tecno 12. A quad-LED flash assists the rear camera.

Tecno phones are well known for software enhancements on their cameras, which sometimes look overkill.

Hardware Components and Memory

The Tecno Camon Air 15 is powered by the MediaTek Helio P22 octa-core chipset clocked at 2.0GHz (4×0 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A53). In the graphics processing department, there is the PowerVR GE8320 with speed clocked at 650MHz

The Tecno Camon 15 Air shares the memory features of the Camon 12 Air in this department. It has an LPDDR3 4GB RAM with a Memory frequency of 933MHz. The onboard storage is 64GB, expandable up to 256GB.

Software and Battery Specifications

The Camon 15 runs the Android 10 OS under the HiOS 6.0.1 skin. The HiOS may come with some beautiful add-ons like WhatsApp Call recorder, quick tab, bike and game mode, WhatsApp mode, etc. It also comes with a lot of bloatware and adverts that usually piss off users.

The phone has a 5000mAh battery with a Safe charge. Heavy usage should last over a day. The phone is expected to be sold for around N50,000.

Overall Specifications

Network

Design and Display

Platform and Hardware

Camera

Multimedia

Connectivity

Battery

Extra Features

Price

Around ₦ 50,000