The Tecno Camon 18 series is the latest of Tecno’s camera-centric lineup. A lineup of phones designed for those who love to take photos on their phones. The Tecno Camon 18 series is the successor to the Tecno Camon 17 series.
Tecno has let it slip that the Tecno Camon 18 series is here but they have been quite mum about the full line-up. Where they have been more vocal is on the Tecno Camon 18 Premier.
There are three phones in this iteration of the series though. They are the Tecno Camon 18, Tecno Camon 18P, and the Tecno Camon 18 Premier.
Tecno Camon 18 Series
Tecno Camon 18
This is the vanilla device in the series. it is also the cheapest in the series and has the least specs. It is essentially a lower midrange device. It is powered by the new MediaTek Helio G88 with a Mali G52 MC2 GPU. The memory variant available for sale is 4+128GB. For software, the phone runs on HiOS 8 based on Android 11.
Read: Mediatek SoCs explained
In the camera department, there is a triple camera setup with a 48MP main camera, a 2MP macro camera, and a 2MP depth sensor. For selfies, there is a 16MP camera in front. The main camera can record videos of 1080p at 30fps.
The display on the Tecno Camon Camon 18 is a 6.8″ IPS LCD with an FHD+ resolution (2640 x 1080p) and a pixel density of 395ppi. This display supports a refresh rate of 90Hz, a touch refresh rate of 180Hz, and a brightness of 550 nits.
The battery on the Tecno Camon 18 has a capacity of 5,000mAh and supports fast charge of up to 18W.
Read: Tecno Camon 17 series
Tecno Camon 18P
The Tecno Camon 18P is the middle sibling here. It is halfway between the Tecno Camon 18 and the 18 Premier. If you don’t care about photography much, the Camon 18P is probably the best phone in this lineup for you. It matches the 18 Premier for performance and beats it in battery specs. It is only in the camera department that the 18 Premier is better than the 18P.
The Camon 18P is powered by the new MediaTek Helio G96 with a Mali G57 MC2 GPU. The memory variant available for sale is 8+128GB. For software, the phone runs on HiOS 8 based on Android 11.
In the camera department, there is a triple camera setup with a 48MP main camera, a 13MP Telephoto angle camera, and a 2MP depth sensor. For selfies, there is a 16MP camera in front.
The display on the Tecno Camon Camon 18 is a 6.8″ IPS LCD with an FHD+ resolution (2640 x 1080p) and a pixel density of 395ppi. This display supports a refresh rate of 120Hz, a touch refresh rate of 180Hz, and a brightness of 550 nits.
The Tecno Camon 18P has a battery capacity of 5,000mAh and supports fast charging of up to 33W.
Tecno Camon 18 Premier
The new Tecno Camon 18 Premier is the premium phone in this lineup and Tecno has started pushing out adverts in readiness for its eventual launch.
Body:
The phone itself has a flat design with an iPhonesque square edge. It has a plastic frame and a glass body.
SoC/Software:
This device is powered by the MediaTek Helio G96 with the Mali G57 MC2 GPU. This new SoC is geared towards OEMs who want to make camera-centric phones. The software is Tecno HiOS 8.0 and it is based on Android 11.
Cameras:
This device has a triple camera setup with a 64mp main sensor, a 12 mp ultra-wide camera, and an 8 mp periscope camera. The same one found on the Infinix Zero X Pro. The periscope camera has 5x optical zoom and 60x digital zoom. The main camera also has OIS as well. OIS stands for optical image stabilization. There is night mode and super night mode for moonshot. Night portrait and portrait bokeh video modes are also available. The 64MP camera shoots videos of 4K resolution at 30 frames per second. The selfie camera in front is a 32mp sensor and can shoot videos of 1080p at 30fps.
Display:
The display is a 6.7″ AMOLED panel with FHD+ resolution. The refresh plus touch rate is 120 and 240Hz respectively. The pixel density is 385PPI and the brightness level is 500 nits. 500 nits of brightness for an AMOLED panel, in what is supposed to be an upper midranger is very underwhelming.
Read: How to know if a phone’s screen is bright enough before buying
Battery:
The phone comes with a decent 4750mAh of battery and supports fast charge of 33W.
Network/Connectivity:
The phone comes with a full array of sensors for network as well as connectivity. Chief among them is NFC. This is a first for Tecno phones. The phone also supports 4G LTE (dual SIM), Bluetooth 5.0, WIFI 5, Fingerprint scanner, GPS, Gyroscopes, Compass etc.
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I dey fear o, the fun too dey smart and beautiful make e no come be expensive sha
Lol. Lemme do like that false prophet guy on Nairaland. I’m predicting 165k to 175k.
These same types of phones from Transsions again. I see Xiaomi is pushing them hard.
I think you’re right. The Tecno Camon 18 Premier is simply Camon 17 with a new chipset and a new body.
Xiaomi has suffered a setback with the Redmi 9T but I think that they can pull back.