Tecno’s Lollipop 5.0 Smartphone (Tecno Camon C8) Feels Premium But Still Affordable

When you intend to buy a high-end smartphone, there’s always a possibility of burning a hole in your pocket without knowing it. Time and time again, we’ve seen top brands fail in striking a balance between affordability and premium quality. There’s always a tendency to sacrifice cool smartphone features for the price it goes for. General, if you want the best user interface, up-to-date operating system, a great camera, good sound quality and everything you want in a smartphone, you may need to exceed your budget.

To my surprise though, Tecno has been able to find that balance. Remember the device mentioned in this post running Android Lollipop? It’s Tecno Camon C8 and it’s probably going to be the most affordable premium smartphone in the market in the next coming weeks.

I mentioned the Boom Player when I reviewed Tecno Boom J7 and I was at Ikeja during the week to meet the Music Resource team for the Boom player app. It was an informal meeting and we kinda talked about several things. I had a chance to see the new phone again. I was placed on the table and it looked sleek.

I had a chance to look more closely at the phone. I picked up the phone, looked through some key specifications, placed it on the table and took some quick shots. I had to do it in a hurry. 🙂 Anyway, I think I did enough spying and have more information about this upcoming device.

First Look

First impressions? There are two things actually that initially caught my eye: the physical build and the camera support features. I’m beginning to think this phone is going to be an official flagship device. It has that premium feel when you hold it and trust me, it looks amazing.

Rear & Front Cameras With Flash

Checking the back camera, the first thing you notice is the dual LED flash positioned on the right side of the camera. It’s got a 13MP camera with Auto Focus. I could see that on the left side of the camera.

Remember Tecno Phantom Z sports a front camera with a LED flash? This new device has it too and I’m sure selfiemaniacs are going to love it.

My assumption is that the front camera is either a 5MP or 8MP camera. I could physically ascertain that.

Camera Shutter button

One other thing I’m yet to see on any Tecno device is a dedicated camera button. It’s on this device and you dont have to tap your screen to take pictures. I’ve already heard this is a camera phone and this button makes it easier taking pictures and selfies. Cool, huh?

I’m pretty much convinced this device has been made with quality image capturing in mind.

Storage & Memory

Checking the storage and memory, there’s a 16GB storage and 1GB random access memory.

The RAM is definitely not what you might be expecting and I actually was expecting something more but then, the speed isn’t bad. The iPhone 6 comes with the same RAM capacity if you think about it.

5.5″ HD DISPLAY

There’s a 5.5″ wide screen display. I wasn’t able to tell the resolution but it’s definitely HD. The colors are vivid an the soft-touch response is quite good.

Price

I inquired how much the phone is going to be sold and I was surprised when I was told it will be somewhere around N20,000. My contact told me the goal was to create a premium device that’s still affordable.

Anyway, I hope to receive a review copy this week and more details will surely come in when I lay my hands on it. It should be available on ecommerce sites very soon.

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