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Tecno Camon iTwin – First Impressions | Box Contents | Specifications

Lakshmi Rajan — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 15:00:24 +0000

Transsion Holdings owned Tecno mobiles is quiet bullish about the Indian market and it is evident by the back to back successive launches. The newest addition to their Smartphone portfolio here in India is the Tecno Camon iTwin. The Camon iTwin comes with two firsts for the brand.

First Tecno Smartphone with Qualcomm Snapdragon processor under the hood
First Tecno Smartphone to feature a dual camera at the rear

Let’s take a first look at the device.

Tecno Camon iTwin box contents

Out of the box you get:

iTwin Smartphone
soft back case
Earphone
Power adapter
microUSB cable
Pin
user manual

Tecno Camon iTwin Design

The iTwin is made of polycarbonate body and measures 8.5mm thickness and 161grams in weight. It has a unibody design and comes in a matte black finish. The back has the dual camera and LED flash along with the fingerprint sensor and Tecno branding. The top has no housings and is bare. The bottom has the audio jack, mic, microusb port and the speaker. The right side has the power button and volume rocker. The left side has the SIM tray slot, upon opening you find a triple tray. It can house two SIM and one dedicated microSD card. iTwin is a 4G VoLTE smartphone.

Tecno Camon iTwin Display

People increasingly use their Smartphone videos to watch videos and so the bigger display is most sought for these days, thanks to the 18:9 aspect ratio , the taller design of Smartphone means more room for display size without having to worry about the palm size to hold. The iTwin has a big 2.5D display sporting a 6-inch IPS display with HD+ resolution. The display is strengthened by NEG glass. With a 500nits brightness, the screen is brightly lit and is decent enough. The display setting has a blue filter toggle to protect your eyes while using the phone at night, adaptive brightness and ambient display. It also has notification light.

Tecno Camon iTwin Software

Out of the box, it runs on Android Oreo 8.0 with their custom UI HiOS layered upon. There is an app drawer which is a bit rare among the custom UIs these days. All apps by default goes into the app drawer and there is also a smart move in feature that tries to categorize the downloaded apps in folders. The software features include:

The quick setting toggle has quick access to blue filter toggle, screenshot, split screen, battery saver, flash light and a quirky feature called WhatsApp mode. Enabling the Whatsapp mode, restricts the data to background apps and only Whatsapp would be enabled.
Gesture control actions which allows you to quickly launch certain apps by drawing certain alphabets on sleeping mode.
Flip to mute
Three finger screenshot
Music gesture option to quick control your music by specific gesture with your finger over the off-screen
One-hand mode for easy operation

Tecno Camon iTwin Processor, memory and storage

So far the Tecno phones in India came with Mediatek processor, the Camon iTwin gets a Snapdragon chipset under its hood. The entry level Snapdragon 425 finds its way, along with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage, with an option for expanding memory card via dedicated microSD card. The SD 425 is a time tested decent processor for day to day tasks.

Tecno Camon iTwin battery

A 4000mAh battery should ideally be giving this phone a good battery life considering the less demanding Snapdragon 425 and a HD+ panel.

Tecno Camon iTwin Camera

Dual camera is something people look at when buying Smartphones and iTwin is the first in the portfolio to come with a double lens at the rear. There is a 13MP wide angle lens with f/2.0 aperture and a 2MP depth sensing camera with quad lens flash. For selfies there is a 5MP front facing camera with LED flash for low light selfies. With AI features the trend this season, Tecno also talks about AI beauty and AI portrait features in the iTwin.

Tecno Camon iTwin Pricing

Tecno Smartphones are available only on retails stores, the Camon iClick is priced at Rs 11,499. Also read about our articles on Tecno iSky, Tecno Camon iAir and Tecno Camon i and Tecno Camon iClick. ]]>

Tecno Camon i Sky First Impressions

Lakshmi Rajan — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 03:56:04 +0000

The media kit had the mark of their IPL connection with a co-branded cap and tee along with the Camon i Sky box. The Camon i Sky box content includes:

The Camon i Sky
Transparent back case
Pin
Power adapter
microUSB port
Warranty card

Interestingly, for their Camon series, Tecno offers 100 days replacement for hardware defect in handset from the date of purchase/activation date, 50% buyback 151 promise after 305 days to 396 days from purchase/Handset Activation ( 11, 12 & 13 months of warranty period), One year for one time free Screen (LCP/TP/OGS) replacement. The Tecno Camon i Sky is available in two colors – black and gold colors. The rear has the 13MP with Dual Flash in a capsule design. The fingerprint sensor and Tecno branding. The speaker grille is at the bottom. The phone is 8.3mm in thickness and weighs 137 grams. The top has the audio jack. The right side has the power button and volume buttons. The phone can accommodate two SIMs and one dedicated microSD card slot. The Camon i Sky uses on-screen navigation buttons. The top has the 8MP selfie camera and a LED flash. The 5.45″ display has 18:9 aspect ratio and settles for 480 x 960 pixels resolution. The display though looks vivid and decent enough for the price. Talking about the other specifications. The Camon i Sky is powered by MediaTek MT6739 processor clocked at 1.28GHz and comes on-board with 2GB RAM and a 16GB storage. It runs on Android Oreo with their HiOS UI layered upon it. The battery is a healthy 3080mAh which should give a good battery life considering its overall specifications. So what you think of the Tecno Camon i Sky Smartphone? Available on offline channels with decent bells and whistles, we feel it should make for a good phone for basic day to day tasks. Share your thoughts, full review will come soon.]]>

Tecno Camon i Camera Review – A Best in the Class Camera Performance

Lakshmi Rajan — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 15:22:03 +0000

Tecno is stressing upon the camera performance in their Camon series. While we have seen many companies promising better camera but in reality under Rs 10,000 most camera remain an under performer. In our Tecno Camon i camera review, let’s find out if this camera optics lives up to the promise. In case you have not come across Camon i yet, it’s an android Smartphone comes with a 5.65-inch HD+ IPS display with a full view vision and 18:9 aspect ration. It is powered by Mediatek MT 6735 chipset, 3GB of RAM and has a 32GB of storage with an provision for dedicated microSD card slot. It runs on Android Nougat with their own HiOS UI topping it. I have already done the review of the Camon i, you can check it HERE.

Tecno Camon i Camera Specifications

13MP Rear Camera with ƒ/2.0 ,5P lens and Quad LED flash
13MP Front Camera with ƒ/2.0 ,5P lens,Front LED flash and Screen flash.
Videos up to 720p

Let’s begin with the camera app. The camera app has video, photo, beauty and panaroma mode. You can also access various filters. There is also the HDR mode, square picture option and selfie toggle. Tucked in the settings page is a gesture action to trigger the shutter. Camera app is fairly easy to use. I didn’t notice lag while taking pictures, the app is responsive. Day light pictures come good. I liked the soft blur in the background, even though there is no specific portrait mode. This image was taken in a moving car and I had no issue with focusing. The color reproduction is natural. The camera doesn’t unnecessarily boost the saturation levels, which is a good sign. The images are fairly sharp (even though the images here have been compressed for web) and you can notice the nice softness in the background. Glasses are always tricky subject and in day light, Camon i managed to capture it well too and with the right colors. I tested the camera under various artificial light scenarios with various levels of brightness and the result was impressive for the segment. It does loose a bit of sharpness when the ambient light is not so optimal. The lush green and the color gradient under light clearly demonstrates the camera capabilities of the Camon 1 and the software processing. Again a not so optimal indoor light but still the colors are vivid and captured really what I saw. The dynamic range is satisfactory. The surprise package of the Tecno Camon 1 is when we take low-light shots. I have come across a very few Smartphone in this segment that can take decent low light / night shots, you can count Camon 1 in that list. A bit of noise is there but the low light images are decent with better color reproduction. I can clearly say Tecno Camon 1 really excels in the low light performance than most other Smartphone in this price segment. Camon i features a quad-LED flash at the rear. The flash is not so harsh like in many Smartphones. Selfies are good as well (though am not a selfie guy!) In good light, the selfie is sharp. There is also a LED flash for low-light selfies and also screen flash. Videos are decent , there is no image stabilization which is not expected in this price range in any case but a bit of disappointment is the fact the video capture is limited to 720p. A fullHD would have made it a sweeter deal.

Verdict:

Tecno Camon i lives up to the promise by the company to deliver a camera-centric Smartphone. It is one of the best in the segment and surprisingly excels well in the low-light photography too.]]>