Well, ever since the Camon CM which launched as a sleek, full-screen Smartphone succeeding the Camon CX popularity streak, all Camon releases that have followed have always popped in with something new to offer as compared to its predecessors.

Its 2020, and the TECNO Camon 15 is the latest release succeeding the Camon 12 Smartphone that was launched mid-last year (2019). As a popular norm, we placed the Camon 15 on our review desk, and here is our overall tale from unboxing, impressions to performance.

Camon 15 First Impressions

Once Unboxed, the TECNO Camon 15 shines as an elegant premium finish Smartphone. A punch hole notch teases as a full Screen display guarantee with minimal distraction. But, what actually excites is the big Screen size rocking at 6.5Inches and measured at 7500*1000pixels as per the specs sheet.

To the rear, the Camon 15 looks elegant with a duo color gradient crossed on the device back. A Quad camera setup (4Camera) excites, but that doesn’t shake ground since almost every new Smartphone comes with 4 Cameras or more.

However, the Camera setup to the top rear corner attracts enough space for the rounded-fingerprint sensor that maintains a center-piece location, which is nice, and makes the rear features accessible.

On Power-on, the Camon 15 packs Android 10 straight out the box with TECNO Mobile’s custom firmware rocking at Version 6.0 (HiOS 6.0). With an uptime estimate of 2-3 days due to the 5000mAh standard, the Camon 15 must be one of the best 2020 releases, though it’s a little back trend as we find out in our review.

Build, Design & Display

Just like previous Camon releases since the Camon 11, the TECNO Camon 15 packs a reflective duo-color gradient to its rear-plate. The gradient overlay makes the Smartphone appear more beautiful than it would have been with a single color, that’s a thumbs up.

But, the placement of a fingerprint sensor to the back is a little old-school at the moment, we expect TECNO to be moving to new standards like having the fingerprint sensor on the Power button.

By size, the TECNO Camon 15 is basic sized and not as heavy as it appears straight out the box, this permits great user experience since having a light Smartphone matches with the current Trend where bulky Phones are nolonger a thing.

Basically, the Camon 15 design is fantastic with its rear-cameras packed in the top left rear corner and the fingerprint sensor finishing the device’s rear plate. Also, the existence of a SIMcard tray making the battery non-removable is a perfect transition being a 2020 release.

Well, to the Front, the Smartphone sports a 6.5 HD+ Inch Screen which we’ve seen on several Camon releases now, But pumps the best of quality and detail when running Apps on the Smartphone.

Likely, the punch hole display notch is well placed on the Smartphone equipped in the top left corner away from the regular mid-screen location. With plenty of distance between the Screen bezels and the notch, full-screen display is a norm without any distractions to the screen detail since the front camera too sits under the punch-hole notch.

Camera

4 Rear Camera sensors are gifted to the TECNO Camon 15 rear camera setup. These include a Wide angle Camera, Super Wide Angle, Telephoto and a Macro lens. With such a setup, you expect ballistic image quality from the quad setup, and yes, the Camon 15 delivers perfect image quality.

However, the major disadvantage is that, the Camera system doesn’t feature a sensor by sensor control module. In that, you’re able to choose which lens works at a time similar to high-end Samsung and Huawei releases.

To serve the Pro mode purpose, several tweaks exist to control the Camera with major modes swived to Wide Angle, Telephoto and Macro capabilities. With these modes, you’re able to somehow control the Cameras and achieve probably some of the best mobile shots on the Camon 15.

To the front, a single 13MP Selfie camera sports a punch hole notch position, this means a perfect angle to capture groufies than selfies.

Excitingly, no front flash exists, but the camera delivers exceptional low light performance. This is done through a strong screen flash that creates cool overlay light that works in a fashion similar to that of LED Flash lights.

By performance, the front camera delivers perfect quality selfies as the rear camera. Just incase you’re a Snapchat/Tiktok fan, the Camon 15 Camera modes feature AR Functionality where you get to choose multiple tweaks you can apply on your images.

System Response and General Performance

The Camon 15 is a fast-performance smartphone, thanks to its 4GB RAM for the base version, we didn’t meet any system lags while using the device. Game execution is swift and multi-tasking with multiple apps open at once is as easy as a flip.

The Smartphone equips an octa core MediaTek processor, though TECNO is glued to using this kind of processors for its devices, performance is great, but this can be greatly attributed to the supporting RAM and Internal storage able to run memory-centric Smartphones with ease.

Battery 

5000mAh is the battery capacity equipped by the Camon 15, this is the first a Camon series release to borrow functionality type from the Pouvior series. Being a non-removable battery, uptime is guaranteed since battery damages are not common with inbuilt standards.

By Charging type, TECNO Camon 15 uses a micro USB port, this is 2020, and this is a yesterday standard. So, we’d expect USB-C to be equipped on such a Smartphone that is not only tied to Camera performance, but also has a big battery capacity.

Verdict

All in All, TECNO Camon 15 is the latest Camon series release that has come off the launchpad in a year where the COVID19 Pandemic has taken control. However, if compared to its predecessors, the Camon 15 is a great upgrade kit.

On a low light, the fact that you can’t individually control the rear camera sensors, but instead all work as 1 and selectively shift between modes, the choice of having a Smartphone with multiple cameras becomes a disadvantage. By similar fashion, its high time for a Camon series release to equip USB-C which comes with plenty of advantages contrary to micro USB.

Since TECNO Camon series are known to be camera-centric Smartphones, the Camon 15 top-rated feature is its 48MP quad rear camera that equips new AI optimization Technology as inked during the device’s launch in Uganda.

Now, we received a Camon 15 unit for a 2weeks review period, and here is a tale of our unboxing session.

TECNO Camon 15 Unboxing

Box Contents

• A Single Camon 15 Smartphone
• USB Cable
• Charging Brick
• Headsets
• Transparent Rubber cover
• Plastic Screen protector
• User Manuals

Boxed with light blue all-round coating, the TECNO Camon 15 Box is medium sized, and houses 3 layers with the top section having the Camon 15 device. The 2^nd portion with the device’s manuals, cover and screen guard, then a 3^rd partition with device accessories including the USB Cable, Headsets plus a Charging Brick.

Once unboxed, the TECNO Camon 15 comes with a removable screen sticker that you can replace with the free-in-box Screen guard for basic protection. Impressively, the device’s punch hole notch serves as an early alert for great functionality as listed on the Specifications sheet.

TECNO Camon 15 Specifications

TECNO Camon 15 Price in Uganda and Where to Buy From

Having launched on an MTN X TECNO Mobile Partnership table, the Camon 15 comes with free data on purchase, the offered data pack by MTN Uganda stands at 3GB for the first 3months and 100% bonus on loaded data bundles.

Routing at a retail price of UGX 688,000 in MTN and TECNO Mobile Shops, as well as online on sites like Jumia, Odukar store. By the trendline, the Camon 15 comes at a more attractive price tag as compared to its predecessors.

For the Camon 15 Premier which ships a pop-up selfie camera setup, and improved performance thanks to 6GB RAM, its retail price bezels between UGX 800,000 – UGX 900,000.

By anticipated performance, the TECNO Camon 15 could be the best Camon series release equipping great hardware and features in a year that has seen manufacturers register production lows. However, we shall test how the device best performs in our review and Impressions article soon.

As an Initial offer, the Camon 15 comes with 3GB of free MTN Data every month for 3 months, and 100% bonus on every data bundle purchased during the grace period. This means a resurrection of the Spark 4 and Camon 12 launch streak that too offered free MTN data to customers.

“We are here today to continue fulfilling our promise of enabling all Ugandans to experience the best smartphones while using the best internet connectivity in the country. We chose to partner with MTN because we are both customer-centric brands and this partnership is for the benefit of both our customers.” Said Shiva Zhong, the TECNO Mobile Uganda director.

The Tecno Camon 15 comes in 3 variants, an Air version (relatedly the Lite edition), the base Camon 15, and a premium finish Camon 15 Premier. Differences in the 3versions are based on price tag, Storage/RAM capacity, and general camera setup.

With a semi-premium finish, the base Camon 15 comes with a quad rear camera setup (4 sensors), the Camon 15 Air with a tripple setup (3 cameras), and then, the close to flagship entrant Camon 15 Premier with a quad rear camera setup (4 Sensors), but with a pop-up selfie camera.

Likely, the Punch hole notch houses the front selfie camera for the base and Air models on an HD+ 6.6Inch screen size as revealed at the launch, in addition to the base Camon15 with 4GB RAM + 64GB Internal Storage as listed on the device’ Specifications sheet:

Camon 15 Quick Specs

To the device color grades, an appealing gradient design with textural tangible lines rules the device’ rear-end (back). Yet again, the Fingerprint sensor also sits as the rear central piece with a rounded style. But still, the actual catch is the device’s quad-camera setup.

In addition, Tecno Mobile inked a new Intelligence vision optimization solution dubbed TAIVOS. The AI feature adjusts the sensors in lowlight conditions to deliver crisp quality Images with little or no Image Noise.

However, we’re not sure of what this new technology has to offer, but for now, we shall test how it best performs in our impressions and review articles soon, now that the Smartphone has been launched and available in Uganda at UGX 688,000.

The TECNO Camon 15 comes with a pile of upgrades as compared to its predecessors. A punch-hole notch bounces as default display away from the base topnotch and waterdrop notch on the Camon 11 and 12 respectively.

To the back, a total of 4 rear camera sensors attract rear views with a 48MP lens ruling as the Main camera. To the center, a fingerprint sensor roars as an extra security layer on top of face recognition from the front camera.

To the front, a lone selfie camera is housed under the punch hole notch with its supportive LED flashlights invisibly located on the 6.55 Inch screen’s top edges. With a sniff of the device’s display and camera specifications, here is more:

TECNO Camon 15 Specifications

TECNO Camon 15 Price in Uganda

In Uganda, the Camon 15 retails at UGX 688,000 in certified TECNO Smartphone shops and online portals like Jumia, Odukar store, among others.

To order for a TECNO Camon 15, you can either enter your details on the TECNO custom delivery portal or order through an online shopping website like Jumia for delivery anywhere in Uganda.

However, as the current COVID19 lockdown continues to evolve in Uganda, the Camon 15 price in Smartphone retail shops may change depending on the state of the COVID19 Lockdown and general consumer demand.