Tej zaum koj yuav tsis siv lub xov tooj Tecno. Txog rau lub lim tiam no, kuv tsis tau hnov txog Suav hom lossis nws Camon kab ntawm tes. Tam sim no, nws tsis zoo li kuv yuav hnov qab lawv.
The company recently held a swanky New York City launch for its new Tecno Camon Series 19 Pro Android 12 phones even though the products won’t be for sale in the US (or the UK, for that matter). I honestly wondered what they were doing there and, more importantly, why I was there.
Tecno insisted on describing the handsets as being “designed for fashionistas.” I could not tell you what that means, but I admit to being intrigued by the design, specs, and, especially, the price.
Key specs include:
6.8-nti FHD + zoo li ntug-rau-ntug 120 Hz zaub
Drill-hole front-facing 32MP camera
64 MP thiab 50 MP lub koob yees duab nyob tom qab
2X kho qhov muag
Optical Image Stabilization
5,000 mAh roj teeb
Hneev tes nyeem ntawv
Face unlocking
Qee qhov zoo nkauj AI-infused yees duab dag
a 3.5mm headphone jack (!)
A power brick, cable, and earbuds (!!)
Nws kuj yog ib lub xov tooj zoo nkauj heev. Muaj tus ntiv tes-tsis lees paub pob zeb diamond-coated rov qab uas zoo li thiab zoo nkauj. Lub koob yees duab dual lub voj voog array (uas muaj peb lub koob yees duab - muaj 2MP bokeh-pab lens), yog qhov loj tab sis muaj kuab heev, nws tus nqi zoo li pab los ntawm nws cov iav siv lead ua. Lub chassis tsuas yog me ntsis tuab dua li iPhone 13 Pro Max, tab sis lub xov tooj xav tias hnyav dua.
Camon 19 Pro los yuav tag nrho cov no (thiab ntau dua) rau $ 280. Qhov ntawd yog lub xov tooj uas koj tuaj yeem them tawm hauv qhov chaw ntawm tsib lossis rau lub hlis (yog tias koj them ib ncig $ 50 ib hlis). Camon Series 19 Pro 5G pib ntawm $ 320 xwb. Qhov ntawd yog, ntawm ob lub xov tooj, nrog 128 GB ntawm kev cia thiab 8GB ntawm RAM.
To put that in perspective, the cheapest iPhone you can buy is the $429 Apple iPhone SE, which has just 64 GB of storage.
(Cov duab credit: Yav Tom Ntej / Lance Ulanoff)
There's a catch
There are, of course, huge caveats, the biggest one being global availability. These Tecno phones are available in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Southern Asia, but not, as I noted earlier, in the US or Europe. Pricing might also vary and the $280 and $320 Tecno offered is still just an “estimate” for my market.
Muaj ntau qhov kev txwv feem ntau cuam tshuam nrog cov xov tooj siv nyiaj zoo li tsis muaj tus nyeem ntiv tes hauv qab. Hloov chaw, lub hwj chim / tsa khawm ob npaug ua tus nyeem ntiv tes zoo. Lub vijtsam tseem yog LCD thiab tsis yog OLED. Tsis muaj kev tshaj tawm IP ntsuas (tej zaum yuav cia nws deb ntawm qhov tob tob). Nws tsis muaj kev them nyiaj wireless.
Tom qab ntawd muaj lub xov tooj ntawm tes CPU, MediaTek Helio G96, uas yog zaum sib npaug rau Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G. Nws cov lej ntsuas tsis txawm nyob hauv tib lub zej zog li, hais tias, Apple A15 Bionic lossis Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
Yog li, thaum kuv npaj txhij taug kev tawm ntawm qhov kev tshwm sim nrog chav tshuaj xyuas hauv tes thiab txiav txim siab siv sijhawm ib hnub los yog li ntawd nrog nws, kuv tau sim ua qib-teeb tsa kuv qhov kev cia siab.
Rau feem ntau, txawm li cas los xij, cov cuab yeej siv nyiaj no tau tshaj lawv.
(Cov duab credit: Yav Tom Ntej / Lance Ulanoff)
Tsis phem kiag li
duab 1 of 6
Txhua qhov kev txhaj tshuaj tau nrog Tecno Camon 19 Pro.
Raws li kuv tau hais tias nws yog lub xov tooj zoo nkauj loj loj nrog lub ntsej muag zoo nkauj uas, ib txwm muaj, zoo li sab hauv tsev. Sab nraud yog qhov txawv. Nws tawm tsam hauv lub teeb ci, tab sis kuv tseem tuaj yeem pom zoo txaus los siv nws lub koob yees duab thiab qhov chaw nplua nuj los ua ntau yam kev txhaj tshuaj. Txhua yam los ntawm tus qauv mus rau 2x telephoto, thiab los ntawm Portrait mus rau qeeb suab zoo heev. Txawm tias qhov qis qis thiab kev txhaj tshuaj hmo ntuj tau tsim nyog (tsis muaj dab tsi yuav tsim nyog tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo). Tsis muaj lub kaum sab xis dav, cia nyob ib leeg ultra-dav tab sis cov lo ntsiab muag suav nrog cov duab ntse, muaj yeeb yuj, thiab cov duab raug.
(Cov duab credit: Yav Tom Ntej / Lance Ulanoff)
Portrait mode from the rear camera is good (the front camera had more artifacts), though you can’t adjust the level of bokeh before or after the shot (how many people do this on their iPhone 13 or Samsung Galaxy, anyway?). There is an editing tool that lets you add and adjust a bokeh effect on any image, but it’s not directly tied to Portrait Mode photography, which is kind of silly.
Lub koob yees duab AI-powered thiab nws cov kev siv zog los txheeb xyuas cov khoom hauv ib qho chaw tau lom zem. Muaj ib zaug, kuv taw tes lub xov tooj ntawm kuv txhais tes, thiab nws tuaj nrog "Tus tsiaj."
Muaj ntau ntau txoj kev xaiv duab uas koj yuav tsis pom lossis siv tag nrho. Lub teeb rau lub cev manipulation yog, qhov zoo tshaj plaws, teeb meem. Nws muab rau slim lub duav, taub hau, xub pwg, slim thiab lengthen ob txhais ceg, "plump taub qab," nrog rau lwm yam kev hloov kho kom zoo nkauj. Tej zaum qhov no yog qhov Techno txhais los ntawm lub xov tooj rau "fashionistas."
It was, to be fair, hard to find those features and the phone certainly doesn’t push them. Still, it’s weird that they’re there.
Punching above its weight
Rau lub xov tooj sub-$ 300, Tecno Camon 19 Pro yog qhov ua tau zoo heev. Nws ua si ua si ua si xws li Asphalt 9: Legends yam tsis muaj kev sib tw. Kuv xav tias tej zaum nws yuav tau poob ib lub thav duab los yog ob, thiab lub suab yuav nplua nuj dua, tab sis nws tseem yog ib qho kev lom zem.
Nws yog lub platform tsim tau zoo rau kev tshawb nrhiav thiab tswj cov ntaub ntawv, thiab kuv nyiam daim ntawv teev npe ntawm cov ntawv sau npe (Apple, Samsung, thov ua qhov no).
Qhov ntawd 5,000 mAh roj teeb yog, los ntawm txoj kev, ib tug champ txhua hnub.
Basically, this is an above-average phone at a ridiculously good price.
Will it ever arrive in the US and UK? I don’t know and Tecno offered no guidance. I’m not sure it matters. What the Tecno Camon 19 Pro demonstrates for me is that all phone manufacturers can do better on the affordability front. We’re paying as much as $999 for powerful big-screen phones that probably do far more than we’ll ever need them to (at least for most of us).
The Camon 19 Pro sets a nice example for the possibilities of budget. I think it’s time Apple, Samsung, and others answer in kind.
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