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 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.