Tecno Camon I VS Tecno Camon X – Tecno Mobile best Camon smartphones. Chinese OEM company Tecno Mobile have released the latest smartphone in their popular Camon series; the Tecno Camon X and Camon X Pro. The Tecno Camon X is a stripped version of the Camon X Pro. If you’re a follower of the Camon series, you’ll know it’s all about camera quality. Tecno had released “the Tecno Camon i” earlier this year before the Camon X. While the Camon X was launched majorly in Nigeria and other African countries. The Tecno Camon i was launched in India for the Indian market, which is why its 4G network only supports Indian bands. While the Tecno Camon X has global 4G network support.
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Which one of these Camon smartphones is Tecno best release for the first quarter of 2018? We can’t just pick one without first considering their specifications and features.
Tecno Camon I VS Tecno Camon X – The Design
In my personal opinion, the Tecno Camon X has the best design in the Camon series. The phone features a nice bezel-less display with front glass. Instead of metal, the Camon X comes with a polycarbonate unibody. While the Camon I comes with a front glass and metallic unibody. The Tecno Camon X sizes up to 158.60 x 75.80 x 7.80 mm in dimensions. While the Tecno Camon i measure up to 152.2 x 71.1 x 7.70 mm in dimensions. Tecno Camon X is very light when handled as it weighs just 148 grams. While the Tecno Camon i weighs 172 grams, which is pretty heavy if you ask me.
The fingerprint sensor is rear mounted on both the Camon X and Camon I, below the sensor is the Tecno brand name. They both have a single rear camera setup with LED flash at the top left corner. The rear camera and LED flash of the Camon X are placed in a vertical position. While that of the Camon X is placed in a horizontal position. The Tecno Camon I is available in three body colors; Midnight Black, Champagne Gold, and City Blue. While the Camon X is available in the same body colors of Midnight Black, Champagne Gold, and City Blue.
Tecno Camon I VS Tecno Camon X – The Display
The Tecno Camon I comes with a 5.65 inch IPS LCD touchscreen. The phone has little top and bottom bezels with a 76.13% screen-to-body ratio. The display has a resolution of 720 x 1440 pixels with 285 PPI density. Protecting the display of the Tecno Camon I is Corning gorilla glass 3, which isn’t bad for a budget smartphone.
While the Tecno Camon X’s display isn’t protected by Corning Gorilla Glass, instead the phone comes with a 2.5D glass. The Tecno Camon X features a 6.0 inch IPS LCD touchscreen and 18:9 aspect ratio. The phone has the same display resolution of 720 x 1440 pixels with the Camon I. While having a 275 pixels per inch density. I would say the Corning gorilla glass in the Camon I made it stand out from the Camon X here.
Tecno Camon I VS Tecno Camon X – The Camera
This is where the Camon series smartphones are built to excel. Both the Camon X and Camon I comes with a single rear camera with LED flash and also a front camera with LED flash. The Camon I sports a 13MP f/2.0 rear camera with features such as Digital Zoom, Auto Flash, Face detection, Touch to focus, Continuous shooting, High Dynamic Range mode (HDR), Panorama and Quad-LED flash. At front camera of the Camon i is a 13MP shooter with LED flash.
The Tecno Camon X has the better camera quality between the two phones. It sports a 16MP rear camera with Quad-LED flash and features such as Phase detection autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch focus, Face detection, Auto-HDR, and Panorama. At the front camera is a 20MP sensor with dual adjustable flash.
Tecno Camon I VS Tecno Camon X – Hardware and Software
Powering the Tecno Camon I is MediaTek MT6737 chipset with 4-cores clocked at 1.3GHz. The graphics is powered by Mali-T720 MP2 graphics processing unit. The Camon I comes with a 3GB memory and 32GB internal storage. The Android 7.0 Nougat software runs on the Tecno Camon I.
The MediaTek Helio P23 chipset with 8-cores clocked at 2.0GHz powers the Tecno Camon X. For graphics, the phone comes with Mali GPU graphics processing unit. Unlike the Camon I that comes with a 32GB internal storage, the Camon X comes with a reduced 16GB storage and 3GB memory. The Tecno Camon X runs on Android 8.1 Oreo (with HiOS).
Tecno Camon I VS Tecno Camon X – The Battery
The Tecno Camon I packs a non-removable 3050 mAh battery with no fast battery charging technology. While the Tecno Camon X comes with a non-removable 3750 mAh battery and supports fast battery charging.
Tecno Camon I VS Tecno Camon X – The Price
The Tecno Camon I goes for around $135 (N47,250). While the Tecno Camon X cost around $168 (N59,000). The only downside of the Camon X to the Camon I is the reduced internal storage. Aside from that, the Camon X has better camera quality, hardware, software and battery life to the Camon I.
Tecno Camon I VS Tecno Camon X Full Specs Comparison
| Tecno Camon I | Tecno Camon X | |
| Dimensions and Weight | 152.2 x 71.1 x 7.70 mm. Weight – 172 g | 158.60 x 75.80 x 7.80 mm. Weight – 148 g |
| Display | 5.65 inch (76.13% screen-to-body ratio), 720 x 1440 pixels with 285 PPI density and IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen | 6.0 inch (81% screen-to-body ratio), 720 x 1440 pixels with 275 PPI density and IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen |
| Memory | RAM – 3GB. ROM – 32GB microSD, up to 128GB (dedicated slot) | RAM – 3GB. ROM – 16GB microSD, up to 128 GB (dedicated slot) |
| Software | Android 7.0 Nougat | Android 8.1 Oreo (with HiOS) |
| Hardware | MediaTek MT6737 chipset with Quad-core 1.3GHz processor | MediaTek Helio P23 chipset with Octa-core 2.0GHz processor |
| Camera | 13MP aperture front camera with LED flash + 13MP f/2.0 aperture with Quad-LED flash | 20MP aperture front camera with dual-LED flash + 16MP with Quad-LED flash |
| Connectivity | 2G/3G/4G Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS | 2G/3G/4G Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS |
| Battery | Non-removable Li-lon 3050 mAh battery | Non-removable Li-lon 3750 mAh battery |
| Additional Features | Fingerprint (rear-mounted) | Fingerprint (rear-mounted), Fast battery charging |
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Camon X Pro is better in all aspects
We might not get to have a feel of the Camon I but then the X Pro has better specs even
I think I prefer the camon x pro
Excellent devices. Made for different climes I think.
Both lovely phones. The Camon X Pro edges the Camon I slightly