TECNO Camon 17 Pro Review

TECNO recently introduced the CAMON 17 pro, the latest addition to the camera-focused series of the smartphones which has greatly improved over the years with the addition of exciting camera features and image processing technology. While the emphasis of the Camon series is on the camera, there has been a noticeable complementary improvement in other departments like design, battery capacity and display.

Design

While the TECNO Camon 17 Pro falls within the upper mid-range class of device, the design and look can easily pass it off as premium device. It is made from a combination of metal and plastic. It is slightly heavy when held in the hand but this could be attributed largely to the huge 5000mAh battery. The phone is compact, less bulky and well-crafted, but can wobble on a table or flat surface because of the huge camera bump at the back. TECNO claims the back is made of glass but what we have here is a shiny, premium looking plastic.

There is the volume rocker and a side-mounted fingerprint scanner which also doubles as the power button on the right, the dual nano-SIM card tray sits on the left while you have the USB C charging port, 3.5mm headphone jack, speaker grill, and microphone at the base.

It is rather impressive to know that TECNO has doubled down on the sound efficiency of the Camon 17 Pro with the addition of an extra microphone at the top of the phone and the earpiece which also serves as a second speaker, so you have a balanced sound when playing music or watching video or playing music.

Display

TECNO Camon 17 Pro has a 6.8-inch full HD IPS LCD display with slightly slim bezels at the top and base. There is adequate screen real estate, complemented by great viewing angles which make it very suitable for gaming and multi-media consumption. The display is bright, sharp and crystal clear so your Netflix game just got a boost.  Screen resolution is pegged at 1080 x 2640 with 90Hertz refresh rate and 395 PPI.

Camera

The back camera set up has a 64 mega pixel, 8-mega pixel ultra-wide snapper, 2-mega pixel depth lens and a fourth 2-mega pixel monochrome lens, along with four LED flash. The AI Camera performance is good under normal lighting conditions and pictures look great and natural.