Tecno Camon 18, Tecno Pova Neo, Tecno Spark 8T, and Tecno Spark 8 Pro will soon be able to virtually expand their RAM with Memory Fusion. Tecno claims that the feature reduces average app startup time by 80 percent and helps keep twice the number of backend cache applications in memory.

An OTA update with the feature will be released soon for the aforementioned devices. Tecno’s Memory Fusion feature is similar to vivo’s Extended RAM and works by dedicating a bit of memory (usually 2-5 GB) from a phone’s internal storage to RAM. It is obviously no replacement for physical RAM but has been claimed to improve performance and allow more apps to run simultaneously.

On the 4GB RAM variants of the Tecno devices, users will be able to extend RAM by up to 3GB, taking the total to 7GB. The 6GB RAM variants will allow an even greater stretch, with Memory Fusion nearly doubling the memory with 5GB of virtual RAM, to a total of a massive 11GB.

While 6GB of memory has sort of become the sweet spot for Android phones, offering the perfect balance between price and performance, smartphone OEMs seem obsessed with going the extra mile. Tecno is joined by the likes of Samsung, Xiaomi, and OPPO with their newfound love for expandable RAM.

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Tecno on Thursday added a new phone to its portfolio of budget offerings in India called the Tecno Camon 18, with a 48MP selfie camera being its highlight feature. The company will also be offering its Tecno Buds 2 TWS earbuds for free with every purchase.

The Tecno Camon 18 is powered by the MediaTek Helio G85 processor and sports a 6.8-inch full-HD+ LCD display with 396PPI density and a maximum brightness of 500nits. The touch sampling rate stands at 120Hz. Its battery is sized 5000mAh and supports 18W charging.

The phone’s cameras are easily the most interesting bit, especially the one on the front with its 48MP resolution sensor. The snappers on the rear are arranged in a vertical array and are comprised of a 48-megapixel primary sensor with an f/1.79 aperture, a 2-megapixel depth sensor, and an AI lens, along with dual flash. 2K video recording and low light photography mode with the company’s TAIVOS technology is supported, along with a bunch of other modes.

Moving on to software, the Tecno Camon 18 boots into Android 11 out of the box, layered atop with the HiOS 8 skin.

The Tecno Camon 18 will be available across online and retail channels in India starting December 27. It will be sold in a single 4GB+128GB RAM and storage variant and in two colors, namely Dusk Grey and Iris Purple. The RAM can be extended to 7GB through a memory-expanding feature.

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Tecno is on the brink of releasing its Camon 18 series on the heels of the freshly launched Tecno Phantom X. The series comprises the standard Camon 18 paired with the Camon 18 Premier. There are talks about a third Tecno 18 Pro variant as well, although there’s little evidence for it at the moment.

Display & Design

Little about the display specifications of the device is known other than the fact that it will sport an FHD+ resolution of 2400 x 1080 pixels. But judging from its photos, it is safe to assume that the display will be sized over 6.4-inches.

The design of the Tecno Camon 18 series is very similar to the Oppo Reno6 5G due to its near-identical camera module and less rounded edges.

Cameras on the Tecno Camon 18 Series

Tecno has mostly stayed mum about the camera specifications on the soon-to-release series. However, some leaked photos revealed that the phones, or at least one of the models, will be coming with 60x zoom. The zoom will be complemented with Tecno’s proprietary AI TAIVOS technology.

Further, the company’s official Instagram handle recently posted a video showing the Tecno Camon 18 series’ Gimbal camera in action. The Gimbal tech essentially results in super-smooth stabilization.

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All in all, the new camera setup is said to capture significantly better photos than its predecessor.

Specifications

The Tecno Camon 18 Premier is going to be the very first phone to be powered with Mediatek’s latest Helio G96 chip. While the processor is fairly powerful and all, it does have one shortcoming – lack of 5G support. It isn’t clear if the processor is standard across the lineup.

As for security, the series will likely come with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner that will be embedded into the power button.

Software

The Tecno Camon 18 series will be booting into Android 11 out of the box layered atop with HiOS 7.6. However, judging from the fact that the company has had an Android 12 Developer Preview Program, Android 12 should be hitting the lineup sometime later.

Colors

Judging from leaked photos, the Tecno Camon 18 series should be coming in blue-gray and light-blue colors, although it may possible that more colors may be revealed later on.

There aren’t any details available about the storage variants that will be coming with the device.

Pricing & Availability

As for the release date, the Camon 18 series will make its entry sometime in October. No details have been made available yet about the pricing or its availability, so we will have to wait for more details for now.

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The TECNO CAMON 18 is meeting us very soon. And today, we have got our hands on some photos of the latest CAMON model from TECNO, likely releasing around early October. We still don’t have a lot of details about the phone, but the render reveals a triple-camera set-up and a classy chrome-inspired color. As you can see in the image below, the key feature of the upcoming phone is going to be its 60x zoom, which will be paired with TECNO’s proprietary AI TAIVOS technology. The new camera setup is said to capture significantly better photos than its predecessor.

TECNO CAMON 18 Leaked Camera Details

CAMON 18’s triple camera setup will have an aperture range between f/1.6 – 3.5, and a lens between 16-135mm. The cameras don’t seem to protrude much, and the overall design looks pretty clean with round corners. We can also see a fingerprint sensor situated conveniently on the side, which is increasingly becoming common among smartphones in the past couple of years.

Well, this was about its design. But we also have details about CAMON 18’s hardware.

We have got information that the TECNO CAMON 18 Premier is going to be the first phone to be released with Mediatek’s latest Helio G96 chip in the African market. And with 60x zoom camera at the back, the CAMON 18 seems to shift its focus towards better photography.

Tecno CAMON 18 Release

As for the release date, the CAMON 18 Premier will make its entry sometime in October. No details have been released yet about the pricing or its availability, so we will have to wait for more details to be released closer to the launch date. The colors that we have above look interesting, but there could be more options at launch.

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