Tecno Camon 40 Pro review: Balanced specs, good price!

Tecno Camon 40 Pro Specifications

• Display: 6.78-inch AMOLED, 144Hz, 1080 x 2436 pixels
• Chipset: Mediatek Dimensity 7300
• OS: Android 15, HIOS 15
• RAM & Storage:
  • 12GB RAM + 128GB storage
  • 12GB RAM + 256GB storage
• Rear Cameras:
  • 50 MP (f/1.9, 23mm, PDAF, OIS)
  • 8 MP (ultrawide)
• Front Camera: 50 MP
• Battery: 5200mAh, 45W wired charging
• Audio: Dual speakers, 3.5mm jack (unspecified)

Tecno Camon 40 Pro Review

Design

Design- wise, it’s fair to say that the Tecno Camon 40 Pro doesn’t look like anything else in the market right now, especially if you look at its camera module. The phone is available in a couple of color options, Black, Green and White, to be precise and we have been rocking this Green one that looks quite refreshing. 

The Tecno Camon 40 Pro has a nice, curved design that is built entirely of plastic. The hands on feel on it is nice and the phone is quite comfortable to hold as well. And most importantly, the company has made sure to include IP68/69 rating here which is great to see on a phone at tis price range.  Overall, not many things to complain about the design side of things! 

Display

I couldn’t find many things to nitpick in terms of the display too. You are getting a big 6.78 inch AMOLED display with 144Hz refresh rate, and HDR certification. The display on this phone looks nice and bright with great contrast and black levels. You also get Gorilla Glass 7i protection on the front for better durability. 

There, however, are two things that I would nitpick about this display, No 1. It does not have HDR support in Netflix or any other OTT platforms for that matter and No. 2 the 144Hz refresh rate only works in the settings menu and nowhere else. If you set the refresh rate to dynamic, the max refresh rate you can get is 120Hz. 

Speakers

Tecno has also made sure to include a good set of stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos support here. The speakers are not the loudest but balanced enough to watch movies and listen to some music. 

Haptics

I am pretty happy with the haptics on the Tecno Camon 40 Pro too. It has an X axis vibration motor so the feedback is tight while typing ang going through the UI. Although I have to mention that the vibration feedback is not the most impactful while ringing because there have been times that I have missed a few calls while on vibration mode here. 

Performance

Moving on, the Tecno Camon 40 Pro is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7300 5G chipset, which I would say is decent enough for its price. The phone feels decently fast and there aren’t stutters or lags in the UI which is great. 

Tecno has even optimized the Camon 40 Pro for gaming. I got a stable enough 85-90 fos average in PUBG and while gaming, it does not heat up either. If you are someone who likes playing Mobile Legends, good news is that you can play the game and achieve around 120 fps. Most other phones in the same price range are stuck with 60 fps in the said games, so there really isn’t much to complain about regarding the gaming prowess of this phone. 

In addition to that the phone is able to handle multitasking with around 7-9 apps easily and I found the RAM management to be good here. 

Software

That being said, the HiOS skin here leaves a little bit to be desired. For context, the Tecno Camon 40 Pro comes with Android 15 with the company’s HiOS on top 15 on top, which provides you a fairly clean experience, but at the same time it feels a little unpolished especially when you compare it against the likes of Nothing OS, or Oxygen OS or Samsung’s OneUI. 

The usage isn’t buggy, but a little change in the look and feel of the UI is certainly what I would appreciate in the next version of tecno’s software. By the way, Tecno has promised 3 years of OS and 4 years of security updates, which is great, it is as good as phones from OnePlus, Nothing and even Redmi for that matter. 

Additionally, Tecno has not missed out any kind of AI features here either. You get an AI assistant called Ella that helps you with things like summarizing texts, writing essays and emails, there are other AI features like Magic Eraser, image extender and Real time call translation, etc. 

The overall AI experience here is almost almost like you get with some of the more expensive phones out there. 

Camera

Okay, before moving to the battery and charging bit, let’s talk about the camera’s on this device. It has a 50MP primary camera accompanied by an 8MP ultrawide lens and a 50 MP camera on the front.