Tecno launches Camon 19 and Spark 9

Tecno Kenya announces launch of Camon 19 series & spark 9 series. The CAMON 19 Series will offer incredible night-time photography features & the SPARK 9 Series will redefine selfie and iconic design for Gen Z.

Tecno a global premium smartphone brand, announced the launch of its CAMON 19 series & SPARK 9 Series at Ole Sereni Emara Hotel in Nairobi. The event marked the first joint official release of TECNO Mobile Kenya devices. TECNO has also announced that it is among the first to make Android 13 beta available on its latest CAMON 19 Pro 5G. The CAMON 19, CAMON 19 Pro as well as the SPARK 9 series will have android 12.

CAMON 19 Series

The CAMON 19 series designed for young fashionistas, it is designed to overcome the traditional challenges associated with photography in nighttime and low-light conditions with style, with such features as a 64MP bright night portrait photography technology and the industry’s slimmest 0.98mm bezel. The phone will also feature the RGBW colour filter sensor technology, which adds a white sub-pixel to the existing universal RGB configurations to enable light intake to be enhanced by 30 percent.

Peter Shi, Brand Manager, TECNO Mobile Kenya, said “We’re very proud to introduce the TECNO CAMON 19 series & SPARK 9, we continue to reinforce TECNO’s commitment to exploring more possibilities in the fusion of technology, innovation, and design.”

TECNO CAMON 19 recently partnered with 48 Hour Film Project - Nairobi Chapter. This was a continuation of last year’s partnership with the CAMON 18 series, the film that won last year's competition had an opportunity to go to the 75th Cannes Film Festival were the team represented the Nairobi Chapter as well as TECNO CAMON 19 series.

CAMission is coming back alongside the launch of the CAMON 19 series. This year it will be bigger and better, it will be done in Sub-Saharan Africa, with each country doing the competition amongst themselves and then together with other African countries. CAMission will focus on Portrait Master and we want this time the participants to focus on telling the African story through their lens. The campaign is to promote African photography and videography using a mobile device.

The CAMON 19 series will partner with Artcaffe Group to give experience to their existing customers of the new CAMON 19. Consumers of Artcaffe will have an opportunity to experience the True-tone Night Portrait Mode of the CAMON 19 in select outlets. The campaign will run for a period of a month after the launch of the device.

SPARK 9 Series

The SPARK 9 Series will be dedicated for the Gen Z. Equipped with 32 MP super clear selfie shooter and trendy reight-angles edge 8.42mm lightweight and slim body, TECNO SPARK 9 Pro brings the users more premium experience to express self-concept and stylish design to let them be on the cutting edge of fashion. SPARK 9 Series will bring the fully upgraded front camera to break the boundary for your self-expression via selfie technology.

Pricing & Availability

The CAMON 19 series will come in three variants CAMON 19, CAMON 19 Pro and CAMON 19 Pro 5G. The 5G model will be out a month after launch. The prices will be Sh23,499 for CAMON 19, Sh33,799 for CAMON 19 Pro, Sh41,599 for CAMON 19 Pro 5G. The SPARK 9 series will come in SPARK 9C - Sh15,599, SPARK 9T Sh19,799 & SPARK 9Pro Sh20,899. Visit any TECNO branded shop, Safaricom to get to experience the new device. Order online through MASOKO, JUMIA & KILIMALL.

With the spirit of "Stop At Nothing", TECNO aims to encourage users to explore unlimited possibilities. TECNO is today's new generation of smart phone brand with elegant artistic design and contemporary cutting-edge camera technology.