Tecno Camon CM Review: Processor, Storage and OS
So I am saying it again, the processor is a 1.3Ghz quad-core Mediatek MT6737H, assisted by a Mali-T720 GPU alongside 2GB of RAM. I put the device through Antutu Benchmark, and got some numbers below 36,000. I also tested Basemark OS v2, and the result was not that bad either, standing almost close to Xiaomi Redmi 4 with Snapdragon chip and Adreno GPU.
All the app I threw at it loaded pretty well, but not pretty fast. The OS is Android 7.0 underneath a heavily customize HiOS 3.2.0. Despite being heavily customize with separate launcher, you still get all google apps in place including Chrome, Google Map, Duo, YouTube etc.
The customized UI is also well optimized. Although there are some lags and hangs here and there, but throughout my use, I did not notice any app force close. At a point, I fell in love with the HiOS pop notifications. Instead of putting pop-ups at the middle of the phone, Tecno brought all pop-ups to the base of the phone which is very helpful for folks with shorter fingers.
The HiOS also support some finger gestures on the Home screen. Swiping three fingers down the screen will take screen shot. But when you swipe with just a finger in same direction, you’ll get the Notification drawer. The notification drawer contains useful toggles and shortcut which are mostly useful by default, and you can also edit and rearrange the toggles as you wish.
Tecno Camon CM Fingerprint Sensor
The rear fingerprint scanner also does it job fairly well. When properly set up, a single touch will unlock the device right from standby. Aside unlocking the device, you could also take pictures and answer your calls with the fingerprint scanner. Just remember that when the phone is unlocked, it doesn’t matter whose finger touches the senor anymore, it will perform the other two functions.
HiOS 3.2.0 and Android 7.0 Optimization
As mention before, the OS on this device is well optimized. Despite it 2GB RAM and the Mediatek MT6737H, I found the device to be fluid enough for day to day use. I can multi-task between apps comfortably. Smooth multi-tasking goes between 3 to 5 or 6 apps (depending the memory demands of apps in question).
The only issue I have with HiOS 3.2.0 and Android 7.0 on Camon CM is the fact that it occupies almost 7GB of storage, leaving users with below 9GB out of the 16GB internal storage.
