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Tecno Camon 19 review: Mid-budget camera-focused phone with 64 MP and 5000 mAh.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jul 2022·$190
Overall
58/100
Class rank
#6 of 11
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Africa's camera-budget bestseller.

Camon 19 sold in tens of millions across Africa and South Asia — a 64 MP camera, big 6.8" screen and 5000 mAh battery at $190 made it Tecno's answer to the Redmi Note line in emerging markets.

01Display

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

TypeIPS LCD, punch hole
Size6.8 inches
Resolution1080 x 2460 px

02Camera

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

Main64 MP, f/1.79
Depth2 MP
AI lens0.08 MP
Selfie32 MP

03Performance

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

ChipsetHelio G85 (12nm)
GPUMali-G52 MC2

04Battery

80/100

80/100 trails the 84-point cohort average for budget phones of 2022.

Capacity5000 mAh
Charging18W

05Build

62/100

62/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

What works
  • Big 6.8" display + 5000 mAh
  • 64 MP main is detailed in daylight
  • microSD + 3.5 mm jack
What doesn't
  • Helio G85 lukewarm
  • Mono speaker
  • 2 MP depth + 0.08 MP filler lenses

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 11-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .