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firefox9:
There's a place called Phone Clinic in Wuse Market Abuja. Please don't take your phone to them for repairs. They'll extort you and make your phone worse.

I'd a problem with my charging port and power button, so I took my phone to them, the guy said he'll fix it for N2500, I said no problem he should go ahead. Then he requested that I should paid him the money so he can buy the parts. I now gave him 2k first. He went to buy the parts and in less than 1 minute, he came back.

When he opened the phone and did some things, he then told me that he'd fixed the power button but for the charging port, I'll have to change the entire panel which he said will cost me another N2500. Making it 5k. I now begin to suspect the guy is only trying to scam me. So I told him that he should couple the phone back and give me because I can't afford to pay 5k to fix that phone. He insisted that I should pay the 5k but I told him that I can't because I don't have the money.

Then suddenly, he said 'Aw! The charging port is working now' then I said okay thank God it works. So I paid him the remaining N500.

On getting home, I noticed that my volume down is not working, so I opened the phone to see what's wrong. To my greatest shock, I realized that the guy removed my volume down and used it for the power button. Now I can't reduce the volume of my phone because the volume down isn't functional anymore. To make matters worse even the power button isn't functioning properly just after 3 days of use. I'll have to open the phone and use broom stick to power it anytime the screen is off.

This has been my terrible experience.
For everyone who cares to listen, please don't take your phone to them. (Phone Clinic, Wuse Market Abuja). Always seek for recommendation before taking your device to any repair service.

For those who've had similar experience, please share your experience so we all know who to avoid.
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Thanks alot duly noted.

saxby:
It puzzles me when people compare the spark plus with hot4 pro o.am using a tecno spark and it's totally awesome so I feel the spark plus will definitely outclass the hot4 pro. This is just my point of view sha

I think I stand with you on this your point of view.

Nice info, I'll try it on my tecno spark too. I can't see the screen shot though.

Wooaahh. You can use this phone to charge two tecno phones o

When it comes to cameras I prefer the camon CX.

investigator007:
Or a tecno spark abi?

How about the tecno spark plus, try it out.

How did you find this out? Is it written in the manual?

Adamawa is a no no

Nice

Camera

Like every other smartphone in the Camon range, the cameras on the Tecno Camon CX are its major selling points. Its 16MP front and back cameras are excellent with a professional feel to them.

Pics 5 taken with the back camera


Landscape picture of Yaba environs showing buildings and the road taken with the back camera of the Tecno Camon CX

Auto-focus on the secondary camera is not very bad. In order to take good selfies, a lot of hand steadying and positioning must be done.

Pics 6


My Camon CX has produced a lot of blurry selfies from shaky hands. Cameras on this phone perform optimally under well lighted conditions so they are ideal for outdoor photography.

Pics 7


Display

In an era where phablets are taking over the world, any screen below 6 inches looks like a small joke. But with a 5.5 inches in plane switching LCD full high definition screen, the CX manages to be small without looking it.



The Camon CX is not entirely devoid of bezels. A black extension from where the bezel starts to where the actual screen stops gives the screen a wraparound-the-edges feel something like the display of the Samsung S series.

This wraparound feel presents an illusion of a bigger (than 5’5 inches) screen.

1080p is an insane amount of screen power and this in turn is reflected on the display clarity. Colours on the Camon CX are true, but images look a little bit over-saturated and bleached; this can easily be reduced to a considerable extent by turning down screen brightness.



Software, Storage and Performance

The Tecno Camon CX runs on Android 7.0 Nougat straight out of the box; the first Tecno smartphone to achieve this feat. Tecno’s custom UI skin; HiOS even looks more pronounced and beautiful. But HiOS still has its own issues — screen freezes and lags — I hoped would have been fixed by now.

For internal shared memory, 16GB feels like a lot of space until you realize your are shooting 5MB pictures on a steady basis. From 2GB of RAM available, 0.90GB is dedicated to the Android OS including a few hundred MBs to system apps. The Camon CX manages not to freeze or experience any system induced lags.

Battery

I was initially scared when the battery started heating up at basic setup with app downloads and updates. But all that plenty screen resolution and system power was going to heavily tax its 3,200mAh juice box to breaking point; I knew.

Initial usage went well, from a full charge the battery dropped to 69% in just 3 hours. This was with data turned on, intermittent WhatsApp messaging, screen display set at maximum, five long calls and a movie in between all of these. So basically, the smartphone was in use throughout the period without a break.

Unless you use its primary charger that came in the box, I have noticed that the Camon CX charges real slow with every other charger.

After a complete drain, the Tecno Camon CX reached full charge(100%) in 2 hours 59 minutes (9:26 AM — 12:25PM) Second charge from 9;04 to 11;04 (2 hours) produced a 50% charge with another Infinix charger. This proved my theory; It is advisable to use the assigned charger.

Battery still warms up once in a heavy usage, but nothing compared to that first experience.

Price

The Tecno Camon CX is selling for ₦70,000 in stores.

Verdict

Flawed, maybe not so deeply, but strengths far outweigh shortcomings on this smartphone considering its price, design and camera.

So what do you guys think? Was it unbiased enough? What should have been added?

Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

Source: https://techpoint.ng/2017/05/15/tecno-camon-cx-review/

I saw this review on techpoint.ng and I thought it wise to share.

You already know that the Tecno Camon CX is the older brother of the C9 that was released in June last year. The CX is a very clever attempt not to go the obvious “Camon C10” way in terms of naming (X is 10 in roman numerals)

Apart from cameras, the Tecno Camon C9 was a far jump from the Camon C8 in design,camera and many other aspects.

Like its predecessor (Camon C9), the Camon CX spots a breathtaking body that is stylish and functional, exceptional cameras on both sides, but apart from that, what else does it have on offer?


Design

Champagne gold, sky grey, elegant blue and rose gold are colors the Camon CX can be gotten in. At first glance, there is an almost iPhone 6ish look to the Camon CX especially with the rose gold variety and jet black screen.

Generally, it feels like a lot of attention was put in the conceptualization and design of this device. Unibody smartphones are the rave these days and the Camon CX has followed this trend.

Its slippery metal casing can be a hindrance to grip if proper care is not taken. However, fine meshes around the plastic back of the pouch makes for a firm grip and prevents slipping.

Even though it does not not add much to the overall weight of the phone, the pouch is cumbersome with an awkward grip.

The Camon CX weighs 166 grams without its pouch.

See pics 1

And with the pouch on, the device weighs 208 grams.

Meaning that the pouch weighs 42 grams

See pix 2



Smart Cover

The external phone casing on the Camon CX also doubles as a smart cover.



When the lid is shut, the display still shows date, time and text message notifications. At the extreme ends of the half circle that is formed by the transparent glass display, there are shortcuts for music and flashlight.


These two features can be accessed even when the device is locked.

See pictures 3


Sound

I usually do not care to talk about speakers and audio outputs, but this is strange and awkward considering bad speakers are one of my biggest pet peeves.

The earpiece for calls is poor and on most calls, I have had to literally press the phone against my ear to hear what the caller on the other end was saying.



Located above the secondary camera, the slits produce muffled sounds during calls. This is not a reception problem, it had something to do with the hardware.

Speaker grilles for music on the other hand are excellent. I didn’t notice how good they were until a bluetooth speaker went off and I continued playing from the phone; nobody noticed.


For all its loudness, the speakers lacked any bass balance whatsoever.

See pics 4

For all its loudness, the speakers lacked any bass balance whatsoever.

Source : https://techpoint.ng/2017/05/15/tecno-camon-cx-review/

Is that not fairer version of Chinakwe`s Dog?

saxby:
Op why go for a phone that the parts will be hard to get?

Which phone would you suggest for them in this case?

Op you mean to root a phone that just came out? Abi is it another C9 you`re talking of?

TechEnthusiast:
Tecno m3 and h3 are cheap yet very good

Is M3 still in production and sale?

benzems:
to remove icloud is 50k

N50k to remove iCloud for how much phone?

saxby:
What tecno phone were u using? E still dey okay?

Why you de ask? u wan buy am?

aadvark:
so did you have the same experience with l8 plus or are u just using your innjoo misfortune to judge? asking this cos u seem to be the only one talking bad about the battery

Don`t mind him, na just attention he de find

Esseson1:
Gooday Guys, Pls my Tecno Y2 is stuck in its boot animation after I did some incompatible tweaks to its build.prop file and now I want to flash it but I already factory reset the phone which means USB debugging will be disabled automatically , I don't know if enabling it is a must if you have to flash with SP flashtool. Pls help me.

Oga go to computer village na or you visit their office.

So how can we be of help to you?

Can I talk about the laptop I use? Or is it just about phones?

now this looks very scary.

It finishes extra fast

That's a question for Nepa

Hmmm this is great bt u didn't write the price

How much wild it cost our pockets?

How many ppl don use am talk tru n 130k? U serious

Can u upgrade or repair very old bbs?

Kai that's awesome

How can I transfer videos from my lumia

Yeah nice work mehn!!