TECNO CAMON Slim 5G Manages to Cram a Gallery Into 6.39 Millimeters

TECNO spent years treating phones like cameras that happen to make calls. CAMON Slim 5G doubles down on that idea and then flattens the whole package until it sits 6.39 millimeters thick, which is thin enough that a stack of two credit cards still looks bulky next to it. Official launch materials call the handset an art piece you hold in your palm, and the company is not being modest about the paint jobs. Five finishes arrived with the September 7, 2026 announcement: Burgundy Red in fiberglass with a matte velvet grain, Matisse Black with fluorescent green cut-out accents, Rebel Pink on a black body, Van Gogh Blue with a patterned gradient that tries to spin like the sky in The Starry Night, and Neo Mondrian, a photochromic white slab that only shows Piet Mondrian's grid when ultraviolet light hits it. The dimensions are 162.58 x 77.27 x 6.39mm, and the launch coverage puts the weight at 190 grams, which is very light considering you're carrying a 6,000mAh battery in your pocket. A 6.78-inch flat 1.5k AMOLED panel makes up the majority of the phone's face, with a 144Hz refresh rate with 2160Hz PWM dimming. It also has TUV Rheinland low-blue light certification. The good news is that Wet & Oily Hand Touch Recognition 2.0, Rain Touch, and a Waterproof Case Touch allow you to tap the screen with wet fingers, so a damp commute or a kitchen splatter will not render the screen unusable. The 5G duties are handled by Mediatek's Dimensity 7300e, which combines four 2.5GHz Cortex-A78 cores with four A55 cores and a Mali G610 GPU. In terms of memory, the phone has 8GB of RAM and either 128 or 256 GB of storage, and it comes with HiOS 16 on top of Android 16 with a promise of three major OS updates and five years of security patches, all with TÜV SÜD backing 60 months of claimed smoothness Sale Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, Unlocked Android Smartphone, 256GB, Sky Blue PRIVACY DISPLAY: Automatically hide your screen from those beside you. The built-in privacy display can be preset¹ to turn on when receiving... TYPE IT IN. TRANSFORM IT FAST: Enhance any shot in seconds on your smartphone by using Photo Assist² with Galaxy AI.³ Add objects, restore details... NIGHTS, CAPTURED CLEARLY: From gigs to city lights, record and capture moments after dark with clarity using Nightography so your photos and videos... The cameras in this phone are the major reason you'd consider purchasing one. There's a 50 megapixel Sony LYTIA 700C sensor that's 1/1.56 inches in size and uses an f/1.8 lens with closed-loop ball motor autofocus and optical stabilization, as well as AI-driven electronic stabilization and an AI-controlled shutter to provide a three-part stability system. Then there's the 8-megapixel ultra-wide lens at f2.2, which covers nearly 112 degrees. Super-Zoom Flashsnap allows the software to capture action photographs without the need to press any buttons, and it can even fire off a 2x telephoto shot at speeds of up to 1/11,236 of a second, which is ideal for capturing concert or match photos provided you're happy with digital zoom rather than a true long lens. Multi-focal pictures have framing options of 24mm, 35mm, and 50mm, and TECNO's Universal Tone skin tone engine is a fancy piece of kit that will ensure your portraits look their best day or nite. The front-facing camera is 32 megapixels. For such a slim phone, durability shines through. Ratings include IP66, IP68, and IP68's more heavy-duty cousin IP69, as well as a MIL-STD-810 drop and shock certification. TECNO is making a huge fuss about underwater photography, claiming that it is a true feature rather than a hoax. Charging the 6,000mAh pack takes 45 watts, a drop down from the 60-watt 4G Camon Slim that debuted earlier in 2026, but it allows them to fit a larger battery into a phone that now supports 5G. Along with the phone, you get a magnetic Mag Badge attachment with its own little battery, and it has a 1.73-inch AMOLED display. Bluetooth allows you to connect it as a wearable mini-gallery of images, a remote shutter that works well up to roughly 10 meters, and a selfie preview that allows you to see your own face without having to flip the phone around. The hardware also incorporates two speakers with Dolby Atmos, NFC, an infrared blaster for controlling home appliances, a USB-C connector, and an in-display optical fingerprint reader to complete the package. Pricing is kept locally. Bangladesh is the first market to learn about the prices, with the 8GB plus 256GB model listed at 59,999 taka ($488) during an early September pre-order window, while everyone else is still waiting to find out when it will be available and whether they will receive a 3-month Google AI Plus trial with 2TB of storage in the countries where it is available. CAMON Slim 5G won't win any speed races against the latest and best silicon, and video max out at 2K30, according to early reports, but that's not important. [Source]