Tecno Mobile is a Chinese

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manufacturer based in

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, China. It was established in 2006. It is a subsidiary of Transsion Holdings. Aimed at

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s, Tecno has focused its business on the African, Middle Eastern, Southeast Asian, Indian, Latin American, and Eastern European markets.

History

In 2006, Tecno Mobile was founded as Tecno Telecom Limited, but later changed its name to Transsion Holdings with Tecno Mobile serving as one of its subsidiaries. In 2007, Tecno created a second brand, Itel that sold in Africa. In early 2008, Tecno focused entirely to

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following market research, and by 2010, it was among the top three mobile phone brands in Africa. In 2016, Tecno entered the

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mobile phone market. In 2017, it entered the Indian market, launching its ‘Made for India’ smartphones: the ‘i’ series - i5, i5 Pro, i3, i3 Pro and i7. The company initially started in

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, and

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, and by December 2017 was spread across the country. The firm has identified other emerging markets, besides Africa and India, with large populations but low purchasing power. It entered the

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and

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markets in 2017 and started trial sales in

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. It is still trying to penetrate the Pakistani market and has started its sales online through various

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channels including its own website.

Product manufacturing

The Tecno mobile phones sold in India are assembled in their manufacturing facility in

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List of products

* Tecno Camon 12 * Tecno Camon 15 * Tecno Camon 17 * Tecno Camon 18 * Tecno Camon 19 * Tecno Camon 20 * Tecno Camon 20 Pro * Tecno Camon 20 Premier * Tecno Camon 30 * Tecno Camon 30s * Tecno Camon 30s Pro * Tecno Camon 30 Pro 5G * Tecno Camon 30 Premier 5G * Tecno Camon 40 * Tecno Camon 40 Pro * Tecno Camon 40 Pro 5G * Tecno Camon 40 Premier 5G * Tecno Phantom V Flip * Tecno Phantom V Flip 2 * Tecno Phantom X * Tecno Phantom X2 * Tecno Phantom X2 Pro * Tecno Phantom V Fold * Tecno Phantom V Fold 2 * Tecno Pouvoir 4 * Tecno Spark 4 * Tecno Spark 7 * Tecno Spark 8 * Tecno Spark 9 * Tecno Spark 10 * Tecno Spark 20 * Tecno Spark 20C * Tecno Spark 20 Pro * Tecno Spark 20 Pro+ * Tecno Spark 30C * Tecno Spark 30C 5G * Tecno Spark 30 * Tecno Spark 30 Pro * Tecno Pova 2 * Tecno Pova 4 * Tecno Pova 4 Pro * Tecno Pova Neo 3 * Tecno Pova 5 * Tecno Pova 5 Pro 5G * Tecno Pova 6 * Tecno Pova 6 Neo * Tecno Pova 6 Neo 5G * Tecno Pova 6 Pro 5G * Tecno Pova 5 * Tecno Pova 5 Pro 5G * Tecno Pova 4 * Tecno Pova 4 Pro * Tecno Go 1

References

External links

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