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Tecno Mobile is a Hong Kong–based Chinese smartphone manufacturer.[1][2] It was established in 2006. It is a subsidiary of Transsion Holdings.
Aimed at emerging markets, Tecno has mainly focused its business on Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.
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 Africa following market research, and by 2010, it was among the top three mobile phone brands in Africa.[4]
In 2016, Tecno entered the Middle East mobile phone market.[5] 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 Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Punjab, 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 Bangladesh and Nepal markets in 2017 and started trial sales in Pakistan.[6] It is still trying to penetrate the Pakistani market and has started its sales online through various E-commerce channels including its own website.
The Tecno Mobile phones sold in India are assembled in their manufacturing facility in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.[7]
In 2024, Tecno introduced three new imaging technologies—Tecno Image Matrix, EVS Dynamic Snapshot, and Tap Any Zoom Dual Prism Telephoto—at the Future Lens event in Chongqing.[8]
Tecno also collaborated with the University of Leeds School of Design to research inclusive smartphone photography, with a focus on accurately representing diverse skin tones in images.[9]
Independent reviews noted that Tecno's Universal Tone technology uses a combination of spectral data and AI-powered algorithms to improve skin tone rendering in smartphone photography.[10][11]