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TCL 20 Series Includes $300 5G Model, Flex-Display Device Coming This Year

Jan 11, 2021, 11:00 AM by Rich Brome

TCL today formally unveiled the TCL 20 Series, a lineup of five TCL-branded phones for 2021. The company provided details on the first two models launching this month — the TCL 20 5G and TCL 20 SE (shown) — and teased three additional models "coming soon": the TCL 20 Pro 5G, TCL 20L, and TCL 20S. The company also revealed that it will bring a device with a flexible display to market this year. The company has shown off several interesting prototypes of foldable and rollable phones over the past couple of years. LG teased a similar rollable device at its CES press conference earlier today.

The TCL 20 5G is an affordable 5G phone already available in Italy for 299 euros. It features a 6.67-inch full-HD display with HDR10, 48 megapixel main camera, 8 megapixel wide-angle camera, macro camera, and 8 megapixel front camera. It's powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 chipset paired with 6 GB LPDDR4x RAM and 128 GB UFS 2.1 storage. Its 4,500 mAh battery supports 18W fast charging via Qualcomm Quick Charge 4.0+. Other features include a side-mounted fingerprint reader, memory card slot, NFC, and dual-band Wi-Fi. It also features "Super Bluetooth" which allows audio playback through up to four Bluetooth devices simultaneously.
The TCL 20 SE offers a huge 6.82-inch display, 5,000 mAh battery, and 48-megapixel main camera for just 149 euros. It uses a Snapdragon 460 processor paired with 4 GB RAM.

Presumably, the TCL 20 Pro 5G is a higher-end model. No details were released on that model, nor the 20S and 20L. TCL says one or more models in the 20 Series will come to the US this year, but would not specify which models nor when.

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Hands On with the TCL 10 5G UW for Verizon

Nov 2, 2020, 3:12 PM by Rich Brome updated Nov 5, 2020, 10:49 AM

In late 2020, the focus of the mobile world is still on 5G, but it's not on flagship phones; the hot race is who can offer the best $400 5G phone. Verizon's big bet in this race is on the TCL 10 5G UW, which stands out for including faster mmWave 5G, a feature that usually carries a price premium. And this phone has a number of other specs usually found only on much pricier phones. So what corners did TCL cut to reach this low price? Is the phone actually any good? We took it for a quick spin to find out. Here are our first impressions.

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