Earlier this year at CES 2020, TCL announced a trio of smartphones – the TCL 10L, 10 Pro, and 10 5G – to the US. The only problem is the company wasn’t ready to announce pricing and specs, but now we’re finally getting all of the information on these handsets and they look impressive.
Of the three phones, the TCL 10 5G looks mighty interesting simply due to it being one of the first budget 5G phones that’ll come to market for $400. Every other current 5G phone to this point has cost about $1,000 or more.
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The TCL 10 5G features a 6.53-inch Full HD+ LCD display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G processor, plus 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage (which users can expand with an up to 1TB microSD card). You get a sizable 4,500mAh battery with wireless charging, a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
While you might have expected the TCL 10 5G would come rocking the Snapdragon 865 like other 5G phones, the Snapdragon 765G is actually Qualcomm’s first chip to feature an integrated 5G modem. Comparatively, the Snapdragon 865 still requires a separate 5G modem chip.
It also has a ton of cameras including a 64MP main camera, an 8MP ultrawide camera with a 118-degree field of view, a 5MP macro camera, and a 2MP depth sensor. On the front, there’s a 16MP camera sitting behind the cutout on the display.
Unfortunately, there isn’t any concrete availability information for the TCL 10 5G as the company has only stated that it will release in the US sometime this year.
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TCL 10 Pro and TCL 10L
The TCL 10 Pro is the real flagship of this trio and it’s a pretty solid device for $449. The phone comes with a 6.47-inch AMOLED display complete with the curved sides and in-display fingerprint reader you might expect from a flagship device.
It also has a Snapdragon 675 processor, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage with a microSD card slot, 4,500mAh battery, and it even has a headphone jack. The camera setup on the TCL 10 Pro includes a 64MP main camera, a dedicated low light camera, super wide-angle and macro cameras, and a 24MP front-facing camera.
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Lastly, the TCL 10L is the most budget option, flying in at $249. This low-cost device offers up a 6.53-inch display Snapdragon 665 processor, 6GB of RAM, 64GB of storage with a microSD card slot for expansion. What’s more, this affordable handset still packs four cameras, including a 48MP main, 8MP ultrawide, 2MP macro, 2MP depth sensor, and a 16MP front camera.
There’s no mention of water-resistance on either the TCL 10 Pro or 10L, and neither device supports wireless charging. Both of these smartphones are slated for release this quarter, which should last until June, though there’s no exact date.
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Kevin Lee is IGN’s Hardware and Roundups Editor. Follow him on Twitter @baggingspam
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