T-Mobile will have the device at just $198 while Metro by T-Mobile will cost just a bit more at $199.99. It will be available for purchase in the US starting from Friday, February 25.
What’s new with this TCL 30 XE 5G announcement aside from T-Mobile availability in the US?
Some of the specs have already been known from that prior announcement as well. Including its use of TCL’s NXTVISION display enhancement technology. The tech pushes the included 6.52-inch HD+ LCD panel to new heights on contrast, brightness, and other important attributes compared to other phones. And it has a higher-than-average — especially for the money — refresh rate of 90Hz. That’s with a whopping 180Hz touch sampling rate, putting it right up there with top-priced competitors. The new handset is also still firmly in the budget category in terms of internal specs. Beginning with just 4GB RAM and 64GB of storage, expandable up to 512GB via microSD card. That’s backing up an octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 700 chipset with a clock rate of 2.2GHz. Of course, the company also already announced this phone’s inclusion of a 3.5mm audio jack, fingerprint or face unlocking, 18W charging, and 4,500mAh capacity battery. As well as its tri-camera array, led by a 13-megapixel main sensor, coupled with a 2-megapixel depth sensor and similarly-specced macro camera. There’s an 8-megapixel selfie snapper around the front. Now, the company’s official specs also include some clarity on the resolution of the screen, set at 1600 x 720 under DragonTrail 3 hardened glass. Bluetooth 5.1 is part of the bundle as well. As is Android 11 out-of-the-box. Although that will almost certainly see an update to Android 12, at the very least. Making this one of the highest-value smartphones in its class, when it hits later this week.
