TCL Ion X with removable battery launches on Metro in the US
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- Sin
- 3Hq
- 14 Feb 2023
Good & bad
Headphone jack ✓
SD card slot ✓
Removable battery's ✓
Processor √
Ram & ROM √
Screen ✓
Battery ✓
Android OS 12 !
Carrier locked only ×
Price??
It's a budget smartphone
So spec sheet low but gets pass
Specs are usable
Android 12 although isn't well suited for low end android stated minimum ram 6gb !! Wtf Google
Android 11 is the better choice
As doe too system requirements are lower
Androidgo exist for low end phones but just meh it's horrible os lacking features and functions
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- sq2013
- 7P3
- 30 Jan 2023
blue, 27 Jan 2023This is one of the reasons why removable battery does not m... moreTotally possible to have a phone with a 4000mah and a removable battery. The way they currently built, you could easily attach plug in clips to outer extremeties of the back cover and corresponding holes on the mid frame. In any case it's easy on Android phones to remove the battery. The back cover is possible to remove with your fingernails.
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- Anonymous
- n3q
- 30 Jan 2023
Jagad Bagga , 26 Jan 20232023....!
Top Selling point Removable battery..And a headphone socket, and expandable storage...
It is a pity this phone is a poor man's Galaxy S5.
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- AnonD-731363
- SH3
- 28 Jan 2023
hmm, 28 Jan 2023I am sure the battery last way longer then just 6 hours. T... moreWell still its going to be funny oh looking device compared to many others.
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- 28 Jan 2023
AnonD-731363, 26 Jan 2023Helio G25 SoC, 3GB RAM, and 32GB and 3000 mAh cell in 2023.... moreI am sure the battery last way longer then just 6 hours.
The amount of things you can do with it will make you mad in first hour in use so ditch it.
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- sq2013
- 7P3
- 27 Jan 2023
All phones have removable batteries
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- Anonymous
- b0J
- 27 Jan 2023
blue, 27 Jan 2023This is one of the reasons why removable battery does not m... moreSamsung Galaxy Xcover6 Pro
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- blue
- SXw
- 27 Jan 2023
This is one of the reasons why removable battery does not make sense these days. Both the phone and the battery must have a totally different construction, which means much lower capacity. 3000 mAh for a phone of this size? With a decent chipset it would die in an hour.
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- blue
- SXw
- 27 Jan 2023
Anonymous, 26 Jan 2023The first on many more to come with removable battery...If they keep it in the low price segment, then they can come anytime... Only a few are going to buy.
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- Q5T
- 27 Jan 2023
Anonymous, 26 Jan 2023I bet it has android 11Its android 12
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- dbjungle
- S3%
- 26 Jan 2023
This thing barely qualifies as a smartphone in 2023. Aesthetic is decent I guess.
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- Anonymous
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- 26 Jan 2023
Screen size : ✓
Removable battery : ✓
3.5mm jack : ✓
SD slot : ✓
RAM & Storage : X
SoC : X
Display resolution : 🤷🏻♂️ not sure good enough for most of people
Overall, WTF man 🤦🏻♂️
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- 26 Jan 2023
Helio G25 SoC, 3GB RAM, and 32GB and 3000 mAh cell in 2023.
Hope it will alst a 6 hours before needed to charge.
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- Anonymous
- p32
- 26 Jan 2023
The first on many more to come with removable battery...
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- Jagad Bagga
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- 26 Jan 2023
2023....!
Top Selling point Removable battery..
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- HopeFilledIdiot
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- 26 Jan 2023
IpsDisplay, 26 Jan 2023Because this phone can be "done to order"
I kn... moreThat makes a lot of sense. A very informative answer. Thank you.
But wouldn't that argument make sense only for a household name like Samsung? I'm not familiar with the American phoen market landscape, but is TCL a brand with a following in the mobile phone scene? (I only know that they have a good name in TVs). If TCL is a well-known name like Samsung, then I understand
But I do wish they didn't make that much of a cut back to the chip - the Helio G25 is such a bad chip. I had the pleasure of using a Helio P35, which is a slightly more powerful chip and yet, the experience was very sluggish, it was okay for calling, and light browsing, but anything else and it would chug hard.
Instead of approaching it from a "it's a novelty device. The novelty of a removable battery will make customers digest the poor experience", they should approach it from a "let's make a good-for-the-price experience phone and then make sure it has a removable battery". The second approach would make them vastly better and who knows? If done right, we could even see a small resurgence of this, even if it would be a very niche market share, but a steady supply of these as more and more companies realise the demand for these types of phones.
One can dream...
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- Anonymous
- XTq
- 26 Jan 2023
Unimpressive specs though
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- Anonymous
- 7X4
- 26 Jan 2023
Too bad its carrier locked, would pick this one up if it goes mainstream as budget phone with all of them features intact.
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- IpsDisplay
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- 26 Jan 2023
HopeFilledIdiot, 26 Jan 2023Why do phones like this always compromise on the chipset...... moreBecause this phone can be "done to order"
I know we are tempted project our tech priorities /desires unto the world
But in reality a company like metro could just do a Collab with TCL and say I need a phone that cost 60 dollars to make ... What is the best you can do for me
Then metro should have researched well their target audience . the only specs that matter is "below $120"
I remember years ago when I used to work in customer service when you ask a customer what phone they had.. they would say "a Samsung phone " they couldn't even tell you the model
A popular answerthat told me all I needed to know about the average consumer (aka the masses)
The only way you could get them that their smartphone isn't compatible with 5ghz band to get maximum WiFi speed wirelessly
Is to basically in a nice way tell them their phone is "cheap"
The lower the price bracket the more "binary" those customers think:
Price: I can or can't afford it
Camera: good or bad
Chipsets: don't know what that is