TCL 40 SE
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- Socrates
- CGH
- 04 Feb 2024
LT, 16 Jul 2023Camera is horrible, which is a shame, as the rest is quite ... moreI used to complain about cameras with AI untill I realized how to set the camera for your perfection,.....I personally think it's okay for such a price😄
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- S23hype
- nyU
- 31 Jan 2024
When using the tcl40se it might lag in high end games but using it for every day things tiktok,instagram,brawl stars it feels stable and good but i dont recomend it as it will feel slow in a few months
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- Liam
- nUi
- 21 Jan 2024
Few problems with this phone but a few up sides from the tcl 30 se... On wifi 17+ hour battery on 30 se. On se 40 se more like 11 hours on wifi .. on 4g signal 30 se 14 hour battery life on 40se 10 if your lucky! On 40 se cant use battery saver screen goes to dark ! On 30 se perfect. S tcl 40 SE is a heavy battery use phone and no good for gaming at all or your chargeing it 3 times a day ! And signal on wifi with ac chip set will pick ip 145mbps and 50mbps on 4g ... On the 30 se both wifi and 4g will only pick up 45mbps if your lucky!! 40 se is a slow charging phone ! 30 se is better and if your not a gamer and dont mind waiting 2h40m minutes for full charge its ok better speakers and great memory at 128g but its glitchy as shiit when using 4g+4g ram turn it back down to 4g ram only and its perfect.. personally im thinking of going back to the tcl 30 se its got a 7 hour extra battery life... And sell this the 40 se on ... I should of bought the Samsung a14 or the A52 ... Well you live and learn
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- reader
- mn4
- 11 Jan 2024
Mil, 12 Nov 2023Not better than previous 20se smaller screen and terrible camera.In this price range, you are still complaining about the camera, mate?
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- Anonymous
- mF8
- 19 Dec 2023
Mil, 12 Nov 2023Not better than previous 20se smaller screen and terrible camera.It's more comfortable to hold and use and the camera is better than the 20se, I know since I owned one.
It's a pretty good phone for around 130€ it costs now, with a lot of memory.
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- Mil
- 3PM
- 12 Nov 2023
Flavio, 25 Oct 2023There is an integrated function that allows you to hide the... moreNot better than previous 20se smaller screen and terrible camera.
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- Flavio
- Kk%
- 25 Oct 2023
Sin, 26 Jan 2023I hate notch / hole punch screens very much I don't... moreThere is an integrated function that allows you to hide the notch drawing a black stripe, I'm using it right now in the TCL 40 se. It looks really good. The screen is so big that you practically lose nothing, and also get a clean notch free screen
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- Anonymous
- 3cW
- 08 Oct 2023
VNuff, 07 Jan 2023Garbage for its price.bro how is it overpriced💀
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- Anonymous
- mXp
- 26 Aug 2023
zulu123, 30 Jul 2023Sounds like you should have bought Canon or Nikon DSLR rath... moreSounds like they went from professional DSLR camera to entry level phone
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- zulu123
- pKg
- 30 Jul 2023
LT, 16 Jul 2023Camera is horrible, which is a shame, as the rest is quite ... moreSounds like you should have bought Canon or Nikon DSLR rather than a Phone...LOL
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- pY@
- 16 Jul 2023
Camera is horrible, which is a shame, as the rest is quite nice for the price. Good call quality.
Nicer build quality than entry level Motorola but this TCL has one of the worst camera’s ever seen. No resolution at all - just try shooting anything with detail like leaves, gravel or bricks - it’s just a mush even on 1x enlargement. The colours are off too in photos, and the display (but display can be corrected in settings). They add fake sharpening (low grade super resolution/AI edge enhancement) which just looks fake and can’t hide the mushy details.
Tried OpenCamera to see if it was just the TCL processing but it’s as bad.
Avoid this phone if you care about photos. They only look ‘okay’ if you only view them on a small phone display and never enlarge/zoom in on them.
Even Moto G6 from years ago had more resolution in fine details.
Returned the phone.
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- SaSa
- LKe
- 11 Jul 2023
Bought it like 2 weeks ago
The price is actually very nice, at least in Argentine pesos.
For a normal user as I am, it fulfills all my necessities
The system is fluid and fast, the personalized UI doesn't take any feature away.
The screen looks good and is big
It has NFC, I use the dual SIM For work
The cameras actually take nice photos
As I said, normal use, nothing so geekie or crazy, recommended if you don't have that much money
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- Minu
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- 23 Apr 2023
you have to suffer, 04 Mar 2023most youtube videos runs on 16:9 aspect ratio, so 18:9 stil... moreMe using a Nokia 8 with a 16:9 display lol.
At least 90% of video content fits on screen without zooming
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- Anonymous
- Lc9
- 15 Apr 2023
Has anybody bought one?
What are your thoughts on camera and performance?
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- wrg
- 04 Mar 2023
Sin, 26 Jan 2023I hate notch / hole punch screens very much I don't... moremost youtube videos runs on 16:9 aspect ratio, so 18:9 still gives you black bars but thinner. so you mostly get stuck on old screen style though.
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- Expert
- Hxe
- 27 Feb 2023
The phone is very descent specification.For regular use it is recommendable. For more memory buy 256gb model.
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- Sin
- HCk
- 26 Jan 2023
Anonymous, 20 Jan 2023And if there will be bezel you gonna cry look at those ugly... moreI hate notch / hole punch screens very much
I don't care about screen too body ratio crap
Big bezel are just fine just more hand room
The reason I hate notch so much is it's part of the screen when you're watching a video that is blocked by the stupid notch or some games have get part screen again being blocked by that God damn stupid notch
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- Anonymous
- vx6
- 20 Jan 2023
Sin, 12 Jan 2023I dislike the notched screen
a screen free of any notch or... moreAnd if there will be bezel you gonna cry look at those ugly bezels!
Deal with it bud!
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- Sin
- HCk
- 12 Jan 2023
I dislike the notched screen
a screen free of any notch or hole punch is best
spec wise
that's a beast of a nearly flagship tier camera at this price point coming is crazy too see
( but its becoming normal more ram would have been more useful )
256GB 6GB RAM great storage wish it had little more ram
mediatek hello g37 just fine
screen res fine
battery size good
Android 13, TCL UI 5.0
android being very ram hungry going have problems
if this phone is really cheap i think it will be good
but only if the price is really low
- you have to suffer
- wrg
- 08 Jan 2023
goofy ahh camera design
anyway, this should give sd680, 256gb ufs. it would be an overkill for this one.