TCL 30 SE

Brand: TCL
Category: Mobiles
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SoC: MediaTek MT6762G Helio G25 (12 nm)
RAM: 4GB RAM
Storage: 64GB /128GB
Display: V-notch Capacitive touchscreen
Camera: 8 MP/ 50 MP, 2 MP, 2 MP
OS: Android 12

Our Rating

The overall rating is based on review by our experts

7.4 3.7 1

Performance 8 / 10
Display 8 / 10
Design 6 / 10
Software 7 / 10
Camera 7 / 10
Battery 8 / 10
Value For Money 8 / 10

Recently, TCL announced its smartphone device with the name TCL 30 SE (6165H, 6156H1, 6165A, 6165A1). As we already know that TCL added plenty of big changes including changes in design, displays, software, and so on.

Let’s discuss some more specifications of TCL 30 SE in detail:

TCL 30 SE comes with a 6.52 inches (~82.3% screen-to-body ratio) LCD display, and has using V-notch Capacitive touchscreen which gives you a delicate picture, reduces smear, low blue light, and the screen is smooth for eye protection. It supports a 90Hz refresh rate, 1 Billion color bionic display, 450 nits (typical) (peak) display brightness. It has a display resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels with a 20:9 aspect ratio while having a pixel density of 269 PPI.

The dimension of the TCL 30 SE measures 165.2 x 75.5 x 8.9 mm (6.50 x 2.97 x 0.35 in) and weighs around 190 g (6.70 oz). It supports Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by). The TCL 30 SE boosts TCL UI 4.0 User Interface which is based on Android 12. It is powered by MediaTek MT6762G Helio G25 (12 nm) chipset and an Octa-core (4×2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4×1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) processor. It runs PowerVR GE8320 GPU. The phone is available in two different storage patterns which are 64 GB and 128 GB internal storage with 4GB LPDDR4x RAM. Also, it can be expandable up to 512 GB via microSDXC by using the dedicated slot on the phone.

Safeguarding the build, the 30 SE phone is protected with 2.5D Curved Corning Gorilla Glass on the front side with plastic frame plastic at the back that makes the device solid.

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As far as the camera is concerned, the TCL 30 SE packs a triple cameras module consisting primary camera of 50 MP (wide) with f/1.9 aperture, a 2 MP (macro) with f/2.4 aperture, and a 2 MP (depth shooter lens) with f/2.4 aperture. Furthermore, the primary camera is capable of 1080p@30fps, and 720p@30fps videos. The camera offers LED dual-tone flash, HDR, PDAF, gimbal OIS, Panorama Mode, Portrait Mode, and Pro mode features.

The selfie camera is 8 MP, f/2.2 aperture, (wide) with 1080p@30fps, HDR, Autofocus video capability. The TCL 30 SE device consists of Li-Po 5000 mAh capacity non-removable battery. Even more, it holds up a fast-charging feature with a 15W capacity which is quite superb.

Color and Price

The handset comes with very high-end features that give users the best user interface with quality and an amazing display. It is available in two colors including Space Gray, Atlantic Blue, and Glacial Blue in the market, but the price is not confirmed yet.

Sensors on the phone:

Fingerprint (under display, optical),
Face unlock sensor,
Accelerometer sensor,
Light sensors,
Gyro sensor,
Proximity sensor, and
Electronic compass sensor.

Connectivity options include:

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot,
Bluetooth- 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive,
GPS with A-GPS, BeiDou, Galileo, Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS),
NFC- Yes (6127l only),
Torchlight,
Radio,
3.5mm headphone jack- Yes,
Loudspeaker with stereo speakers, and
USB- USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go

TCL 30 SE - Specs

Network

5G Network
4G Network
3G Network
2G Network

Design

Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones.

Bar
Build

V-notch Capacitive touchscreen
Dimensions

165.2 x 75.5 x 8.9 mm (6.50 x 2.97 x 0.35 in)
Weight

190 g (6.70 oz)
Colors

Atlantic Blue, Space Gray, and Glacial Blue
SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages.

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Display

Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor)

V-notch Capacitive touchscreen
Size

6.52 inches, 102.6 cm2
Resolution

720 x 1600 pixels
Display Colors Display Colors is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others.

1B colors
Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality.

400 ppi
Display Protection Display Protection => Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind.

2.5D Curved Glass Screen
Features

90Hz refresh rate, 1 Billion color bionic display, 450 nits (typ) (peak) display brightness

Software

Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device.

Android 12
Skin UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface.

TCL UI 4.0

Hardware

Chipset Chipset is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming.

MediaTek MT6762G Helio G25 (12 nm)
CPU CPU (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone.

Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion.

PowerVR GE8320
RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices.

4 GB
Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored.

64GB /128GB
Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras.

Yes, up to 512 GB
Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device.

Fingerprint (under display, optical),
Face unlock sensor,
Accelerometer sensor,
Light sensors,
Gyro sensor,
Proximity sensor, and
Electronic compass sensor.

Camera

Primary Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality.

50 MP
Depth

2 MP, 2 MP (macro)
Video

1080p@30fps
Camera Features

LED dual-tone flash, HDR, PDAF, gimbal OIS, Panorama Mode, Portrait Mode, and Pro mode
Selfie Camera

8 MP

Battery

Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium.

Li-Poly (Lithium Polymer)
Capacity Battery Capacity is a measure (typically in Amp-hr) of the charge stored by the battery, and is determined by the mass of active material contained in the battery. The battery capacity represents the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from the battery under certain conditions.

5000 mAh
Fast Charging

Fast charging 15W

Connectivity

Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices.

5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive
Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world.

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Infrared Infrared connectivity is an old wireless technology used to connect two electronic devices. It uses a beam of infrared light to transmit information and so requires direct line of sight and operates only at close range.
USB

USB Type-C 2.0
GPS GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky.

Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS
NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.
Headphone Jack