The TCL 30 SE is powered by the Helio G25, a 12 nm chipset with eight A53 cores, a GE8230 GPU. Here it is paired with 4 GB of RAM (LPDDR4X) and 64 or 128 GB storage (eMMC), plus a dedicated microSD slot. The display is a 6.52” LCD with 720 x 1,600 px resolution (20:9). It covers 70% of the NTSC color gamut and offers up to 450 nits of brightness, plus it has 2.5D glass. The 8 MP selfie camera is similar to that of the TCL 30 with an 80.6° FoV. The fingerprint reader is on the back, however.
The rear camera is the same as on the
pricier 30-series models, including the 50 MP main module (1/2.76” sensor, 0.64
µm pixels, f/1.85 aperture), plus a 2 MP macro and 2 MP depth cameras. Video
recording is capped at 1080p @ 30 fps. This is a 4G phone with VoLTE and VoWiFi
support, the phone comes in single and dual-SIM versions. Wi-Fi 4 (n) is
supported, along with Bluetooth 5.0 and NFC. The USB-C port is wired for USB
2.0 speeds.
The retail package includes a 10W charger
that needs over 3 hours to completely fill the 5,000 mAh battery. The phone
does support faster 15W charging, if you have the right power brick. The TCL 30
SE is launching in Europe now at a price of € 150 and it will be available in
other regions soon. The price is € 30 less than the TCL 30, which does have a
6.7” AMOLED display with 1,080 x 2,400 px resolution.
