Notice the lack of “5G” in the name – the TCL 40 XL chooses a larger display over next-gen connectivity. Said display has a 6.75” diagonal, though TCL kept the resolution at HD+ (the refresh rate is 60Hz). That was the case with the 30 XL last year too, that one had a 6.82” HD+ display. This is also comparable to the 40 SE that was announced at CES with a 6.75” HD+ display (90Hz).
Like the X, this phone has a 50+2+2MP
triple camera on its back and a notched 8MP camera on the front. The 5MP ultra
wide camera of last year’s model is gone. The storage on the XL is upsized to
128GB (expandable with microSD cards by up to 512GB), though RAM remains at
4GB. The phone is powered by the Helio G37, a 12nm chip with eight Cortex-A53
cores and a PowerVR GE8320, fairly low end compared to the 5G models listed
above but on par with the 40 SE.
The battery was not upscaled to match the
larger display and has the same 5,000mAh capacity as the X/XE. This model also
uses face unlock and a side-mounted fingerprint reader. The TCL 40 XL is US$ 150,
making it US$ 20 cheaper than the 40 XE and the 40 SE.
