Samsung has (or rather had) a fairly popular series of flagship Galaxy Note smartphones with a large screen and a built-in stylus. Last year, the company decided to focus only on the Galaxy S series, borrowing a key feature from its phablet. But other manufacturers decided to repeat the chip with a stylus in the smartphone, and quite successfully. For example, the Moto G Stylus came out two years ago and became one of Motorola’s best-selling smartphones, and now TCL has a similar device.
The TCL Stylus 5G is perhaps the first attempt at a budget alternative to the Galaxy Note. It has a large IPS screen that allows you to comfortably draw, take notes or just watch videos. The display features blue light protection and NXTVISION technology, which can upscale SDR content to HDR, improving contrast and saturation in both movies and games.
Since this is an entry-level smartphone, its characteristics are appropriate. The device is built on the Mediatek platform and, unlike many flagship models, still has a microSD card slot and a 3.5 mm jack for a wired headset. The TCL Stylus 5G main camera unit includes as many as four modules with a 50 MP main sensor.
As for the stylus, here it is stored inside the body of the device in a special slot, like the Galaxy Note. TCL offers a feature similar to Samsung Screen Off that allows you to take notes without having to unlock your smartphone. It is also possible to activate commands with special gestures. For example, to quickly take a screenshot, just draw a character on the screen. Buyers are offered free subscriptions to the Nebo and MyScript Calculator apps, which let you convert handwritten notes or formulas into typed text. The stylus in the Stylus 5G is passive (capacitive), so it cannot be used as a remote camera control tool or a presentation remote control.
Specifications TCL Stylus 5G
- Display: IPS, 6.81 inches, resolution 2460×1080 pixels, brightness 500 nits;
- Processor: MediaTek Dimensity 700 (2.2 GHz), Mali-G57 MC2 graphics;
- RAM: 4 GB;
- Internal memory: 128 GB, there is a slot for microSD cards up to 2 TB;
- Main camera: 50 MP (f / 1.8) + 5 MP (ultra wide angle) + 2 MP (macro) + 2 MP (depth sensor);
- Front camera: 13 MP (f / 2.3);
- Battery: 4000 mAh, 18W charging support;
- Operating system: Android 12 with TCL UI 4.0;
- Other: NFC, side fingerprint scanner;
- Dimensions: 169.6×76.5×9 mm;
- Weight: 213 g.
The Stylus 5G lacks some of the features that its more expensive counterparts have. But it also costs much less – only $ 258 (about 16,600 rubles). The biggest problem is the limited support. TCL is only promising one major Android update and two years of security updates.
Source: Trash Box
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