TCL’s 30 Z It will be one of the cheapest Android 12 phones on the market at $90, and in the US it comes to AT&T and Cricket.
While certainly in the budget phone’s price range, the phone includes a 6.1-inch 720p display, an 8-megapixel main camera, a 5-megapixel selfie camera, and a built-in headphone jack. However, it has a 3000mAh battery – which is smaller than the 5000mAh we see in competitors This costs a little more It uses an old micro-USB connector. While the former TCL says their battery should last 24 hours on a charge, the latest micro-USB connector is a little strange considering most Android phones and wireless headphones — even those on a budget — now use USB-C for charging.
But the price is the most important here, and the phone can be found Much less From a retail price of $90 depending on the mobile plan you choose. Cricket, AT&T’s prepaid wireless arm, is offering the phone at no additional cost to new and existing customers who bring their own numbers and activate the $60 per month plan. For customers who are upgrading their phone or need a new number, the phone comes in at $30 (although it may include fees) with a minimum of $30 per month.
30 Z is the first TCL-branded smartphone on AT&T and Cricket.
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The TCL 30 Z also comes with a MediaTek Helio A22 chipset, a quad-core processor, and 3GB of RAM.
The phone also has a small space of 32 GB, but it can be increased with a microSD card up to 512 GB.
TCL’s 30 Z comes a month after the company debuted Under $300 Stylus 5Gwhich, as its name suggests, includes both the stylus and 5G capability starting at $258. While the software and security update schedule isn’t available yet for the 30 Z, the Stylus 5G came with a commitment to one software update and two years of security updates.
That’s on the short side compared to Samsung and Motorola, but it could be a trade-off that some people might want to have in order to get cheaper hardware.
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