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SpecEagle review · TCL

TCL 30 review: A 2022 budget with a 6.7" AMOLED and 50 MP triple cam at an entry price.

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2022·$200
Overall
56/100
Class rank
#83 of 188
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

A budget AMOLED for under $200.

TCL 30 squeezed an AMOLED panel into a $200 phone — uncommon in 2022. The 60 Hz refresh and slow Helio G37 are the compromises, but the screen and battery make it a reasonable basics phone.

01Display

72/100

At 72/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2022 — 7 points above the cohort average.

TypeAMOLED, 60 Hz, NXTVISION
Size6.7 inches
Resolution2,400 × 1,080 px (FHD+)

02Camera

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

Main50 MP, f/1.8
Macro2 MP
Depth2 MP
Selfie13 MP

03Performance

48/100

48/100 trails the 53-point cohort average for budget phones of 2022.

ChipsetMediaTek Helio G37 (12 nm)
RAM4 GB
Storage128 GB · microSD

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

Capacity5,000 mAh
Wired18 W

05Build

58/100

58/100 trails the 62-point cohort average for budget phones of 2022.

06Value

62/100

62/100 trails the 67-point cohort average for budget phones of 2022.

What works
  • AMOLED at $200 — rare for the price.
  • 5,000 mAh battery.
  • NXTVISION colour tuning.
  • microSD + jack.
What doesn't
  • 60 Hz only.
  • Helio G37 sluggish.
  • No 5G.
  • 2 MP filler lenses.
Cross-shop it against
Redmi Note 10 5G
$199 · score 70/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 188-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .