Price: £179 from fave.co/3sD9SmR
The budget smartphone market is getting more competitive all the time, and it’s surprising what you can get for not a lot of money these days. A contender for your cash is Chinese company TCL, whose new model brings 5G technology to a device that’s comfortably under £200.
DESIGN
For a device with a low price point, the TCL 20 R 5G cuts a pretty refined aesthetic. The tall, slim design is obviously dominated by the 6.52in display, which features slim bezels and a ‘V-Notch’ area for the selfie camera (basically a small part of the bezel that curves down into the screen rather than a punch-hole opening).
A metal band wraps around the chassis, providing a home for the volume controls, power button, SIM tray, USB-C charging port, twin speaker grills (although the phone only has a single speaker) and the 3.5mm headphone jack.
On the rear side, there’s a raised camera section that holds three lenses and the LED flash. The only real clue that this is a sub-£200 device is the thin, plastic back, but that’s a reasonable concession and just means that TCL
