After some quiet time, TCL have begun to launch more phones over the past few months, but their latest is set to be the best by far.
TCL were once one of the brands we eagerly watched, but this year they spent the first 6 months being quite, with a sudden burst in the number of phones leaked and launched. The most recent TCL launches have happened in India, but a new phone headed for the Chinese market has today been leaked.
TENAA have the device listed as the TCL 598 with hardware including a 5.5-inch 1920 x 1080 display, 2.3Ghz Mediatek Helio X20 chipset, 4GB RAM, 64GB memory and 3030mAh battery.
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What really helps the metal bodied TCL 598 standout from the crowd is the fact the device boast not 2, not 3 but a total of 4 cameras, making this one of a very few quad camera phones.
Camera specs include 2 x front facing (one a 5 mega-pixel and the other an 8 mega-pixel) plus 2 x 13 mega-pixel cameras. We’re not sure how TCL have set the cameras up but it seems likely they might have opted for the Huawei P9 route (one camera dealing with colour and the other monochrome).
Dimensions of the TCL 598 are 152.6 x 75.4 x 8.7mm with a weight of 157g. All that is left for us to learn is the final launch date and the pricing of the TCL 598. How much do you think it will sell for?
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm you feeling ok bro? are you implying tcl phones are on the pricier side?? alcatel and just tcl brand phones are reasonably cheap the last time i checked
They will at least try to position it just under Idol 4 5.5″ so I do expect price between 300 to 350$. & it’s not all that bad if those remain EU/US prices in Alcatel branding. They are aiming at undercutting the Honor 8 offering with this one.
This doesn’t seem like a device TCL would offer for $250. Take a look at their current range of product and prices and you will get my point.
OMG 4 CAMS !
I WANT THIS SOOO BAD !
PLEASE GIMME !
Why 2 front facing cameras? That’s pure gimmick, no one has yet to get 2 rear cameras to perform better than a good single sensor so this is just to stand out and fool stupid vain people who like taking lots of pics of themselves!
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It’s all a gimmick. I am certain that a better 12MP main camera sensors will perform better than two older 13MP ones in this case. At least it’s comforting to know how TCL traditional tend to use Omnivision sensors. Would like to see their new 12MP one in action. I guess it’s not ready yet. Same can be applied to front camera concerning image processing.
The second front cam could be an IR cam for iris scanning.