TCL is unveiling its new line of cheaper telephones at CES 2024 on Monday alongside a step-down mannequin of the corporate’s augmented actuality glasses. The TCL 50 collection of telephones put explicit give attention to the screens, with handsets which have a 120Hz refresh charge and the corporate’s paperlike NxtPaper expertise. In the meantime, the corporate’s RayNeo X2 Lite glasses tout its skill to do real-time translations and a more recent Qualcomm chip.
The TCL 50 collection is led by the TCL 50 XL 5G, which features a 6.8-inch 120Hz refresh charge show, twin audio system, a 50-megapixel fundamental digital camera, a 5,010mAh battery and 128GB of storage. The gadget itself additionally features a leather-like again.
The TCL 50 XL 5G.
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The step-down TCL 50 XE 5G features a barely smaller 6.6-inch 90Hz refresh charge show, however in any other case additionally the identical audio system, digital camera, battery and storage choices.
TCL’s NxtPaper telephones function the corporate’s paperlike show and will likely be coming to the US for the primary time.
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TCL can also be asserting NxtPaper variations of the XL and XE telephones, that are each the primary US-bound units from TCL to incorporate its paperlike show. TCL claims these shows scale back blue mild by 61%, and my colleague Lisa Eadicicco notes from her hands-on time that the screens have a extra matte look compared to conventional screens.
The TCL 50 LE is a 4G-only telephone that may spherical out the low finish of the corporate’s lineup and is focused on the pay as you go telephone market. That telephone will embrace a 6.6-inch 90Hz refresh charge show, a 13-megapixel digital camera and 64GB of storage.
TCL didn’t reveal pricing for its new telephone lineup, however final 12 months’s 40 Collection of telephones all priced for below $200.
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Alongside the telephones, TCL’s RayNeo X2 Lite glasses are a step-down mannequin to the unique RayNeo X2 however nonetheless embrace the stay translation function these glasses spotlighted. The corporate touts that the Lite glasses embrace Qualcomm’s Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 chip, which powers options like its AI assistant, pictures and object detection. Availability and pricing weren’t but introduced for these glasses. The unique RayNeo X2 can also be going international by way of crowdfunding, with TCL asserting Monday that it’s going to hit the Indiegogo platform in February.
The RayNeo X2 Lite debuts hours after Apple introduced preorders for its high-end Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional headset, which will likely be launched on Feb. 2. Each TCL and Apple’s units compete in opposition to headsets just like the Meta Quest 2, all of that are bringing their spin on blended actuality experiences.