TCL is the licensee for Alcatel and BlackBerry. While it has announced a bunch of new Alcatel phones this year, it hasn’t announced any new BlackBerry models and neither have the other licensees too.
Yesterday, the product map for the Chinese company, which is best known for its TVs in markets like the US, leaked. Although there are no new BlackBerry models on the list, there are a couple of interesting devices including a foldable tablet.
The product map was shared on Twitter by Evan Blass and it covers devices planned to be released over the next 4 quarters.
TCL T1
First on the list is the TCL T1, a smartphone with triple rear cameras and a punch-hole display TCL has dubbed “Dotch Display”. The phone is said to arrive as early as next month at IFA 2019. Evan Blass even shared another image revealing more details about the phone.
The TCL T1 will have a 6.53” FHD+ Dotch™ Display with a 90% screen-to-body ratio. The hole in the screen is at the top left corner and is home to a 24MP sensor. It will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 675 processor and paired with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.
The three cameras on the rear are a 48MP primary sensor, a 16MP 123° super-wide-angle camera, and a 2MP depth sensor. The cameras are arranged horizontally like that of the LG G8S ThinQ and there is an LED flash flanking the setup on each side.
The TCL T1 also has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, a 3820mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging and will run TCL UI based on Android Pie out of the box. TCL even says it will get updated to Android Q by FOTA. The phone also has a USB Type-C port. Based on the images, we know the phone will be available in black and white color variants. It will also be priced between €299 and €399.
TCL T1 Pro
TCL will follow the T1 with a pro version in the first quarter of 2020. The TCL T1 Pro will have what TCL calls an Edge AMOLED display. It will also have quad-rear cameras and be priced between €399 and €499.
TCL T1 Pro 5G and TCL T1 5G
In Q2 and Q3 2020, TCL will release 5G variants of the TCL T1 and TCL T1 Pro. While the T1 Pro 5G seems to only add 5G connectivity, the T1 actually loses a camera sensor to settle for dual rear cameras. Both phones will have their price tags between €499 and €599.
TCL FLEXTAB
TCL will also announce the TCL FLEXTAB in the third quarter of 2020. This device will have a flexible AMOLED display that fold inwards. The tablet will have a price tag over €1299.
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