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The most compelling phones don’t make you choose between strong everyday hardware and something genuinely different. Unique features can add plenty to the experience, but they don’t paper over the cracks if you’re not getting the specs your money deserves.
TCL’s new P80 Series arrives this month with the specs to back up its headline features. The P80 Ultra leads the range with hardware that compares strongly with rivals in the same price range, making a strong case for the P80 Series as one of the best-value smartphone options in its segment. The P80 Pro and P80 carry many of those strengths further down the lineup, while the Ultra and Pro add industry-exclusive NXTPAPER technology as a clear competitive advantage.
Strong hardware comes first
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The camera immediately gives the P80 Ultra an edge over its rivals. Its class-leading 50MP 3x periscope telephoto sits alongside a 50MP main camera with a large 1/1.56-inch sensor, while neither the Samsung A57 nor the Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus has a dedicated telephoto camera. That means true optical image quality at both 1x and 3x, with greater reach for shots like 6x portraits. The main camera adds an f/1.88 aperture, OIS and EIS stabilization, and Dual Native ISO for clearer results across different lighting conditions.
Then there’s the screen. The 6.83-inch 1.5K AMOLED Sunlight Display packs 447 pixels per inch — around 16% more than the Samsung A57’s 385PPI panel. Peak brightness reaches up to 3,200 nits, compared with up to 1,900 nits on the A57, while the 120Hz refresh rate, up to 100% DCI-P3 coverage, and side bezels down to 1.38mm round out a best-in-segment display package.
The camera immediately gives the P80 Ultra an edge over its rivals.
If that weren’t enough, the P80 Ultra’s ultra-slim, lightweight design was co-created with materials and CMF expert Chris Lefteri, with its colors and in-hand feel refined through consumer testing in major cities worldwide. You can choose from Sunlit Gold, Midnight Blue, and Burgundy.
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