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TCL 405 review: Sub-$100 essentials.

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2022·$90
Overall
52/100
Class rank
#4 of 5
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

TCL's $90 essentials.

405 is the absolute entry-level — 6.6" 720p, 5 Ah and Android 12 Go for first-smartphone buyers.

01Display

56/100

56/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2022 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

TypeIPS LCD
Size6.6"
Resolution1612 x 720

02Performance

40/100

40/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2022 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetMT6761
RAM2 GB
Storage32 GB

03Camera

50/100

50/100 trails the 54-point cohort average for budget phones of 2022.

Main8 MP
Front5 MP

04Battery

76/100

76/100 trails the 78-point cohort average for budget phones of 2022.

Capacity5,000 mAh
Charging10 W

05Software

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2022.

What works
  • $90 sub-$100 entry.
  • 6.6" big screen.
  • 5,000 mAh.
  • Android Go for low-RAM ok.
What doesn't
  • MT6761 painfully slow.
  • 2 GB RAM.
  • 8 MP camera.
  • HD+ only.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 5-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .