Nothing Phone (3) vs TCL 40SE
Nothing
Phone (3)
TCL
40SE
At a glance
- Brand
- Nothing
- TCL
- Release date
- July 2025, 11 months ago
- February 2023, 3 years 4 months ago
- Launch price
- € 799.00 ($ 936.69)
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- AnTuTu
- 2.084.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 94% of devices
- 160.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 54% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.67"
- 6.75"
- Resolution
- 1260 x 2800 px QHD
- 720 x 1600 px HD+
- Type
- AMOLED
- LCD IPS
- Density
- 460 ppi Very high density
- 260 ppi Medium Density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Hole-punch Notch, SGS Certified, TUV Rheinland Low Blue Light, TÜV Rheinland Flicker-free Certified, 2160 Hz PWM, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Brightnes 700 cd/m² (typ), Max brightness HBM - 1600 cd/m², Peak brightness - 4500 cd/m², 1000000:1 contrast ratio, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, HDR10+, DCI-P3, 10 Bits panel, Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Corning Gorilla Glass 7i, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
- Water Drop Notch, Refresh rate 90 Hz, Brightnes 450 cd/m² (typ), Peak brightness - 900 cd/m², 1500:1 contrast ratio, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, DCI-P3, Scratch resistant, 2.5D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen4
- MediaTek Helio G37
- CPU
- 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex X4 + 3x 3 GHz – Cortex A720 + 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex A720 + 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex A720
- 8x2.3GHz Cortex A53
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 4 nm
- 12 nm
- Frequency
- 4.32 GHz
- 2.3 GHz
- GPU
- Adreno 825
- PowerVR GE832
- RAM
- 12 GB
- 4 GB
- RAM type
- RAM LPDDR5X
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- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.69
- ƒ/ 1.85
- Sensor
- Omnivision OV50H
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- Pixel size
- 1.20 µm
- 0.70 µm
- Sensor size
- 1/1.28"
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- Flash
- LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- Yes
- No
- Slow motion
- Yes, 240 fps
- No, 30 fps
- Features
- Noise reduction, 4K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Night Mode
- Digital zoom, Triple camera, Autofocus, Touch focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
Front camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 8 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.2
- ƒ/ 2.0
- Sensor
- Samsung S5KJN1
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- Pixel size
- 0.64 µm
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Battery
- Capacity
- 5150 mAh
- 5010 mAh
- Type
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes , 65.0W
- Yes , 18.0W
- Wireless charging
- 15W wireless charging, 7.5W reverse wired charging, 5W reverse wired charging
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- Charge cycles
- 1400 cycles
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- Runtime
- ~ 56h
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- Features
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 128 GB
- Type
- UFS Storage 4.0
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- SD slot
- No
- Yes , Independent SD slot
Body
- Dimensions
- 75.6 mm 160.6 mm 9.0 mm Print 3D Model
- 76.5 mm 167.9 mm 8.4 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 218 g
- 190 g
- Materials
- Glass , Aluminium
- Polycarbonate
- Colors
- Black White
- Gray Purple
- Water/dust resistance
- IP68
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- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 90 drops without defects
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- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
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- Usable surface
- 88 %
- 87 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 15 Android 15
- Android 13 Tiramisu Android 13
- Updates
- OS updates: 5 years, Security updates: 7 years
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- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With Google Mobile Services
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM / eSIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 5.1 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), LE (Low Energy)
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Networks
- 5G
- n1 (2100), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n20 (800), n25 (1900), n28b (700), n28a (700), n30 (2300), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (1700), n71 (600), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
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- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B25 (1900+), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B30 (2300), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600), B66 (1700/2100), B71 (600)
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B13 (700), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, in screen
- Yes, on the side
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
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- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- Yes
- No
- Audio
- Stereo Speakers, 2 microphones
- Stereo Speakers
