I took the TCL 50 XL 5G to a street festival in order to try out the takoyaki made by Karl's Balls, a food vendor I follow on Instagram. Since it was a sunny day, the 50 XL did a decent job.

TCL 50 XL has a lot of potential value. While I have to run the TCL 50 XL through our variety of review tests, it's striking to see so many high-end phone features make their way down to a $160 phone.

The TCL 50 XL 5G has uniform bezels along the top and sides, but the bottom features a slightly thicker bezel to form the “chin.” While it may be annoying at first, you eventually get used to it.