![]() Unfortunately, the TCL Stylus 5G is already showing its age, having launched in 2022 with no successor in sight. It's about what we'd expect from a mid-range smartphone, with the added benefit of a built-in stylus, of course. The software and performance are pretty good, the camera is decent, and it can last through the day on a single charge. The Stylus 5G is a pretty decent phone for the price point. It's great to see TCL getting into the stylus game with its own model. (Image credit: Derrek Lee / Android Central) Charging on both is pretty similar, with 18W and 20W on the TCL and Moto, respectively. However, Motorola gives you up to two days on a single charge with its Stylus phone, which is pretty nice. The TCL Stylus 5G lasts all day on a single charge, thanks to the 4000mAh battery underneath. There's no IP rating on either, but Motorola at least gives the Moto G Stylus 5G (2023) a water-repellant coating for some protection. Unfortunately, the experience with the TCL pen was less than ideal in our testing, while the Moto did just fine.īoth phones have stereo speakers, side-mounted fingerprint sensors, and NFC. TCL takes things a step further with the inclusion of paid apps like Nebo, plus its handwriting recognition capabilities are pretty impressive. It also has a series of apps that take advantage of the pen, such as a handwriting calculator, GIF maker, and more. Motorola has its home-grown Moto Note app that you can automatically enable when pulling out the pen. (Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central) But both companies try to make the best out of the pens with some useful apps. Both pens are passive and not active like Samsung's S Pen, so there's no pressure sensitivity or any special connection between them it just gives you another method to write or draw. The software extends to the built-in stylus pens at the bottom of each device. Motorola opts for a fairly stock Android experience, similar to a Pixel, but it has some niceties like useful gestures and gaming controls. That said, TCL's software is actually pretty nice and feels like a mash-up of the Google Pixel UI, the iOS Control Center, and the Google Home app. When it comes to software, the Moto also has the advantage of Android 13, whereas the TCL was launched with Android 12 and will only be updated to Android 13… at some point.
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