TCL 501 - user opinions and reviews
- Anonymous
- SmV
Frustrating crashes on teams battery goes out too fast as a student it's not sufficient use alot money too.
Lags when doing basic stuff due to ram being 2gb it can't load Gmail useless as a student so I sold it.
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- Anonymous
- SmV
Recently got it too expensive laggy often freezes battery heats up doesn't last a day.
For work is a massive no no constant crashes slow Uber loading not worth buy
- Anonymous
- SmV
Really expensive horrible battery
- Andrew
- 0Uv
This phone should not have android 14.. it looks too 2014-ish
- unknown
- myU
Anonymous, 11 Jan 2026a VERY big battery problem. i had one from a joblot that was literally seconds away from catch... morephone is not bad for price but started overheating after a few days of having it but wasn't bad so thought nothing of it but when charging the phone it got so hot it was burning my hand and took back cover of and battery was leaking and was seconds away from catching setting fire not buying one again
- unknown
- myU
Anonymous, 11 Jan 2026a VERY big battery problem. i had one from a joblot that was literally seconds away from catch... morephone is not bad for price but started overheating after a few days of having it but wasn't bad so thought nothing of it but when charging the phone it got so hot it was burning my hand and took back cover of and battery was leaking and was seconds away from catching setting fire not buying one again
- Anonymous
- nGj
Anonymous, 26 Nov 2025Has a battery problem expensive and slowa VERY big battery problem. i had one from a joblot that was literally seconds away from catching fire.
- Anonymous
- 3aB
i think a used phone for the same price so around £55 is a lot better.
for example an xcover pro, a redmi 10, a xiaomi 11 lite.
and if you know how to mod your phone you have an even larger range of phones to choose from
- Anonymous
- pw1
Has a battery problem expensive and slow
- Total Cack LooserTCL
- 39y
Anonymous, 24 Nov 2025If you can live with the 5MP main camera, at £50ish (UK) this is a bargain that would suit man... moreQuote, "...at £50ish (UK) this is a bargain..."
If you believe this TCL 501 at £50 is a bargain, then you are neither aware of the true price of this barebones phone, nor of vastly better specced phones at a price point of circa £70.
Furthermore, Vodafone (UK) is selling this phone (at this very moment) for £29. Now this price is far more representative of the true cost of this phone, NOT at £50 as you state.
Source: vodafone.co.uk/mobile/pay-as-you-go/tcl/501
- Anonymous
- mE0
If you can live with the 5MP main camera, at £50ish (UK) this is a bargain that would suit many.
I use for YouTube, BBC iPlayer, podcasts, WhatsApp, Bluesky, online Banking and phone calls. The 32GB internal storage is plenty and the 2GB RAM + Android 14 Go make it quick and easy to use. Easy set up, no issues charging.
- Anonymous
- dSV
Slow phone expensive
- RazrFlip
- pYd
Wow. Dreadful. Took forever to charge. Got bored waiting for Google account to log in, then play store experience the slowest I've ever experienced. No NFC so can't use it to pay for anything. Warned me last update was over 18 months ago. After checking for update there isn't one so it is an obsolete android 14 Go, with an 18 month old security update. Not for keeping.
- What the gell
- gEt
Chaz, 07 Jun 2025Its cheap for a reason takes 4hrs to charge from 30% to 100%, lags more than the turbo on a 19... moreDebloat or gsi
- Anonymous
- 6wL
Anonymous, 18 Jun 2025for a trap phone i'm at least expecting the flashlight to work and the back camera to wor... moreNo but for real! This exact thing happened to me after i updated the phone 😭 I'm not really using IT but for a 250 PLN (almost) phone I'm at least expecting the flashlight to work!
- Anonymous
- ajZ
for a trap phone i'm at least expecting the flashlight to work and the back camera to work too... the software update for this randomly disabled both??? flashlight apps crash and the quick settings tile just says "Camera in use"
1/10 would rather main my grandmas nokia
- Chaz
- m2A
Its cheap for a reason takes 4hrs to charge from 30% to 100%, lags more than the turbo on a 1990s impreza wrx, try open an app and it says app not responding, doesnt always connect to wifi, when it does it doesnt give internet connection, and its not even heavy enough to use as a brick
- francescotek
- 842
Anonymous, 22 Dec 2024Worst phone ever if you want severe stress issues in your life get this phone doesn't run... moreI use this as a smartphone to play around with. Instagram is laggy but it works fine, tiktok is a little bit worse but YouTube and WhatsApp work really really good
- francescotek
- 842
I bought this phone sealed for 30€. It's really good for the price: it obviously doesn't perform like mid range/high range phones but if you have a little kid or a really old person who wants a smartphone this is okay. The only thing is the camera which is kinda bad. It also overheats a lot. I personally use this phone as a back-up device to just play around with. The processor is not that bad but it could be better. Good things are the screen, the audio and the OS.
- Frank
- gsT
They gave me this cell phone and the truth is, it's the first time I've seen a cell phone discharge when it's charging with the original charger and it's a completely new device.
