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TCL Technology Group Corp is a Chinese partially state-owned electronics company headquartered in Huizhou, Guangdong province. TCL develops, manufactures, and sells consumer electronics like television sets, mobile phones, air conditioners, washing machines, refrigerators, and small electrical appliances.

Consumer-impact summary

User freedom: Many TCL phones have perma-locked bootloaders.^[1]
User privacy: According to their privacy policy, they will share some telemetry with 3rd-parties.^[2]
Market control: In 2010, it was the world's 25th-largest consumer electronics producer.^[3] It was the second-largest television manufacturer by market share in 2022 and 2023.^[4]

Incidents

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the TCL category.

Misleading marketing of QLED TVs (2026)

The second-largest TV maker has to stop calling its QLED TV sets that, as Samsung cries foul. The misleading advertising claims that TCL TVs use quantum dot technology, but the courts disagree.^[5]

Broken promises of software updates

For several years, TCL has failed to fulfill their promise of upgrading many Android phones. So much so that they're blatantly lying about the ETA.^[6]

Products

This is a list of the company's product lines with articles on this wiki.

Example product line one (release date): Short summary of the product's incidents.
Example product line two (release date):

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References

↑ https://github.com/zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame/blob/aa5ba6136153440d6f45509dfa67d79682800b2c/brands/tcl/README.md
↑ https://www.tcl.com/global/en/commercial-display/privacy-notice#disclosure-of-your-information-to-third-parties
↑ Richards, David (2019-11-24). "TCL Set To Be A Major Global CE & Smartphone Brand, Roadmap Revealed". Retrieved 2024-08-11.
↑ Pr, Ani (2024-03-13). "TCL Ranked as Global Top 2 TV Brand and No. 1 in 98 TV Category for Two Consecutive Years". ThePrint. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
↑ https://www.notebookcheck.net/TCL-can-t-advertise-TVs-as-QLED-since-they-lack-in-quantum-dots-and-color-accuracy.1243552.0.html
↑ https://reddit.com/r/nxtpaper/comments/1nckzv5/tcl_update_policy

[1] ttps://github.com/zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame/blob/aa5ba6136153440d6f45509dfa67d79682800b2c/brands/tcl/README.md

[2] ttps://www.tcl.com/global/en/commercial-display/privacy-notice#disclosure-of-your-information-to-third-parties

[3] Richards, David (2019-11-24). "TCL Set To Be A Major Global CE & Smartphone Brand, Roadmap Revealed". Retrieved 2024-08-11.

[4] Pr, Ani (2024-03-13). "TCL Ranked as Global Top 2 TV Brand and No. 1 in 98 TV Category for Two Consecutive Years". ThePrint. Retrieved 2024-08-11.

[5] ttps://www.notebookcheck.net/TCL-can-t-advertise-TVs-as-QLED-since-they-lack-in-quantum-dots-and-color-accuracy.1243552.0.html

[6] ttps://reddit.com/r/nxtpaper/comments/1nckzv5/tcl_update_policy

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 '''[[wikipedia:TCL_Technology|TCL Technology]] Group Corp''' is a Chinese partially [[wikipedia:State-owned_enterprise|state-owned]] electronics company headquartered in Huizhou, Guangdong province. TCL develops, manufactures, and sells consumer electronics like television sets, mobile phones, air conditioners, washing machines, refrigerators, and small electrical appliances.
-== Consumer-impact summary ==
+==Consumer-impact summary==
-{{Ph-C-CIS}}
+*'''User freedom''': Many TCL [[List of phones that do not allow bootloader unlock|phones have perma-locked bootloaders]].<ref>https://github.com/zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame/blob/aa5ba6136153440d6f45509dfa67d79682800b2c/brands/tcl/README.md</ref>
+*'''User privacy''': According to their privacy policy, they will share some telemetry with 3rd-parties.<ref>https://www.tcl.com/global/en/commercial-display/privacy-notice#disclosure-of-your-information-to-third-parties</ref>
+*'''Market control''': In 2010, it was the world's 25th-largest consumer electronics producer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=David |date=2019-11-24 |title=TCL Set To Be A Major Global CE & Smartphone Brand, Roadmap Revealed |url=https://www.channelnews.com.au/tcl-set-to-be-a-major-global-ce-smartphone-brand-roadmap-revealed/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |language=en-US}}</ref> It was the second-largest television manufacturer by market share in 2022 and 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pr |first=Ani |date=2024-03-13 |title=TCL Ranked as Global Top 2 TV Brand and No. 1 in 98 TV Category for Two Consecutive Years |url=https://theprint.in/ani-press-releases/tcl-ranked-as-global-top-2-tv-brand-and-no-1-in-98-tv-category-for-two-consecutive-years/1999228/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>
-* '''User freedom''': Many TCL [[List of phones that do not allow bootloader unlock|phones have perma-locked bootloaders]].<ref>https://github.com/zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame/blob/aa5ba6136153440d6f45509dfa67d79682800b2c/brands/tcl/README.md</ref>
+==Incidents==
-* '''User privacy''': According to their privacy policy, they will share some telemetry with 3rd-parties.<ref>https://www.tcl.com/global/en/commercial-display/privacy-notice#disclosure-of-your-information-to-third-parties</ref>
+This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:TCL|TCL category]].
-* '''Market control''': In 2010, it was the world's 25th-largest consumer electronics producer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=David |date=2019-11-24 |title=TCL Set To Be A Major Global CE & Smartphone Brand, Roadmap Revealed |url=https://www.channelnews.com.au/tcl-set-to-be-a-major-global-ce-smartphone-brand-roadmap-revealed/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |language=en-US}}</ref> It was the second-largest television manufacturer by market share in 2022 and 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pr |first=Ani |date=2024-03-13 |title=TCL Ranked as Global Top 2 TV Brand and No. 1 in 98 TV Category for Two Consecutive Years |url=https://theprint.in/ani-press-releases/tcl-ranked-as-global-top-2-tv-brand-and-no-1-in-98-tv-category-for-two-consecutive-years/1999228/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>
-== Incidents ==
+===Misleading marketing of QLED TVs (2026)===
-{{Ph-C-Inc}}
-This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}} {{PAGENAME}} category].
-=== Misleading marketing of QLED TVs (2026) ===
 <blockquote>The second-largest TV maker has to stop calling its QLED TV sets that, as [[Samsung]] cries foul. The misleading advertising claims that TCL TVs use quantum dot technology, but the courts disagree.<ref>https://www.notebookcheck.net/TCL-can-t-advertise-TVs-as-QLED-since-they-lack-in-quantum-dots-and-color-accuracy.1243552.0.html</ref></blockquote>
-=== Broken promises of software updates ===
+===Broken promises of software updates===
 For several years, TCL has failed to fulfill their promise of upgrading many [[Android]] phones. So much so that they're blatantly lying about the [[wikipedia:Estimated_time_of_arrival|ETA]].<ref>https://reddit.com/r/nxtpaper/comments/1nckzv5/tcl_update_policy</ref>
-== Products ==
+==Products==
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-== References ==
+==References==
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