We’re all spending increasingly time observing our cellphone screens, and regardless of how huge their screens get, our eyes aren’t getting any higher. TCL’s Nxtpaper sequence goals to supply a little bit reduction with out switching to full e-paper units. The most recent fashions, the TCL 50 and 50 Professional Nxtpaper 5, can do it with a single button.
Nicely, a change to be exact. Along with massive 6.8-inch shows, these telephones include a devoted “Nxtpaper key,” a change that permits the display’s monochrome reader mode. Setting it to the primary place will regulate the display into Ink Paper Mode, whereas going one notch additional will allow “Max Ink Mode,” turning off notifications to make the cellphone an impromptu e-reader.
The naming may be a bit deceptive. Whereas TCL’s Nxtpaper screens do provide anti-glare coatings and better-than-average distinction, it’s nonetheless LCD tech, not full e-ink. The corporate’s Android-powered tablets are seen as an excellent center floor between customary screens and Kindle-style units, however they’re nonetheless a compromise design.
Anyway, along with the devoted change, the TCL 50 Nxtpaper 5 and its Professional variant additionally provide an Eye Care Assistant that may make changes primarily based on ambient mild and make different ideas to assist scale back eye pressure. The “Night time Mild mode” robotically lowers brightness to the minimal setting and activates the rear flash LED for ambient mild, a neat trick. TCL says that of their most reader mode the telephones get seven days of battery life and 28 days of standby time.
Elsewhere these telephones are fairly fundamental, with very good 1080p screens (which might deal with 120Hz when not in reader mode) apart. Different highlights embody MediaTek Dimensity 6300 processors, 8GB of RAM (plus “8GB RAM enlargement,” which appears to be utilizing some devoted storage for digital reminiscence), beefy 5010mAh battery with 33-watt quick charging, and triple rear cameras at 108/8/2 megapixels for major, ultrawide, and macro modes.
The usual TCL 50 Nxtpaper 5 will get an 8MP front-facing digital camera and 256GB of storage, plus no matter you’ll be able to match within the MicroSD card slot. The 50 Professional Nxtpaper 5 will get a 32MP improve on the entrance and double the storage. Each of them launch with Android 14, however TCL is promising upgrades to Android 16 and a minimum of some form of software program help by 2029.
In keeping with The Verge, the TCL 50 Nxtpaper 5 will price €229 when it launches in Europe, whereas the upgraded TCL 50 Professional Nxtpaper 5 shall be €299 with an included case and a stylus, accessible in Europe and Latin America. Launch dates for both cellphone weren’t given.
