TCL’s new Nxtpaper phones have a dedicated button for maximum monochrome

Sep 05, 2024 07:00 PM - 6 months ago 222792

TCL is launching 2 caller midrange Nxtpaper phones pinch matte displays designed to beryllium easy connected your eyes. The TCL 50 Pro Nxtpaper 5G and 50 Nxtpaper 5G travel a mates of fund models launched earlier this twelvemonth pinch 1 important characteristic update: a fastener that puts nan show into — and I quote — “Max Ink Mode.” Hell yes, gimme that quasi-E Ink mode to nan max. They’re launching successful Europe first, and I person my fingers crossed that they’ll travel to nan US later, too.

The “Nxtpaper key” is simply a two-stage slider that puts nan show into a reader-friendly monochrome mode mimicking e-ink. Flipping Max Ink Mode connected besides silences notifications and renders app icons successful a wireframe style arsenic if you were utilizing an E Ink display, which is friggin’ adorable. This mode besides extends artillery life, and TCL claims you tin get up to 7 days’ worthy of reference retired of it — almost for illustration carrying astir a regular telephone that you tin move into a Boox Palma pinch nan flip of a switch.

Photo of bluish and achromatic TCL NXTPAPER phones.

Honestly, nan bluish looks beautiful rad.

Image: TCL

Outside of Max Ink Mode, some phones connection a large 6.8-inch 1080p surface pinch up to 120Hz refresh rate. They some see a 108-megapixel main rear camera and a generous 5,010mAh battery. The Pro exemplary includes an upgraded 32-megapixel selfie camera and 512GB of storage, while nan non-Pro type features an 8-megapixel selfie camera and 256GB of storage. The 50 Pro is besides offered pinch a mates of optional accessories: a flip lawsuit and a stylus. Outside of those fewer differences, nan 2 devices look to beryllium fundamentally nan same.

The TCL 50 Pro Nxtpaper will beryllium disposable successful Europe and Latin American markets for €299 with nan optional accessories. The TCL 50 Nxtpaper costs €229 and will beryllium disposable successful Europe.

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