TCL’s newest phone takes its NXTPAPER display to a whole new level
Now there's a button that can turn your phone into a battery-sipping digital detox device.
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- At IFA 2024, TCL unveiled the TCL 50 Pro NXTPAPER 5G and its non-Pro sibling.
- Both phones have a button that can hot-swap the device into a low-power digital detox mode called Max Ink Mode.
- The TCL 50 Pro NXTPAPER 5G starts at €299 and is coming to Europe and Latin America with teases of a US launch in 2025.
TCL has been launching NXTPAPER phones for a few years now. Although none of them have made it to our list of the best Android phones you can buy, we are consistently impressed with the NXTPAPER tech, which significantly reduces light glare, makes text on your phone easier to read, and has a pleasant, paper-like feel. Today, at IFA 2024, TCL took the wraps off its newest entries in the NXTPAPER family: the TCL 50 Pro NXTPAPER 5G and the TCL 50 NXTPAPER 5G.
Both phones are basically the same, except the non-Pro model has some slightly weaker specs. The two star features, though, are shared across both devices. Obviously, the first star feature is NXTPAPER itself, something only TCL currently offers. The only thing that comes close is Gorilla Glass Armor, which currently is only available on the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, but hopefully, that will change in 2025.
