TCL’s first US-bound Nxtpaper telephones — which have shows that the corporate describes as “paperlike” — will value beneath $229 once they arrive later this 12 months. The corporate introduced the costs alongside further particulars for its 50 collection of telephones on Monday at Cellular World Congress in Barcelona.
TCL’s 50 XL Nxtpaper 5G might be priced beneath $229 (roughly £180, AU$350), and the smaller 50 XE Nxtpaper 5G will value beneath $199. TCL’s telephones are sometimes discounted additional by wi-fi carriers, which is probably going why the corporate supplied value ranges somewhat than particular costs. Each telephones are timed to reach within the third quarter of this 12 months.
Each Nxtpaper telephones had been revealed, alongside the remainder of TCL’s 50 collection, at CES 2024 in January. The 50 XL Nxtpaper could have a 6.8-inch FHD Plus show, whereas the XE could have a 6.6-inch HD Plus show. Each telephones will embrace a standard view for basic use with Android apps, a low-contrast coloration paper mode for comics and a black-and-white ink paper mode, which can act extra like an e-reader.
Throughout my colleague Lisa Eadicicco’s temporary hands-on, she seen each telephones have a matte end on the show with nearly no glare. However we’ll have to check that out additional when the telephones are launched.
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TCL has additionally revealed pricing for its telephones with extra conventional shows, together with the $169 TCL 50 XL 5G and the $149 50 XE 5G. The XL mannequin might be accessible at Metro by T-Cellular within the second quarter of this 12 months, whereas the XE will arrive within the third quarter. The XL mannequin is among the least expensive telephones we have seen to date with a super-smooth 120Hz refresh price show. The XE could have a 90Hz show.
These telephones are joined by the newly introduced $99 TCL 50 LE telephone. The TCL 50 LE has a 6.6-inch HD Plus show with a 90Hz refresh price. That cheaper telephone may even have a 4,000-mAh battery, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. Extra particulars for it, together with its launch date, are coming later.
Whereas it wasn’t introduced for the US, TCL’s 50 SE telephone for 150 euro (roughly $160) additionally debuted Monday, has a 6.8-inch FHD Plus show, 12GB of reminiscence and 256GB of storage.
TCL’s telephone bulletins arrive as different corporations as Cellular World Congress continues to ramp up. Anouncements to date embrace Microsoft asserting plans to make use of synthetic intelligence to cease telephone scammers and a rollable telephone idea from Motorola.
