TCL is launching two new midrange Nxtpaper phones with matte displays designed to be easy on your eyes. The TCL 50 Pro Nxtpaper 5G and 50 Nxtpaper 5G follow a couple of budget models launched earlier this year with one important feature update: a button that puts the display into — and I quote — “Max Ink Mode.” Hell yes, gimme that quasi-E Ink mode to the max. They’re launching in Europe first, and I have my fingers crossed that they’ll come to the US later, too.
The “Nxtpaper key” is a two-stage slider that puts the display into a reader-friendly monochrome mode mimicking e-ink. Flipping Max Ink Mode on also silences notifications and renders app icons in a wireframe style as if you were using an E Ink display, which is friggin’…
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