TCL NXTPAPER 70 Professional brings its distinctive display screen and lengthy lasting battery to shoppers within the U.S.
TCL is launching a brand new, surprisingly low cost cellphone this week within the NXTPAPER 70 Professional which, on paper, seems like a actually good bang in your buck.
At $199, the TCL NXTPAPER 70 Professional is a brand new mid-range Android cellphone that, as talked about, seems moderately attractive for its worth level. Reducing proper to the chase, it’s packing a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 chipset, 8GB of RAM, a 6.9-inch 120Hz IPS LCD show, Android 16 out of the field, 256GB of storage, and a pair of rear cameras – 50MP primary and 8MP ultrawide, with no telephoto and a 32MP selfie shooter up entrance.
Put that compared to the Moto G Stylus (2026), introduced simply yesterday, which has the identical core set of specs for $499, and TCL has a actually whole lot on its arms.
To not point out you’re nonetheless getting IP68 mud/water resistance, a 5,200 mAh battery, 33W wired charging, and stylus help? Plus, TCL’s NXTPAPER tech is on board, which features a matte end and a bunch of eye consolation optimizations similar to lowered blue mild emission and flicker changes. As TCL notes, it seems and looks like paper, and that’s one thing we’ve appreciated in previous units.
Throw in that, on paper, this factor really has some respectable horsepower and, out of the blue, you’ve obtained a beautiful new launch.
So what’s the catch?
There are some apparent cost-cutting measures right here. The dearth of a telephoto digicam, USB 2.0, and so on. TCL additionally doesn’t have one of the best observe document for the variety of, nor the timeliness of Android updates, in order that’s one other space the place the price simply isn’t as excessive. That is additionally an unique within the US to T-Cell and Metro by T-Cell, which can or could not have one thing to do with the worth. That is additionally missing TCL’s new AMOLED base for NXTPAPER, which we actually appreciated at MWC 2026.
NXTPAPER 70 Professional (L) isn’t as shiny as NXTPAPER AMOLED (R), but it surely’s nonetheless nice
However, general, it actually does look fairly good. Once more, that’s on paper. We’ve not spent a lot time with the TCL NXTPAPER 70 Professional exterior of a short MWC 2026 hands-on, however we’re curious to see extra.
Orders ought to be open now, although T-Cell’s web site(s) haven’t been exhibiting the cellphone simply but.
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