In the event you personal an Amazon Kindle however would like to not have to hold it round in addition to your smartphone, a brand new gadget has simply been introduced that might be up your avenue. Unveiled as we speak on the Shopper Electronics Present (CES) in Las Vegas, the TCL NXTPAPER 70 Professional is an inexpensive Android smartphone with a really intelligent trick that permits you to change the show from full color to 1 that appears like an e-reader’s.
TCL has developed a particular show know-how, additionally used on tablets and different smartphones, known as NXTPAPER. Based on TCL this “superior {hardware} and software program to ship a transparent, snug, paper-like, full-color show, day or evening.”
It means the brand new NXTPAPER 70 Professional has a matte, paperlike end even when displaying color. However this implies it may possibly run full Android through a color LCD show identical to some other Android smartphone, with a devoted button on the facet that when pressed enables you to change between completely different display screen modes (Shade Paper Mode, Ink Paper Mode, and Max Ink Mode) relying on what you need to do.
TCL stated these modes ship “a paper-like viewing expertise alongside the traditional readability of a colour interface in addition to a black-and-white interface.”
You may due to this fact use the cellphone to run full color Android apps such as you would on a Samsung Galaxy or Google Pixel cellphone, however while you hearth up an e-book on the Kindle or Kobo app, you possibly can change to paper-like show to the monochrome Max Ink Mode, which TCL says makes use of so little energy the cellphone might final for seven days of studying or as much as 26 days in standby.
Not solely that, the cellphone makes use of blue gentle purification tech that TCL says reduces blue gentle and eases eye pressure. This is without doubt one of the key promoting factors for devoted e-reader units, however the NXTPAPER 70 Professional claims to supply all the advantages in a do-all smartphone.
On the {hardware} facet of issues, the cellphone has a 6.9-inch display screen, MediaTek Dimensity 7300 chipset, 8GB RAM with both 256GB or 512GB storage, IP68 mud and water resistance and a 5,200mAh battery. It is also suitable with an optionally available stylus that can be utilized as an enter system or to take handwritten notes or sketch in suitable apps.
The cellphone shall be available for purchase on Amazon from February, with a precise launch date nonetheless to be confirmed. The 256GB mannequin will price £269, whereas the 512GB will set you again £319. These are very cheap costs if you happen to like the concept of getting a Kindle-like system that’s additionally a cellphone.
Common display screen smartphones have the Kindle app, however emit punishing blue gentle, whereas E Ink smartphone measurement units such because the Boox Palma 2 Professional positively have a number of shortcomings. TCL’s NXTPAPER 70 Professional is a distinct segment system definitely, however it might nicely be your area of interest.
