I shouldn’t want to inform readers that coloration e-readers have been a lot within the information laterly. On this context, the TCL NXTPAPER 11 Plus is a tool I’ve been eagerly awaiting ever since I noticed advance protection of it on-line some months in the past. Some would possibly ask why. In any case, it’s a quick and fairly highly effective 11-inch Android pill, with pretty stable specs and the most recent model of Android, in addition to a beautiful value level. however there are many different comparable competing choices in the marketplace, together with these from the likes of Samsung. So what’s so completely different and particular about this one?
The reply, for a eager onscreen reader like me, lies in its NXTPAPER 4.0 show. That is particularly not an ePaper show. As an alternative, it’s a matte end display screen that may be switched from full color to ePaper-like monochrome actually on the contact of a button. Because the TCL blurb describes it, “the fingermark-free NXTPAPER matte floor is anti-reflective at any angle. NXTPAPER 4.0 employs 60-million-level nano-matrix lithography in its etching course of, significantly enhancing show readability.” Show know-how buffs would possibly argue the specifics right here, however the result’s a unit that packs a daily Android pill and a Kindle-like studying expertise into one gadget.
The TCL NXTPAPER 11 Plus truly presents three show modes: full color common mode, like a standard pill; color paper mode, a toned-down comedian book-like color mode most much like as we speak’s color ePaper gadgets; and ink paper mode, the complete monochrome expertise. The show might be switched between these, regardless of the content material onscreen, with the NXTPAPER key at one nook of the pill. A momentary whirlpool-like impact, extra for present than the rest, and even a YouTube video will swap from full color to black and white on the fly.
It’s the mixture of this monochrome possibility with the unreflective paper-like really feel of the show that really makes this gadget sing, although. Studying textual content beneath vivid daylight is totally doable. I’ve used the gadget in full daylight beneath open skies with no detectable display screen points in any respect. True ePaper would possibly provide a touch higher studying expertise, however the distinction is hardly quantifiable for many studying situations, and the added versatility of the gadget greater than makes up for that slim margin. And you’ll entry your Kindle library via the same old Android app as with all different Android gadget.
I do most of my productiveness via Google, and for me, the TCL NXTPAPER 11 Plus makes another gadget just about redundant for 90% of the working day. Even a light-weight mini laptop computer appears needlessly burdensome and restricted by comparability. Not simply studying however truly working beneath vivid daylight turns into a real possibility.
I’ve seen some extravagant claims of battery life utilizing the monochrome setting. So removed from what I see, battery life is great, particularly with the power saving standby mode, however not fairly on a par with ePaper gadgets. In follow, that’s hardly a lot of a draw back. I’m nonetheless a number of days of steady use on one cost, and I haven’t had name to restart the gadget for as lengthy. Plus, the sheer cool issue of zipping across the residence display screen interface with a black and white paper-like expertise is so enthralling that it’s onerous to interrupt out of it. The TCL NXTPAPER 11 Plus does have glorious color show high quality, though I’m unsure whether or not it will class as a real market chief in that respect. However monochrome mode is addictive.
I’m an enormous fan of upcoming developments in full color ePaper, and might’t wait to see the place these might be in a few generations. Nevertheless, proper now the TCL NXTPAPER 11 Plus just about achieves the identical finish objectives with much better outcomes and fewer compromises, to my thoughts. And at an unbeatable value level too – at present slightly below 250 Euros. If TCL introduces a smaller NXTPAPER 4.0 gadget to go head-to-head with the present technology of Kindles and Fires, I’d leap at that as nicely.
There are many different latest-generation options on the TCL NXTPAPER 11 Plus, together with AI integration. Virtually all of those are much like what different comparable gadgets are providing, although. It’s the show know-how that’s the true USP. After weeks of utilizing this on the transfer, I’m determined to ditch my common laptop computer choices and swap to true portability. Till Amazon or somebody comes together with true full-colour high-speed ePaper know-how, I’m bought on the TCL NXTPAPER 11 Plus. And I hardly wanted to make a dent in my pocket to get it.
[Update: For US readers, this has now apparently been launched Stateside. https://newatlas.com/mobile-technology/us-launch-tcl-nxtpaper-11-plus/%5D
