Phones today have some of the nicest screens money can buy. Bright, sharp, colorful, and great for showing off photos you took of food. But if you actually spend hours reading, writing, or staring at text, most phone screens still feel more like light panels than something you want to live with all day. They look good. They just don’t feel good.
That’s where TCL’s NXTPAPER idea comes in, and the NXTPAPER 70 Pro is simply the latest attempt to make a phone that treats your eyes with a little more respect. Built on TCL’s fourth-generation NXTPAPER display, this is a smartphone that can behave like a normal color phone when you want it to, and flip into something closer to paper when your eyes start complaining. With a physical NXTPAPER key and multiple viewing modes, the 70 Pro isn’t trying to be flashy. It’s trying to be livable.
So once you get past the “normal phone” part of the experience, this is where the NXTPAPER 70 Pro starts showing its real personality.
Max Ink Mode is where things get interesting. In this mode, the phone turns into something closer to a digital book than a smartphone. TCL says you can get up to seven days of reading and up to 26 days on standby. It also comes loaded with reading tools like AI Outline, AI Q&A, AI Audiobook, and AI Podcast, so it is not just about staring at text. You can explore it, summarize it, or listen to it too.
Writing is part of the story as well. Pair the NXTPAPER 70 Pro with TCL’s low-latency, pressure-sensitive T-Pen, and it starts behaving like a pocket notebook. You can jot down off-screen memos, create bullet journals, or design AI-generated covers. It is meant to feel like writing on something closer to paper than glass, just without ink stains on your fingers.
Eye comfort is the entire point of this phone. Certified by TÜV and SGS, the NXTPAPER 70 Pro uses seven eye-care technologies: natural light display, zero flicker, blue light purification, anti-glare and reflection-free viewing, dim-light eye protection, circadian screen comfort, and TruePaper Restoration tech. The screen cuts harmful blue light down to as low as 3.41 percent. Circular Polarized Light keeps colors accurate with professional-grade color accuracy while staying easier to look at. Brightness and color temperature adjust smoothly, even down to an ultra-low 1 nit, so late-night scrolling does not feel like staring into a flashlight.
Outdoors, the screen fights glare using nano-matrix surface treatment and adaptive software, keeping text readable even under harsh light. No more twisting your phone like a confused pretzel just to read a message.
Cameras did not get ignored either. The NXTPAPER 70 Pro comes with a 50 MP main camera with optical image stabilization and a 32 MP front camera. TCL’s MuseFilm imaging tech focuses on giving photos a more emotional, film-like feel. Super night vision brightens dark scenes without blowing them out. OIS and EIS work together with horizon lock to keep videos steady, and there is even a classic CCD-style filter for that soft, nostalgic look.
AI is baked into the experience. The AI Smart Interpreter handles real-time subtitles, face-to-face translation, and meeting interpretation, especially when paired with TCL Crystal Clips earbuds. Voice Memo can transcribe and summarize recordings. Writing tools help you clean up text or generate ideas. Google Gemini is built in too, letting you search or ask questions naturally, even by circling or scribbling directly on the screen.
Under the hood, it runs on the MediaTek Dimensity 7300 processor with 24 GB RAM in total, made up of 8 GB physical RAM plus 16 GB RAM expansion. Storage goes up to 512 GB. Battery capacity is 5,200 mAh with 33 W fast charging, aimed at lasting all day even outside Max Ink Mode. It is also IP68 water and dust resistant, so it is not afraid of rain, spills, or dusty adventures. There is even an optional stand case that lets you prop it up for hands-free reading or watching.
The TCL NXTPAPER 70 Pro is not trying to win spec-sheet wars. It is trying to make living with a phone more comfortable, especially if you read, write, and scroll more than you probably should. It is a smartphone that behaves like a notebook, a book, and a regular phone, depending on what you need at that moment.
TCL NXTPAPER 70 Pro with 256 GB storage and bundled accessories is priced at €339. The 512 GB version with bundled accessories is priced at €389. Optional accessories include a stand case with a T-Pen.
Availability starts from February in Europe, North America, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific.
Images: TCL.
