- TCL presents its TCL 60XE NXTpaper 5G Android phone
- NXTpaper technology makes it possible for the battery to last a week
- The price is impressive
I’m happy to celebrate the one-day battery life I get with most flagship iPhones and Android phones, but what if they offered a week of battery life and cost $199? Impossible, right? Apparently not if you’re TCL. Today at CES 2025, the Chinese electronics giant best known for its affordable big-screen TVs is bringing the TCL 60XE NXTpaper 5G Android phone to the US and Canada and, yes, it fits the bill.
This 6.8-inch active phone achieves 7 days of battery life using TCL’s proprietary NXTPaper technology. TCL calls it similar to E Ink, but it’s not e-paper technology (I previously saw it on the 14-inch TCL NxTPaper 14 Pro). The FHD+ screen is still LCD but uses a series of layers to eliminate reflectivity and eliminate blue light. The combination gives NXTPaper-based displays an almost matte, magazine-like appearance.
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So, yes, they are nice to look at but also much less bright. NXTPaper technology makes it a more power-consuming display. However, the TCL 60XE will not work in this mode all the time. There’s a physical switch on the phone to enable the NXTPaper effect, and the battery life would be 7 days if you used it in NXTPaper mode 24/7 (standby mode would be a staggering amount 26 days).
Interestingly, this new phone won’t even feature the latest edition of TCL’s NXTPaper technology. TCL told us that NXTPaper 4.0 is coming later this year, but only on its new TCL NXTPaper 11 Plus tablet, also announced at CES. NXTPaper 4.0 uses nanoarray lithography, a new screen etching process to create microstructures on the coverslip that effectively eliminate reflections without undermining visual quality.
It’s unclear when NXTPaper 4.0 will arrive on phones. The best option, NXTPaper 3.0, is available on the TCL 60XE, as well as some other attractive features that could make it a surprise winner in the 2025 Android market.
Specs including a 50MP front camera, 32MP rear camera, 256GB of storage, and 8GB of RAM (expandable to 16GB) would typically add up to a phone that costs at least $800. But TCL is launching the TCL 60XE for $199 in the United States and Canada.
That’s an unheard of price for a phone that will last days with a change (depending on how often you use NXTPaper mode). As for build quality, camera capability, and overall performance, I’ll know more when I get my hands on the new Android phone.
