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TCL unveiled its P80 lineup—Pro, Ultra, and a base model—all sporting 6.83-inch 1.5K OLED screens at 120Hz. The Pro and Ultra combine this with NXTPAPER glare-reducing tech and a Max Ink monochrome reading mode claimed to last up to seven days, while the base P80 skips NXTPAPER. The Ultra adds a 50MP main camera plus a 50MP 3x periscope lens and IP68 water resistance, whereas the Pro drops the telephoto camera.
TCL has released the TAB A1 NXTPAPER in the US, a budget 11-inch tablet featuring its glare- and blue-light-reducing NXTPAPER screen technology and an Ink Paper Mode for an E-Ink-like look. It runs a Helio G100 chip with 6GB RAM, 128GB expandable storage, and an 8,000mAh battery, and comes bundled with a case and stylus at $249.99, discounted from $299.99.
TCL unveiled the P80 Ultra, the first phone to use its OLED version of Nxtpaper technology, which was previewed at MWC earlier this year. The 6.83-inch screen offers flagship-grade specs including 1.5K resolution, 120Hz refresh rate and 3,200 nits brightness, but can switch into a monochromatic 'Max Ink Mode' that mimics an e-reader and extends battery life to up to a week of active use.
Consumer TVs top out around 98 to 115 inches, with large sets like TCL's 115-inch QM7K costing nearly $14,000, though smaller Mini LED models under $1,000 exist at 75-85 inches. Projectors like the Anker Nebula X1 and Valerion VisionMaster Pro, priced similarly to mid-range TVs, can project images up to 300 inches, offering far larger displays for comparable or lower cost.
September has opened with Poco's F9 Pro and F9 Ultra debuting almost immediately, kicking off what looks like the busiest launch month in years. This week's IFA trade show in Berlin will bring phone reveals from Tecno, TCL, and possibly Xiaomi's first-ever foldable at the event, while Apple has scheduled its own iPhone event for September 9th.
A developer has published an extensive personal account of using Tcl/Tk, a decades-old scripting language and GUI toolkit, to build console and graphical applications that run natively on Windows, Linux and macOS. The piece walks through the toolkit's threading model, small footprint, ability to produce compact single-file executables, and its BSD licensing, based on the author's hands-on experience after moving past initial enthusiasm.
The TCL QM7L mini-LED television is currently on sale, with the 55-inch model dropping to $797.99, a $200 markdown from its regular price. Discounts also extend to larger screen sizes, though Amazon shows limited stock remaining for the 65-inch version.
TCL's Nxtpaper 11 Plus, an Android tablet with a 2.2K, 120Hz display, is currently discounted to $220 from its usual $280 price. The device can toggle between a full-color screen and an E-Ink-style mode, letting it function as both a tablet and an e-reader or digital notebook. A ZDNET reviewer reports using it alongside an iPad and Kindle without encountering crashes or performance issues, despite its lower-end specs compared to Apple's silicon.
Google Home users report that automations set to trigger from TV events, like powering on or off, are failing to activate. Reports so far point to TCL televisions, though it's unclear if other TV brands are affected. Google has acknowledged the issue publicly on Reddit but has not yet issued a fix.
TCL has released the Note A1 Nxtpaper tablet, a device that blends a full-color 120Hz LCD screen with a matte, low-glare display and a pressure-sensitive stylus designed to mimic the scratch of pencil on paper. Rather than a standard Android home screen, it opens to a note-and-calendar interface inspired by devices like the Remarkable, though it still allows full access to the Google Play Store.
Amazon is selling TCL's NXTPAPER 11 Gen 2 Android tablet for $159.97, a 30% cut from its $229.99 list price. The 11-inch tablet features a glare-reducing, paper-like display, an octa-core MediaTek chip, up to 8GB RAM and 128GB storage, an 8,000mAh battery, and ships with a stylus and flip case.