TCL Shows Paper-Like Nxtpaper Max 10 Tablet at MWC

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For a lot of people, TCL means displays, thanks to its successful TV business. In a press event ahead of Mobile World Congress this year, the company showed off its prowess in wild new display technologies—most notably Nxtpaper, its paper-like display for tablets.

TCL introduced its second Nxtpaper tablet at the show, the 10.36-inch Nxtpaper Max 10. We don't yet have US release details or pricing for it, but the Max 10 runs an older version of Android (11) on an older Mediatek processor (the 8788), presumably to make it affordable, but the important thing here is the display.

The Nxtpaper Max 10 has a matte, textured layer over it that has much less glare than typical LCD or even OLED screens, and thus causes less eyestrain in ambient light. Unfortunately, I only got to see the tablet in a dark room, where Nxtpaper's strengths didn't become evident, but it's a promising technology I hope to see more of.

Along with the Nxtpaper Max 10, TCL had some other innovative screen ideas at MWC. The company showed three foldable phone ideas, none of which are coming to market soon, but all of which are intriguing.

The "roll and fold" concept is a folding phone much like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3, but when unfolded, it can stretch on tracks and have more screen roll out from the body of the device to create a 9-inch tablet. It's a tour de force of display material and hinge design work, although TCL spokesman Brad Molen said it won't be commercializable soon.

The same goes for TCL's 360-degree foldable concept, which folds like a Lenovo Yoga laptop, clamshelling closed—and also back into a table-tent mode. We haven't seen a foldable phone able to do this yet; they have to choose folding in one direction or the other.

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