TCL NXTPAPER 8-inch Android tablet, at $199

https://9to5google.com/2025/09/25/tcl-tab-8-nxtpaper-android-tablet-launch-price/

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henchman2019@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 346d
DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 345d

With these cheap tablets, they often have terrible chip sets. However most android devices have locked bootloaders so you can't install a lightweight operating system on them which makes them a somewhat terrible purchase. Also a random unpopular tablet is unlikely to have any custom roms or tools anyways available anyways.

kandoh@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 345d

I own a tcl tv and speakers and there are issues with both.

reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 346d (5 replies)

What's this technology? Nxtpaper?

You'd think someone posting an ad to Lemmy would at least make it high effort. This is just more slop though.

Suoko@feddit.it · 2 pts · 346d

It's not an ad, it's just sharing a nice product more oriented to reading rather than entertaining, a valid solution to have both an e-reader and a tablet in one device. With a good price now.

WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 346d (3 replies)

It's a matte screen I think. Supposedly closer to paper than most displays but not as close as eink.

reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 346d

Thank you!

artyom@piefed.social · 2 pts · 345d (1 reply)

Is the battery life closer to eink or LCD?

WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 345d

I don't know. I settled on an eink device. The NXTpaper was my second choice after researching though. It was twoish years ago I was looking at them so all I really remember is the overview. If I watched videos I would have gotten the NXTpaper but I don't so the refresh rate of eink isn't an issue for me.

videogamesandbeer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 346d

I'm excited for this device but it's only available through Verizon with monthly service.