Forget The Ipad: Tcl's Newest Tablet Won't Break The Bank Or Strain Your Eyes

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• TCL conscionable released nan caller Tab 8 Nxtpaper 5G, disposable for $200.
• This is nan first compact Android tablet pinch Nxtpaper technology, making it a awesome substitute for e-readers.
• The tablet runs Android 15 and is presently a Verizon exclusive, though it is planned to travel to Total Wireless later.

My TCL Tab 11 Nxtpaper is 1 of my favourite devices. It tin switch my Kindle and a guidelines exemplary iPad connected nan go. One of its very fewer downsides, however, is its size, which makes it overmuch bigger and heavier than my Kindle. The caller TCL Tab 8 Nxtpaper 5G is present to alteration that. 

This is nan first compact Android tablet to characteristic Nxtpaper tech, which is simply a proprietary TCL innovation. Nxtpaper lets users move from its regular full-color mode to Color Ink Paper aliases Ink Paper mode pinch nan property of a button. 

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The tablet's Regular Mode displays afloat colour images connected a matte, glare-free display. Its Color Ink Paper mode is simply a bully action to publication comic books, schematic novels, aliases simply springiness your eyes a rest, while nan achromatic and achromatic Ink Paper action is champion suited to publication longer books for illustration you would connected your e-reader.

The tablet functions for illustration immoderate different successful each of its show modes, however, truthful you tin still watercourse YouTube aliases browse societal media successful Ink Paper mode. This lets you bask nan afloat scope of an Android tablet pinch each your favourite apps without having to discuss connected nan e-reader experience.

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The caller TCL Tab 8 features an 8.7-inch Nxtpaper 4.0 show designed for oculus comfort. DC dimming and reduced bluish ray strive to forestall oculus strain. The screen's matte decorativeness besides makes it easier to position nan tablet successful different types of lighting without straining. 

Running connected Android 15, nan compact tablet features a 6,000mAh battery, an octa-core processor, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of soul storage, which tin beryllium expanded pinch a microSD card.

Like nan TCL Tab 10 Nxtpaper 5G from past year, nan TCL Tab 8 will beryllium sold exclusively at Verizon for $200, though TCL plans to make it disposable later done Verizon-owned Total Wireless.