TCL NxtPaper 70 Pro

The TCL NxtPaper 70 Pro has a slim profile measuring 169.4 mm tall, 80.1 mm wide, and just 8 mm thick, with a total volume of 108.55 cm³ and a weight of 208 g. It carries an IP68 rating, confirming resistance to water immersion at depths of up to 1.5 metres. The device does not feature a rugged build and cannot be folded, placing it firmly in the category of standard-form, non-ruggedised smartphones.

The TCL NxtPaper 70 Pro features a 6.9″ IPS LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 1080 x 2340 px and a pixel density of 374 ppi, paired with a 120Hz refresh rate for smooth on-screen motion. The display is protected by branded damage-resistant glass and does not support HDR10, HDR10+, or Dolby Vision. There is no Always-On Display functionality and no secondary screen, keeping the hardware straightforward as a single-panel device.

The TCL NxtPaper 70 Pro is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7300, a 4 nm chipset built on an octa-core big.LITTLE architecture with four cores clocked at 2.5 GHz and four at 2 GHz, running 8 threads in total with Heterogeneous Multi-Processing support and integrated LTE. Graphics are handled by the Mali G615 MC2 GPU running at 1047 MHz, which supports DirectX 12 and drives a single display. The SoC is paired with 8 GB of LPDDR5 RAM at 6400 MHz — expandable up to a maximum of 16 GB — and 512 GB of internal storage, while Geekbench 6 scores sit at 1026 single-core and 2932 multi-core; the chip contains 6,200 million transistors and the platform supports 64-bit processing.

The rear camera system on the TCL NxtPaper 70 Pro uses a dual-lens setup combining a 50 MP primary sensor and an 8 MP secondary lens, both relying on a CMOS sensor without back-side illumination. Autofocus options include phase-detection and touch autofocus as well as continuous autofocus during video recording, though laser autofocus is absent. The main camera supports optical image stabilisation, HDR mode, burst shooting, timelapse, in-camera panoramas, and manual controls for exposure, ISO, focus, and white balance, while manual shutter speed and RAW capture are not available; video tops out at 4K at 30 fps with slow-motion support, but HDR10 and Dolby Vision recording are not supported. A single LED flash is present at the rear — without dual-tone or RGB variants — while the front camera offers a 32 MP single-lens sensor at an f/2 aperture with no front-facing flash, and the front camera is not positioned under the display.

The TCL NxtPaper 70 Pro runs Android 16, a free and open-source platform that supports multiple user accounts and includes on-device machine learning capabilities. Privacy tooling covers clipboard warnings, location controls, and camera and microphone access management, though Mail Privacy Protection and cross-site tracking blocking are absent. On the usability side, the OS offers dark mode, dynamic and manual theme customisation, an extra dim mode, customisable notifications, a media picker, full-page scrolling screenshots, split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, widgets, sharing intents, a child lock, app offloading, and the ability to play games while they are still downloading. Voice commands and offline voice recognition are both supported, and the device can track its own position; however, focus modes, Wi-Fi password sharing, Quick Start, and the ability to function as a PC are not available, and OS updates do not come directly from the platform vendor.

The TCL NxtPaper 70 Pro houses a 5200 mAh rechargeable battery that is not removable, and the device ships with a charger included in the box. It supports 33W fast charging, while wireless charging and reverse wireless charging are both absent. A battery level indicator is on board to keep track of remaining charge at a glance.

The TCL NxtPaper 70 Pro features stereo speakers but omits a 3.5 mm headphone jack, so wired audio requires an alternative connection. On the wireless audio side, none of the high-quality Bluetooth codecs — aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, or LDAC — are supported. The device also does not include a built-in radio.

The TCL NxtPaper 70 Pro supports 5G connectivity alongside Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) and Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), and accommodates one physical SIM card plus one eSIM. Bluetooth 5.4 and NFC are both present, while the USB Type-C port operates at USB 2.0 speeds; there is no HDMI output. Download and upload speeds reach up to 3270 Mbit/s, and external storage can be added via the available memory card slot. The sensor suite includes a fingerprint scanner, GPS with Galileo support, a gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, and barometer, though there is no heart rate monitor, infrared sensor, or ANT+ support, and neither motion tracking nor optical tracking are available. Security biometrics are limited to the fingerprint scanner, as 3D facial recognition and an iris scanner are absent, and the device does not include a stylus, a built-in projector, crash detection, emergency satellite SOS, or DLNA certification.

The TCL NxtPaper 70 Pro includes a video light and notably features an e-paper display element, which sets it apart from conventional smartphone screens. The display is flat rather than curved, and sapphire glass is not used for screen protection.