TCL 60 XE NXTPAPER 5G Review: a pleasant opaque screen

The 5,010-MAH battery seems to last longer: I regularly hit 30-25 percent within the hour of bedtime with average use, even if you can extend it in Max Ink mode. There is no wireless charging, but this phone has all the accessories you want, from a microSD cards slot for expandable storage and NFC for non -contact payments to a headphone jack. The phone seems a little slippery and heavy, so I recommend finding a case to be safe, even if I have dropped it a handful of times and fortunately I don’t see any scratches on the glass screen.

It will work with all the main US carriers and is sold exclusively unlocked on Amazon, a nice break from many other TCL phones that are blocked to a carrier in the United States. By the way, I had no problems with 5G connectivity, but I received some comments on the quality of calls. I had no problems listening to others, although I would like the volume of calls to become stronger, but some people fought to feel through the speaker mode of the phone. I tried it with some friends, who have had no problems, so it is difficult to say if it is a network of the calling’s network or hardware problem.

This leaves the camera, which is not terrible for an $ 250 phone. The quality depends heavily on lighting and even at home during the day light, you will probably want to activate the night mode to avoid a blurred photo. The main 50 MP can fight with high contrast scenes and the colors do not seem super accurate, but the results are passable. No problem with QR codes, at least.

The largest disadvantage are the software updates. This phone performs Android 15 and TCL is promising only an Android 16 update at a certain point in the future. No more Android features later, even if he will get a total of two years of security updates. It is not significantly worse than other phones at this price, but Motorola now offers two Android updates for its Moto G. TCL phones should do better.

I would buy a CMF Phone 2 Pro ($ 279) On the TCL 60 XE NXTPAPER 5G, since it seems better, it has better performance and more beautiful cameras. But the pleasant opaque screen has this calming quality that I had fun last week and I like the possibility of moving on to a saturation or monochromatic even less if I am reading a lot. If you have looked at something like Boox Palma 2 for some time, I think you will have a much more beautiful experience with this TCL.