We first got eyes on TCL’s new AMOLED Nxtpaper display on a test phone at Mobile World Congress earlier this year. The tech blends the bright vibrancy of an AMOLED screen with the matte finish, low reflection and easy reading of TCL’s Nxtpaper screen tech, creating what CNET’s Katie Collins called a “stunning effect.” Now we actually have some phones that use it, and we got to take a look here at the IFA 2026 tech show in Berlin.
The top model is the TCL P80 Ultra. Featuring a 6.83-inch display with the fancy new tech, along with a 50-megapixel 3x telephoto camera and a 50-megapixel main camera, the Ultra model is TCL’s most high-spec phone to date. It runs on a MediaTek Dimensity 7400 Elite processor, along with 8GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage.
Sure, those specs aren’t necessarily challenging flagship rivals like the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, but the P80 Ultra’s starting price of only £480 in the UK (around $650), this phone is aimed more at those wanting a solid midrange option.
Still too pricey? The P80 Pro packs the same size display — with that fancy paper-like technology — but uses a slightly pared-back camera system and a lower-spec MediaTek 7300 chip to come in at £430 (around $580).
It really is the display that’s the big feature of these phones. As Katie explained in her hands-on at MWC, “Sitting somewhere between E Ink and a more traditional screen with built-in anti-glare tech, there’s a softness both to the look and feel of a Nxtpaper display that makes it a real pleasure to use. In all, this is a real leap forward for Nxtpaper.”
Both phones will be available globally on Amazon later in September.
Editors’ note: Andrew Lanxon’s travel costs for the IFA conference were covered by Xiaomi. The judgments and opinions of CNET are our own.
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