TCL 60 XE NXTPAPER 5G Cell Phone, 256GB Unlocked Android Smartphone, 6.8" 120Hz Paper-Like Display, AI Features, 5010mAh Battery, 8GB RAM + 8GB Expansion, Advanced Camera System, Space Blue

I'm a week away from 45 years old. Until about 18 months ago, I had never broken, or even damaged a phone. Since then, I have lost so many phones. For a long while, I was simply buying refurbished versions of the same phone. I took a gamble on this phone. $250 with $25 'coupon'. I was ultra skeptical of a new phone at such a low price. I've now had it for over a full day, could not be more shocked at how good a phone it is, regardless of its price point. I'm a Samsung person, not an apple person. But has done everything I need it to do, YouTube, light gaming, etc., at the same performance as a Samsung s24 ultra. Lastly, the 'kindle' display functionality should not be underestimated. Even in normal mode, the display is much easier on my eyes. I very highly recommend. Of course, with a disclaimer of it only having been 24+ hours.

This phone is awesome, it has all of the features I want:1. Good enough performance to multitask - browsing the web with a bunch of tabs open, while shopping on another app, planning things on the calendar, watching a video with another app, and taking notes in another app without any lag.2. SD card slot for me to get up to an extra 2 TB of storage3. 3.5mm headphone jack4. Solid cameras5. Good battery6. Nxtpaper - this is great for reading on your phone in your bed with the lights off to help you fall asleep, to use the phone without overstimulating your eyes, and to save battery. (Check out the videos on youtube regarding the nxtpaper features)I'm using this phone on the AT&T network without any issues. I was worried when I typed in the IMEI to att's bring your own device web page because their website said the IMEI belonged to a "Samsung Galaxy XCover6 Pro", but the AT&T rep said when he put the IMEI into the system, it showed the TCL. I can even do wifi calling, which I think means the device is fully accepted on the AT&T network.

I am enjoying my new phone. I had the TCL 10L, this TCL 60XE NXTPAPER 5G definitely feels like an upgrade. A few things that I wish were better...The phone ring volume isn't very loud.There is distortion when on a call, both on the earpiece & on speaker phone.The camera is OK. Low light is not good at all for a good picture, mainly when taking a "selfie", from my experience.I wish it would charge faster than it does, however it isn't horrible.I didn't think I would like the fingerprint scan button, but I'm finding that I like it better than the 10L.I like the size of the phone.I like that it has a 256GB storage size. (on the model I have)The speaker volume for playing videos is plenty loud.Over all, I would recommend this phone. For the price, it does everything I need it to do + some.I've added 3 photos, with good lighting, less lighting & even less lighting.... Enjoy LOL! :DI would give it 5 stars, but for the distorted audio while on phone calls.

The e-reader type of screen is even better than I expected. Super responsive. Sub $300 for this good of a phone seems impossible. I liked it so much I got a second one for my father.

I was so excited at the prospect of upgrading myself, moving up from my 3+ year old phone. But this one was disappointment all around, for me. To be fair, there's nothing at all actually wrong with the phone. It's affordable, 5G capable, and has features that should lead to excellent battery life. But, it's too big for my hands, it can't even detect the fastest band on our home wifi, and the rounded edges of the screen pretty much guarantee that no screen protector will ever fit properly or reach the edges of the screen. My teenager will be the one getting this as an upgrade instead.

The screen is super easy on the eyes-binge-watching and reading feel great. It’s snappy, and the price is a steal .

It’s a good phone 👍

This phone has AMAZING battery life when you use the NXTPAPER feature. Primarily designed to make it easier for you to read books or long texts on the screen, the NXTPAPER feature seems like it reduces all the processes on the phone to the bare essentials to maximize battery life. The screen goes to monochrome, well, really grayscale, and most of the apps are hidden. Now, you can opt to put any of these apps that you want back on the screen and use them as normal. Presumably this would have some impact on the battery life, but you could do it. The odd thing is that I cannot figure out exactly HOW this phone is maximizing the battery life beyond that. You'd think that it would limit the brightness and the refresh rate but I even tried watching YouTube videos and the refresh rate was fine. I assume this means that it is using some active variable refresh rate to adapt to whatever app you're using but it's very cleanly done and very impressive. It has OVER A WEEK of standby time if you leave it on the NXTPAPER mode. That is absolutely unreal. You can call, text, browse the web and it will sip that battery. You could go days between charges if you're happy with that type of usage. The last phone I could say that about was my old Nokia 3330.A caveat: the NXTPAPER feature basically is a grayscale designed to mimic the look and feel of eInk screens but it is not eInk. This feature is helped sold by the matte finish on the screen. But ultimately, because it's still LCD so I'm not sold on if the eyestrain benefits of reading on eInk are truly replicated here.Ultimately this is a great alternative to some of the true eInk phones out there if you want to have: extended battery life as well as the option to use a more fully-functional phone when the need arises. On top of that it's cheaper than many of those phones.