TCL’s New Telephones Can Convert E-books Into Audiobooks and Podcasts Utilizing AI

Smartphones will not be identified for having matte, paper-like screens. TCL needs to vary that with its newly introduced P80 Pro and P80 Ultra phones.

Announced at IFA 2026, the 2 TCL telephones use the corporate’s “NXTPAPER AMOLED” show, which lastly brings the deep distinction that AMOLED screens are identified for to the corporate’s anti-reflection show know-how. If you’ve heard of TCL’s NXTPAPER telephones and tablets earlier than, you’ll know they’re engineered to assist cut back glare and blue mild, which supposedly additionally decreases eye pressure while you’re inevitably doomscrolling in mattress.

I’m not in Berlin to see the P80 Pro and P80 Ultra, so I can’t say how a lot deeper the blacks are in comparison with non-AMOLED variations of TCL’s NXTPAPER screens. Hopefully, our two reporters on the bottom can sneak a peek, although.

Otherwise, the 2 telephones are fairly commonplace Android affairs. The P80 Pro has a 6.83-inch display with a 1.5K decision and a 120Hz refresh price that may attain a max of three,200 nits of peak brightness. It comes with a 5,800mAh battery with help for 45W quick charging. In phrases of efficiency, you’re taking a look at a MediaTek Dimensity 7400 Elite chip with 8GB of RAM and as much as 256GB of storage. For rear cameras, the P80 Pro has a 50-megapixel primary digicam and 8-megapixel ultrawide.

The P80 Ultra, as you’d count on from an “Ultra” telephone, has the higher cameras. It has the identical measurement display, decision, refresh price, and peak brightness because the P80 Pro. It additionally has the identical battery and chipset, however storage tops out at 512GB. You’ll get triple rear cameras as a substitute of twin shooters: a 50-megapixel primary, a 50-megapixel 3x telephoto, and an 8-megapixel ultrawide.

One cool characteristic on each the P80 Pro and P80 Ultra is a slider on the facet known as the “NXTPAPER KEY.” According to GSMArena, swap it on and it’ll launch into an e-reader mode, silence notifications, and put snooze background apps. The telephone weblog says the e-reader mode extends the telephones’ battery life for as much as every week of studying. (I’m unsure who would try this repeatedly, however to every their very own.) The P80 Pro and P80 Ultra additionally reportedly include greater than 500 e-books preloaded.

Another neat characteristic that I’ve not seen on another telephones: AI that may convert an e-book into an audiobook or a podcast. How properly that works or sounds is, once more, one thing I can’t let you know. But it’s intriguing, I’ll let you know that.

TCL’s P80 Pro and P80 Ultra can be found beginning as we speak. The solely catch is that they’re Europe-only. The P80 Pro begins at 428 euros (about $498) and the P80 Ultra begins at 549 euros (about $638).