TCL launches 8.7-inch Tab 8 NXTPAPER 5G on Verizon for $199

TCL on Friday launched a compact Android tablet that brings the company’s NXTPAPER display technology to a smaller form factor, the Tab 8 NXTPAPER 5G. The 8.7 inch slate goes on sale immediately in the United States for $199.99 through Verizon, with availability planned soon at Total Wireless, a Verizon-owned carrier.

The device’s headline feature is a matte, paperlike NXTPAPER 4.0 display that TCL says is optimized to reduce eye strain. The panel uses nanoetched layers to cut glare and fingerprints, DC dimming to avoid pulse-width modulation flicker, and software adjustments to lower blue light exposure. A dedicated hardware button switches the screen between full color and two reading modes, including a black-and-white Ink Paper mode that mimics an e-reader experience. TCL also describes an Eye Comfort Mode that uses AI to tune display settings based on activity such as reading or video playback.

Under the hood the Tab 8 NXTPAPER 5G is positioned as an affordable, midrange tablet. It is powered by a MediaTek MT8755 octa-core processor and ships with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage, expandable via microSD card up to 2 TB. The tablet runs Android 15 and includes a...