Overview
- TCL formally launched the P80 family on Thursday, September 3, 2026, releasing the P80, P80 Pro and P80 Ultra in Europe first with prices starting at €349 for the base P80 and €549 for the Ultra.
- The P80 Ultra is the flagship of the trio and uses a 6.83‑inch 1.5K NxtPaper AMOLED panel with 120Hz refresh, up to 3,200 nits peak brightness, a MediaTek Dimensity 7400 Elite chip, a 5,800mAh battery and a 50MP main plus 50MP 3x periscope camera.
- All NxtPaper phones include a physical NxtPaper slider that switches the display into Max Ink mode, which silences most notifications, puts background apps to sleep and can extend reading battery life to roughly seven days of active use.
- TCL adds on‑device AI reading tools that convert e‑books into narrated audiobooks or podcast‑style audio, and it bundles hundreds of preloaded books and NXTPAPER tablets to build a reading‑centric ecosystem.
- TCL announced multi‑year OS and security support for the P80 family but reporting on the exact length of OS updates varies across outlets, and TCL says wider launches for Latin America and the US will follow after the European rollout.