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TCL has announced a note-taking tablet called the Note A1 Nxtpaper during its appearance at CES in Las Vegas this week — positioning itself as a compelling alternative to established devices like Amazon's top-of-the-line Kindle Scribe Colorsoft and the reMarkable tablrt lineup.
For anyone who takes notes, sketches, or annotates documents every day, this new contender promises a fresh take on the experience. It comes packed with AI features powered by Microsoft Copilot, a built-in real-time translation tool, a display capable of showing millions of colours, and more.
Since everything is digital, your notes are safely stored in the cloud, where they can be accessed from other devices, sent over email with a few taps, or searched for specific words or names — despite being handwritten with a stylus. It's clever stuff.
While the Chinese brand has released several tablets over the last few years, one dedicated to notetaking is a first for them. Here's everything you need to know about what the Note A1 Nxtpaper plans to bring to the table this year.
First, you get a generous 11.5-inch screen — nearly the size of a standard piece of paper. Plus, it's supposed to give you the feel of writing from a notebook, just like the Scribe — jot down meeting notes, study materials, or those random ideas that pop into your head.
The whole tablet weighs around 500 grams and measures just 5.5mm thick at the edges, wrapped in an aluminium unibody. Think of it as roughly the weight of one small paperback book compared to the various other notebooks or a laptop you'd have to carry without it.
It also comes bundled with the T-Pen Pro stylus, which magnetically clips to the side when you're not using it, similar to the iFlytek AI Note 2. It responds to 8,192 pressure levels, so whether you're sketching lightly or pressing firmly for bold strokes, it picks up every nuance.
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In terms of display, TCL calls it the Nxtpaper Pure, and it's TUV-certified for eye comfort, meaning you can read and write for hours without straining your eyes. Built with colour in mind, it can display up to 16.7 million different shades, whereas the Amazon's Colorsoft series only displays 4,096 colours.
The screen refreshes at up to 120Hz, so everything feels smooth and very responsive.
TCL has packed in artificial intelligence features powered by Microsoft Copilot for your everyday tasks. For instance, the tablet can transcribe audio to text in real time, so you won't miss any important points in a meeting.
Travelling abroad or working with international colleagues? There's a real-time translation tool built right in — which is something the Scribe doesn't feature. If your handwriting is on the messier side, its AI-powered tech can tidy it up or convert it straight into typed text. For those who may work with mathematical formulas, you could scribble equations and have them properly formatted.
TCL has packed in artificial intelligence features powered by Microsoft Copilot for your everyday tasks. For instance, the tablet can transcribe audio to text in real time, so you won't miss any important points in a meeting
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You also get writing assistance features that can rewrite or summarise your notes, which can help you pull together quick reports.
Both the Note A1 Nxtpaper and Colorsoft Scribe connect to Google Drive and OneDrive for syncing your work, so you won't lose anything important.
The Note A1 Nxtpaper is built with a 8,000mAh battery, but it has yet to be seen how it compares to other tablets. The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft claims up to two weeks of battery life between charges.
The Note A1 Nxtpaper has not yet been released for sale in the UK yet. It's currently priced in the US at $549 (roughly £400) with 256GB of storage, whereas the Colorsoft Scribe starts at $629 (roughly £466) with 16GB of storage.
That's a significant storage difference, too — especially if you're planning to store lots of documents and books. The Note AI Nxtpaper is set to release in the US at the end of February, but there has been no confirmation as to when we can expect it to land in the UK.
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