Smartphone-saturated consumers are generally aware they spend too much time online. Increasingly, the phone is the conduit to the internet and attempts from the operating systems to reduce the number of notifications that try and hook users back in indicate that there is an appetite for cutting down. So, does a physical change in design have a better chance than relying on software? This is part of the gambit behind TCL NXTPAPER, a smartphone display technology that incorporates some ‘e-paper’ screen functions into a conventional form factor. The marketing materials make clear that the device is attempting to improve the user’s exposure to blue light (for a better circadian rhythm), eye strain, and “uninterrupted reading” via the reading mode in…