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Originally Posted by carld
Only if they've improved a lot. Mirasol displays are still too small and sepia toned.
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What I don't understand is why Qualcomm (leading maker of cell phone components) can't get anyone to use a Mirasol display in their phone ('feature phones', the ones most people still use), even if it's done at a loss initially. Screen size is more than adequate, color balance don't matter there and the power savings would be quite useful (imagine a phone display that didn't ever have to turn off). Plus it would help drive production costs down if there were actual applications for the screen. Without applications, it's all just R&D down the toilet. I'm sure they have a plan, but it seems like it is taking a very long time to bring this to market, and very unlikely that its first appearance will be on a Kindle.