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Originally Posted by fjtorres
99% of the time my phone is just dead weight in my pocket.
Of the 1% of the time I do use it, two thirds of the time it's as a phone. Checking Email and Mobileread is the rest. 
The reason we don't see a mass market eink-only phone (it *has* been tried) is that eink's calling cards (very low power and outdoor readability) are offset by their higher price compared to LCD, limited availability, and distinct hardware needs. On cellphones the biggest draw on the battery is the radio not the screen so switching to eink buys (relatively) little added battery life.
There *should* be a niche for an eink phone but it may not be profitable enough to last.
http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/ei...ext-to-nothing
http://www.yankodesign.com/2014/10/2...nk-cell-phone/
More recent:
http://onyx.en.alibaba.com/product/7...ellphone.html#! |
My phone is almost never used a phone... I mostly use it as MP3 player and for the "smart" part (checking the weather while on the road, road conditions, and that kind of things).
While I'd love to have an e-ink phone, I'd like it because it'd be a gadet, not because I'd use it often. And a phone of 6"? Especially if it's 4:3, it'd be way too large (and I do have a large phone!)