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Originally Posted by mdp
Trying to make some sense in your statement, it seems it could be meant to mean «Common tablets have eaten up the market for reflective colour displays».
In short,
no.
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The fact is that tablets are color and you can get them for $300-400, less for Samsung Android which have good screens not the cheap $50 Walmart garbage. These tablets are also useful for a ton of other functions, videos, emails, web browsing, etc. The battery lives are very good, 8-12 hours. This is the optimal device for the majority of the market
Then there is color eink. Its been talked about for over 10 years and still hasn't come to market in a viable consumer device. Let's look at regular e-ink, Oynx Boox Nova Pro costs $320 for a 8" screen, great for reading, that's about it. No color. Onyx Boox Note Pro $600 for a 10" screen, great for reading, that's about it. No color.
So when the $1,000+ color e-ink screen comes out who is going to buy it? A few hundred people probably, which is why it has never come out. There is no market for it. At least not one large enough to cover the cost of production.
Where are they at with production? "E Ink was showcasing ACeP in both 26” and 13.3”, both of which are now in production, and an advanced display demonstrating a less than 3 second update time for a new color image." 3 second refresh time? Good luck with that. So you'll be waiting another 10 years for them, just don't hold your breath.