Thread: The Light Phone, an e-ink, minimalist phone. Is there a need for this?
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Old 09-10-2019, 11:24 AM   #33
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Originally Posted by azayn View Post
...I like the idea of a minimalist phone but they don't need to resort to e-Ink for that. An OLED device with system wide dark mode and software optimizations could achieve the same effect.
I haven't made a study of the light phone, but I think they went with e-ink for the battery life. And to be fair, their device is purposely not a smart phone. You aren't browsing the web or using apps on it.
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