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Originally Posted by tomsem
Do you find reflective LCD as readable as eInk? I don’t...
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On small displays displaying simple information yes I do, and a minimalist phone falls into that category.
While it has been around for many decades (in widespread use since the early 1970s when TN effect LCDs came along) few have bothered much improving reflective LCD for larger and detailed displays because transmissive LCD has been available (TFT LCD was in wide use by early 1980s) and is much more competent. And for a decade or so we now have emissive displays such as OLED.
E Ink type displays, on the other hand, have no such competent related substitute so the technology languishes as its producers continue to struggle to find ways to improve it and increase its utility for actual applications. It is still stuck with adopted applications being in only a few niche products such as ereaders and shelf labelling (which is dependant on suitable store illumination realignment), where it is facing increasing competition from better or more convenient alternatives.