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azayn · 09-10-2019, 12:30 AM

I don't think e-Ink technology is really suited to smartphones. It was designed to display black text on a white background. Anything more is pushing the boundaries. Unbox Therapy did a review of one not too long ago, the Kingrow K1, and it was pretty abysmal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS93u75NnPo

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.

09-10-2019, 12:30 AM	#32
azayn Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 7934958 Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Chicago Device: Nova 3, Galaxy S22+, iPad	I don't think e-Ink technology is really suited to smartphones. It was designed to display black text on a white background. Anything more is pushing the boundaries. Unbox Therapy did a review of one not too long ago, the Kingrow K1, and it was pretty abysmal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS93u75NnPo 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.