Hisense A7 CC Colour E-Ink Mobile Phone released

pdurrant · 02-02-2021, 07:00 AM

Hisense have released their latest E-Ink Mobile Phone.

The A7 CC has a 6.7" 300ppi 2nd Generation Kaleido colour screen from E-Ink.

See https://ereaderx.com/product/hisense...or-eink-phone/

Elektron · 02-02-2021, 10:04 PM

Woooo, looks nice!

andyh2000 · 02-03-2021, 12:15 PM

Shame it's so huge (like all phones now).

jago25_98 · 02-05-2021, 10:37 AM

Hmm. Looks handy at first and no doubt it is.

However, if it's like previous Hisense phones it'll be siphoning off your contacts to be sold at a cheap price to data brokers who then sell them on to robocallers.

Other problems with previous Hisense phones:
- the battery killer kills the VPN even when excluded
- the private DNS menu option in Android 10 has been deleted

Also, the screen isn't high contrast and it's so big you need a i-ring to each anything.

But no... I'm not jealous!!

Shall I upgrade?

kandwo · 02-06-2021, 11:07 AM

It looks much better than the previous generation, but still not quite good enough for my taste. There's a lot of ghosting, the colour layer is still considerably less than 300ppi judging from the videos I've seen. I would be quite keen on the BW version if not for the size. The higher PPI, bigger battery and even better audio chip are all tempting features, but not ones I would be able to carry in my pocket at that size...

pdurrant · 02-06-2021, 04:03 PM

If I needed a new phone, I'd be tempted, just to see what it's like. But I've just got a second-hand iPhone 6S with 128MB, and that's going to do me just fine for a couple of years.

kandwo · 02-06-2021, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

If I needed a new phone, I'd be tempted, just to see what it's like. But I've just got a second-hand iPhone 6S with 128MB, and that's going to do me just fine for a couple of years.

The problem with using these as phones is that they seem to drop calls and SMS at random. I had to put my SIM cards back in a dumbphone to be sure I get all my messages. Annoyingly, I now have to carry two phones with me..

Calling and sending messages seemed to work perfectly, but the phone was unreliable in receiving them. And this is with full bars (4G).

I don't seem to be alone with this problem either, sadly; and I haven't seen anyone post a solution for it yet.

Ripplinger · 02-07-2021, 09:58 AM

It doesn't say if the battery is replaceable, which is a must for me. I use my phones for years, and I've never once had one where the battery didn't need replacing.

And the size is just too big for me for a phone. About 5.7" display is the about the highest that's the most comfortable for my hands (and my tiny purse I use). Others are just too big for me and makes them annoying to use.

I'd love to see a decent e-ink phone though to be able to actually read no matter where I'm at outdoors. This one does come pretty close for me.

02-02-2021, 07:00 AM	#1
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 70,489 Karma: 304500000 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	Hisense A7 CC Colour E-Ink Mobile Phone released Hisense have released their latest E-Ink Mobile Phone. The A7 CC has a 6.7" 300ppi 2nd Generation Kaleido colour screen from E-Ink. See https://ereaderx.com/product/hisense...or-eink-phone/

02-07-2021, 09:58 AM	#8
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,574 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	It doesn't say if the battery is replaceable, which is a must for me. I use my phones for years, and I've never once had one where the battery didn't need replacing. And the size is just too big for me for a phone. About 5.7" display is the about the highest that's the most comfortable for my hands (and my tiny purse I use). Others are just too big for me and makes them annoying to use. I'd love to see a decent e-ink phone though to be able to actually read no matter where I'm at outdoors. This one does come pretty close for me. Last edited by Ripplinger; 02-07-2021 at 10:02 AM.

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Elektron Banned Posts: 2,296 Karma: 5300240 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 (mark 7), Kobo Mini	Woooo, looks nice!

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andyh2000 Avid reader Posts: 796 Karma: 6042270 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: UK Device: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 / Kindle Paperwhite	Shame it's so huge (like all phones now).

02-05-2021, 10:37 AM	#4
jago25_98 Zealot Posts: 104 Karma: 3200000 Join Date: Dec 2005 Device: n35 p800 n30	Hmm. Looks handy at first and no doubt it is. However, if it's like previous Hisense phones it'll be siphoning off your contacts to be sold at a cheap price to data brokers who then sell them on to robocallers. Other problems with previous Hisense phones: - the battery killer kills the VPN even when excluded - the private DNS menu option in Android 10 has been deleted Also, the screen isn't high contrast and it's so big you need a i-ring to each anything. But no... I'm not jealous!! Shall I upgrade?

02-06-2021, 11:07 AM	#5
kandwo Addict Posts: 275 Karma: 10469294 Join Date: Dec 2020 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 3	It looks much better than the previous generation, but still not quite good enough for my taste. There's a lot of ghosting, the colour layer is still considerably less than 300ppi judging from the videos I've seen. I would be quite keen on the BW version if not for the size. The higher PPI, bigger battery and even better audio chip are all tempting features, but not ones I would be able to carry in my pocket at that size...

02-06-2021, 04:03 PM	#6
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 70,489 Karma: 304500000 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	If I needed a new phone, I'd be tempted, just to see what it's like. But I've just got a second-hand iPhone 6S with 128MB, and that's going to do me just fine for a couple of years.

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