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The Minimal Phone is now shipping (E Ink phone with a QWERTY keyboard) - Liliputing (liliputing.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to c/hardware@lemmy.world

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[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I feel like using such a phone with regular Android apps doesn't make too much sense. The big advantage of eInk is that it only consumes power if the content changes. But if every letter you type and every second the progress bar of your media player require a refresh of the screen, then you don't really benefit from that feature. Or do I oversee something here?

[–] ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz 16 points 3 weeks ago

Those actions may not require refreshing the entire display.

E-Ink is viewable in sunlight without a backlight. A huge chunk of power for regular displays is the backlight. Here you only need a backlight in darkness, and it can be quite low.

[–] yonder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Since e-ink is monochrome, there are no colours, which can reduce distractions when using the phone (think red notification dot). It also has the advantage of being visible in direct sunlight.