Comment on E Ink faces growing competition in the "paper-like" display space - Liliputing

jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• abfarid@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “E Ink” is a company, producing displays with a very specific proprietary technology. I think you mean to say more “e-paper”, which is a generic term for “paper-like” displays. And unfortunately, right now the only real competition is RLCD (reflective LCD), which is arguably non paper-like enough to qualify. Yes, it’s reflective, but other than that, it’s just a higher density Game Boy screen. Which is great and all, but it can’t compete with E Ink in a lot of aspects. It doesn’t have retention, you gotta power the screen, so no signage and stuff. It has LCD-grade bad viewing angles.

  RLCDs are cool for certain uses though. For example, I sometimes choose to play on my AGS-001 over my Analogue Pocket if I’m outside in bright daylight.

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• paf0@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I wish they made more e-ink watches

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  • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Which one do you prefer?

    And don’t say Pebble, that’s an e-paper, not an eink.

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    • sxan@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I know E Ink is a company, but for most of us it’s become a de-facto term referring to the technology, like kleenex, or q-tips.

      I have every Pebble model, and used them until the last one’s battery finally gave out. I’ve been using various e-ink (e-paper) readers, from the first Sony to my current Kobo & reMarkable (one for leisure reading, t’other for PDFs and writing). Are those displays different technologies than E Ink’s? Does the display process E Ink uses differ from other e-paper technologies? Are they not all based on polarized, bi-colored balls?

      I have nothing against pedantry, but I also think E Ink has lost (or won, depending on how you look at it) the identity game; I suspect the majority of people - if surveyed - would neither realize E Ink is a specific company, nor that the correct generic term is “e-paper.” Everyone I know (with whom the topic comes up) just call it “e-ink,” whether or not it comes from that company. Similarly, I’ve never heard anyone call it “e-paper” IRL.

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• Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No foldable but screens on both side.

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  • EngineerGaming@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Seen a noname Aliexpress phone with a normal display on one side and an e-ink one on the other.

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    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Now make that an option on a flagship device (preferably a non-chinese manufacturer) and I would definitely look into it.

      If I remember correctly there was also a flagship producer that produced such a phone as a sort of prototype some time ago, no?

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      • EngineerGaming@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The only one I can think of is Yotaphone.

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  • espentan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Would that be because of creasing issues, or are there other practical differences?

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