limerod@reddthat.comM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 9 months agoMinimal Phone: Low-priced smartphone with E Ink display and complete keyboardwww.notebookcheck.netexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down115
arrow-up1275arrow-down1external-linkMinimal Phone: Low-priced smartphone with E Ink display and complete keyboardwww.notebookcheck.netlimerod@reddthat.comM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squarebuzz86us@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·9 months agoI’m just annoyed that they sell uncomplicated phones, but they are always hundreds of dollars. Just put an eink screen on a cheap SOC price around $40.
minus-squarelimerod@reddthat.comOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·9 months ago$40 is way too low. Economics of scale do not apply for such a niche product. $140-180 should be doable.
minus-squareCaptain Howdy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoThe problem is that e-ink is a patented technology and the patent owner charges insanely high royalties for using it in your product.
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 months agoYou can’t even buy a standalone e-ink display panel for $40. Their patent is expiring soon so prices will come down but that isn’t the current market.
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I’m just annoyed that they sell uncomplicated phones, but they are always hundreds of dollars. Just put an eink screen on a cheap SOC price around $40.
$40 is way too low. Economics of scale do not apply for such a niche product. $140-180 should be doable.
The problem is that e-ink is a patented technology and the patent owner charges insanely high royalties for using it in your product.
You can’t even buy a standalone e-ink display panel for $40.
Their patent is expiring soon so prices will come down but that isn’t the current market.