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Throwaway56138 t1_j2nzf45 wrote

Reply to comment by neelkanth97 in Hisense Hi Reader Pro is an Android smartphone with a 6.1 inch E Ink display (pre-order 250$) by giuliomagnifico

Bro, if you just want a cell phone, you know they still make flip phones, right?

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neelkanth97 t1_j2nzk59 wrote

Lol I know, and I have a couple myself, flip and feature phones. Hence my reasoning.

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olqerergorp_etereum t1_j2o44n2 wrote

doesn't use e-ink technology which last far in battery perfomance.

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HaikuBotStalksMe t1_j2o5wj5 wrote

Imagine a mobile phone that:

has the power draw of today's chips, but using the old speed (I dunno, 32 mhz?) - same performance, lower power draw, smaller size

has the same battery size as today's phones (more effective battery than the old ones)

has an e-ink display (much better battery life; pretty sure even the passive matrix displays or whatever they were called were less efficient than today's e-ink)

uses only what is needed for calls in terms of radio (no drain from connecting to gps, wifi, 5g, etc. Just regular gsm)

Screen size still tiny (unless there's barely any power draw difference between a 1 inch screen and 4 inch screen on an e-ink)

I dunno if digitizers take a lot of energy, but physical keyboard would be awesome

Anyway, point is, I'd imagine this would be like crazy effective. Even throwing a contemporary battery into an old Nokia would probably make it last like, I dunno, 5x longer. And that's just one change.

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