Yota Phone Launches With Secondary E-Ink Display

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday December 4, 2013 @03:08AM from the waiting-for-pixel-qi dept.

OldJuke writes "Called the YotaPhone, the device pairs a traditional LCD color touch-screen on one side with a black-and-white, electronic-paper display on the other, allowing users to continuously view data in real time without having to constantly wake up their phones and drain their batteries. General interaction will be done through the LCD screen, but the e-paper display allows an image to be displayed at all times — from maps, airline boarding passes and family photos to Twitter messages and emails — but only uses power when the picture changes. BBC News interviewed the company's leader, Vlad Martynov, for a hands-on demonstration."

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Finally! by Grantbridge · 2013-12-04 03:10 · Score: 5, Interesting

I've been asking for one of these for years. Battery drain on a LCD screen is too high for a phone, eink makes a much better screen.
1. Re:Finally! by locopuyo · 2013-12-04 03:16 · Score: 4, Interesting
  
  Same, but I want one where the main screen is color e-ink. Mirasol color e-ink displays have been in Korea and China for years now on tablets. What is taking so long?
  
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