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Yota Phone Launches With Secondary E-Ink Display

Posted by Unknown on 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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  1. Finally! by Grantbridge · · 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 · · 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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  2. Yota phone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shouldn't the headline read: "With Secondary E-Ink Display YOTA Phone Launches"

    "Smart phone wars begun they have."

  3. Best/worst inevitable feature by RevWaldo · · Score: 4, Funny

    An app that displays the cover of the book you're reading on the LCD side.

    It kills the battery but oh! the conversations you'll strike up on the subway!

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  4. Re:Plus touch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Also nice to have, ditch the Google part of Android and gives us a clean Android install."

    I'm not even going to comment on how dumb this is, I think it speaks for itself. Want to ditch the Microsoft part of Windows while you're at it?