The TCL 40 NXTPAPER and the TCL 40 NXTPAPER 5G become the world’s first and only smartphone devices to offer a revolutionary full color paper-like visual experience.
my favorite feature of the nook (was it the nook?) was the e-ink screen and how vastly superior it was for reading. I’m not sure the science behind it (because I read an article on here once that blue light doesn’t actually affect much) but I can’t read for long periods on an led screen, it hurts my eyes and it’s harder for me to focus
no, this is just a more sunlight readable backlit LCD with some colour filtering and processing to appear more paper like.
it requires constant power unlike e-ink and the only way they can claim it saves power is because it requires less backlight brightness to be sunlight viewable.
I haven’t spent much time with the color ones but my understanding is that the display has a slow response time and some ghosting, much like its B&W counterparts. I’ll be interested to see how this phone works with typical smartphone workloads, like live scrolling.
Inside me, there are two wolves. One wants 120+hz refresh rates. The other wants e-ink.
Edit: I see on their specs page they list a 90hz refresh rate. I’m not entirely clear what kind of tech is in here. Perhaps one layer is a traditional LCD with matte coating?
It’s an IPS LCD with a matte glass display and a slightly reflective base layer for improved sunlight view ability with less backlight power required. similar to the “transflexive” displays that were popular some years ago.
this is really cool! is it easier on the battery?
my favorite feature of the nook (was it the nook?) was the e-ink screen and how vastly superior it was for reading. I’m not sure the science behind it (because I read an article on here once that blue light doesn’t actually affect much) but I can’t read for long periods on an led screen, it hurts my eyes and it’s harder for me to focus
no, this is just a more sunlight readable backlit LCD with some colour filtering and processing to appear more paper like.
it requires constant power unlike e-ink and the only way they can claim it saves power is because it requires less backlight brightness to be sunlight viewable.
aw that’s a shame :/ I did read the article but was confused because I felt the kind of implied it was like e ink
waaaait so the sunlight is reflected back as rgb?
There’s a company called Onyx that makes Android e-ink tablets, some of which have color screens. You can check out a review of one here: https://www.androidpolice.com/boox-tab-ultra-c-review/
I haven’t spent much time with the color ones but my understanding is that the display has a slow response time and some ghosting, much like its B&W counterparts. I’ll be interested to see how this phone works with typical smartphone workloads, like live scrolling.
Inside me, there are two wolves. One wants 120+hz refresh rates. The other wants e-ink.
Edit: I see on their specs page they list a 90hz refresh rate. I’m not entirely clear what kind of tech is in here. Perhaps one layer is a traditional LCD with matte coating?
It’s an IPS LCD with a matte glass display and a slightly reflective base layer for improved sunlight view ability with less backlight power required. similar to the “transflexive” displays that were popular some years ago.
this is so interesting!! and I agree haha I hope one day it gets to a nice median where we can have super smooth scrolling and e-ink!