If you are considering this device I suggest if your current phone has a grayscale mode, turn that on for a week to see if you can get used to it.
I always wind up turning it off.
Yeah. I have it set to turn on automatically when it’s bedtime or when I manually set “Do Not Disturb”. Makes me not to want to use my phone.
I don’t think it’s a fair comparison. The greatest aspect of e-ink screens is not giving strain to the eyes. Looking at a greyscale phone will just have the downsides of both worlds.
Your point is valid. My advice isn’t for an emulation for e-ink, but it’s to see if someone can get over not seeing color on their phone. Color adds so much to the user experience.
Oh, I get it now, it makes sense too
TCL is releasing a new phone later this year with a toggle-able e-ink mode. So you can use it with in full color when you want, and switch to e-ink when you want. It’s in a more conventional aspect ratio so apps will look more “normal”. I can say from experience with my Boox e-reader that a lot of apps do not work well in 4:3.
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24335983/tcl-60-xe-nxtpaper-e-ink-specs-ces
Might be my next phone if the CPU and software is not awful (big if).
E ink like mode. It’s not actually e ink it just makes the screen black and white. In the video they talk about how it’s just more of a low power/distraction free mode.
I despise the marketing of these eink-like screens. None of the biggest benefits of eink with all of the biggest drawbacks? The fuck?
Oh huh. I didn’t know there even was a video. Perhaps my ad/tracker blockers cut it.
Just found a hands-on CNET video: https://www.cnet.com/videos/at-ces-2025-tcl-debuts-new-tcl-60-phone-with-e-ink-display/
Never used TCL’s “Nxtpaper” so not totally sure how it compares.
Huh, actually a properly different way of doing a phone. I guess the key question is what we can expect in terms of support and openness, i.e. how do we know the company won’t go bust in six months and leave us with something we can’t put a custom ROM on?
Is the Maps app just… a map lol
The x marks the spot
Oh wow, super interesting
I would really love something like that, or like the phones made by hisense. I love e-inks and they fit very well my phone usage pattern. Too bad I was born in the poor side of the world and will never have the cool stuff
