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Because a B/W OLED could run for ages on a single charge and the required gear and protection for crank charging would add a lot of cost, bulk and price on the

Because a B/W OLED could run for ages on a single charge and the required gear and protection for crank charging would add a lot of cost, bulk and price on the product for a feature which will be a funny gimmick for the first few days and then be useless. Same reason ebikes do not have regenerative braking and cars do not have solar panels. It's not worth it.

b0tzzzzzzman 5y ago
Alot of cost? Have you seen the price?
- SilverRed 5y ago
  It's pretty cheap for what it is. The OP-1 is a related toy and it costs about $1000
  - ChrisRR 5y ago
    It's based around £5 microcontroller and a 1 bit display. It's not cheap. It's more similar to the arduboy which is around £50
gampleman 5y ago
https://lightyear.one https://lightyear.one would like to disagree...