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I dunno if you have one, I have 2 A4-sized reader, a Sony and a Boox, and it's insane. I paid both around 700$ and I dont regret (the boox has backlight). You
by xwolfi 4y ago
I dunno if you have one, I have 2 A4-sized reader, a Sony and a Boox, and it's insane. I paid both around 700$ and I dont regret (the boox has backlight).
You cant always whip enough factory workers in vietnam to transform resources mined in Myanmar for 250$, and sometimes you have to pay a bit more. I suppose most of the money goes to R&D to finally find a way to get high refresh rates, anyway.
I think nobody's sleeping on high margin for these things, collecting massive mountain of cash to buy sport cars. It's a difficult concept to bring up, this doubly stable state display that require electricity only on change. It's really worth paying for it to evolve.
- vanderZwan 4y agoAs much as I agree with the general sentiment that we don't pay enough attention to the amount of exploitation going on during the production of electronics, doesn't the high price of eInk displays have more to do with one company hoarding all the relevant patents and scaring off the competition?
- throw_away1525 4y agoI've got a HiSense android phone with e-ink (the a5) which I had to order directly from China. It has great performance, I can watch YouTube videos on it. I mean it isn't a pleasant experience but I can. I wonder if it is using the forbidden algorithms? I should compare it to an e-ink reader that's sold in the US and presumably is following the relevant patent laws.