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$500 USD is an absurd price for a "Phone" with such limited usability. Unless you're some edge-case who absolutely "Needs" the longer battery life, I really fai
by rfwhyte 3y ago
$500 USD is an absurd price for a "Phone" with such limited usability. Unless you're some edge-case who absolutely "Needs" the longer battery life, I really fail to see how this can justify a $200-$300 price premium over a low end Android phone.
- sleepycatgirl 3y agoYou would be surprised how much more comfy reading stuff is on such phone, over conventional ones.
- Version467 3y agoOn the one hand, you're right, the price seems absurd. On the other hand, I've only ever heard this argument from people who don't really want such a device anyway. I don't own this phone, but I paid $500 for a Boox Note Air 2, which is an eink tablet that I use for notetaking and reading and replaced my ipad with it. The limited usability of these devices is a selling point, not a downside. But just because I want a device that does less doesn't mean that I want a device that feels cheap. I still want something sleek, well built and snappy. And eink screens aren't particularly cheap either. So $500 it is.
- carlosjobim 3y agoGo live in a place with a lot of sunshine, and you'll get it. E-ink is absolutely the future for a huge part of the world.