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I'll tell you what's been working for me: an e-ink phone. It's a Bigme Hibreak Pro. The interface is a bit clunky but it gets the job done. Social media is just

I'll tell you what's been working for me: an e-ink phone. It's a Bigme Hibreak Pro. The interface is a bit clunky but it gets the job done. Social media is just not fun on this phone. It's still very usable if I need it, however. I'm also knocking out books at a rate that I haven't in years.

cushpush 1y ago
Fascinating, bet the battery life is great. Probably no games on your phone but texting works like normal I'm guessing?
- closetkantian 1y ago
  Battery life isn't as good as I expected, but I do leave the backlight on quite a bit. I'm not a big phone gamer, but some people do enjoy playing original (black and white) game boy games on them. Texting works very well. I'm typing this on the phone right now. It's one of the smoothest eink devices I've ever encountered.
braaileb 1y ago
Can you use Android Auto with it? Props for the change
- closetkantian 1y ago
  I'm not sure about this. I heard mixed reports. I don't have a car so I can't test it.
EvgeniyZh 1y ago
Camera and video calls feels like two major drawbacks. Also I've heard there are NFC problems.
- closetkantian 1y ago
  Camera isn't the greatest but it's fine for everyday needs. I haven't tried a video call yet. I imagine it will work okay, though. Tap to pay works fine for me, too.
- jeofken 1y ago
  For me, one of the hibreak pro buttons broke (top left one). NFC payment works fine, but using google wallet on websites seem to fail for me. Video calls are fine but obviously black and white and frame rate is approx 10fps or something. Huge life upgrade compared to LCD smartphones. I’m crushing books like when in middle school. Best practical change to my life in maybe a decade
DavidPiper 1y ago
Changing the Accessibility settings on my iPhone to make the whole screen grayscale also does the same thing for me.
jeofken 1y ago
Searched for “ink” in this thread hoping to find someone else who solved the problem like this An e ink smartphone gives me hours of my life back daily. Can not recommend enough LCD screens attract us like ants to a dropped ice cream
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cushpush 1y ago

Fascinating, bet the battery life is great. Probably no games on your phone but texting works like normal I'm guessing?

closetkantian 1y ago
Battery life isn't as good as I expected, but I do leave the backlight on quite a bit. I'm not a big phone gamer, but some people do enjoy playing original (black and white) game boy games on them. Texting works very well. I'm typing this on the phone right now. It's one of the smoothest eink devices I've ever encountered.

braaileb 1y ago

Can you use Android Auto with it? Props for the change

closetkantian 1y ago
I'm not sure about this. I heard mixed reports. I don't have a car so I can't test it.

EvgeniyZh 1y ago

Camera and video calls feels like two major drawbacks. Also I've heard there are NFC problems.

closetkantian 1y ago
Camera isn't the greatest but it's fine for everyday needs. I haven't tried a video call yet. I imagine it will work okay, though. Tap to pay works fine for me, too.
jeofken 1y ago
For me, one of the hibreak pro buttons broke (top left one). NFC payment works fine, but using google wallet on websites seem to fail for me. Video calls are fine but obviously black and white and frame rate is approx 10fps or something. Huge life upgrade compared to LCD smartphones. I’m crushing books like when in middle school. Best practical change to my life in maybe a decade

DavidPiper 1y ago

Changing the Accessibility settings on my iPhone to make the whole screen grayscale also does the same thing for me.

jeofken 1y ago

Searched for “ink” in this thread hoping to find someone else who solved the problem like this An e ink smartphone gives me hours of my life back daily. Can not recommend enough LCD screens attract us like ants to a dropped ice cream

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