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Well there is a phone with e-ink and 7 day batteries. It's called Motofone F3. It didn't had much success in Perú. (although I'm an avid fan an ex-user of it)
by PuercoPop 14y ago
Well there is a phone with e-ink and 7 day batteries. It's called Motofone F3.
It didn't had much success in Perú. (although I'm an avid fan an ex-user of it)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Fone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Fone
- stcredzero 14y agoGood information, but this seems to be more of a feature phone with good battery life than a smartphone optimized for the particular use cases of the emerging markets. Why do you think it hasn't cautious on in Peru. What would catch on there?
- PuercoPop 14y agoWell it was basically because it looked 'ugly' with fonts like an old calculator. The phone had 3 mayor design issues. At least from my POV. First, I couldn't write . in in text messages. I had , @ even £ but alas, no .! Then there was the issue that all sound went increscendo, thing is the message notification was to short for the sound to reach an audible level. And last, as the e-ink only consumes power to paint the screen if you manage to run out of battery You wouldn't realize immediately as the screen was still showing what it showed before running out of power. I think what would catch is something cheap that seems pretty/expensive.
- stcredzero 14y agoMy point exactly. An android handset optimized for time between charges would kill it. The other problems you mentioned are quite fixable. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5017643 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5017643