Bigme HiBreak S is a $299 Android 14 smartphone with an E Ink display

There are a growing number of options for folks looking for phone-sized devices with E Ink displays and functionality that blurs the lines between a smartphone and an eReader. While the new Onyx BOOX Palma 2 is almost a phone, thanks to built-in support for mobile data, rival Bigme has been selling actual smartphones with E Ink displays since last year.

The latest addition is the Bigme HiBreak […]

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"O melhor smartphone EINK já feito | Análise do Bigme HiBreak Pro - Good e-Reader - YouTube"

Bem interessante. Mas acho que sentiria falta da tela tradicional para assistir vídeos. Continuo mais inclinado a algo no estilo do YotaPhone (tela de LCD na frente e tela e-ink no verso; deixarei um vídeo dele na resposta).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8YijEkoc3g

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Bigme HiBreak Pro smartphone has a 6.13 inch E Ink display and Dimensity 1080 processor

The Bigme HiBreak Pro is something of a cross between a smartphone and an eBook reader. It has a 6.13 inch, 824 x 1648 pixel black and white E Ink display with 300 pixels per inch, making the device a sort of pocket-sized eReader sort of like the Onyx BOOX Palma series. But unlike the Palma, the HiBreak Pro is a full-fledged smartphone.

Not only does it run Android, but it features support for 4G and 5G cellular networks. The Bigme HiBreak Pro should be available for purchase soon, and customers who want to “pre-order” can pay $5 now to get $30 off the $439 retail price.

Bigme has launched a number of eBook reader and E Ink tablets in recent years, and earlier in 2024 the company launched the original Bigme HiBreak smartphone which is available with a choice of color or greyscale E Ink displays.

The new HiBreak Pro has a bigger, higher-resolution display, a faster processor, more memory and storage, a bigger battery, faster charging, and a higher-resolution rear camera, among other things. It also runs a newer version of Android.

Bigme has also added support for adjustable color temperature to the front light, allowing you to choose from warm or cool light tones to increase or decrease the amount of blue light that shines on the screen. But so far the company has only introduced a greyscale version of the new phone: there’s no color display option.

It’s also unclear from the product page whether the HiBreak Pro has a microSD card reader or not: the original HiBreak supports removable cards up to 1TB. But with twice as much built-in storage, that may not be a dealbreaker.

While you can use the 20MP rear camera and 5MP front cameras to shoot photos, record videos, or hop on video calls, I still doubt you’ll want to do too many of those things on a phone with a black and white E Ink display. But you can use the rear camera as a sort of document scanner – the HiBreak Photo can use optical character recognition to convert pictures to editable documents. There’s also a text to speech feature for listening to eBooks or other text.

Although not all Android apps play well with E Ink displays, Bigme says the phone ships with the Google Play Store pre-installed. That means you should be able to install and try most Android apps. And Bigme says its “SSS-level super refresh mode” leads to faster screen refresh rates, smoother scrolling and “minimal ghosting” when compared with other E Ink displays.

via ITHome

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The Minimal Phone hits Indiegogo for $350 and up (E Ink phone with a QWERTY keyboard)

The Minimal Phone is an Android phone with a screen that bucks almost every trend in the modern smartphone space. Instead of a big screen with vibrant colors and a high refresh rate it has a small black and white E Ink display positioned above a physical keyboard, making the phone look a bit like a modern BlackBerry.
First unveiled in January, […]

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