Apple is testing the use of electronic presentations on color E Ink paper for long-lasting devices, according to famed analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. A notification screen is required on the phone’s outer case.
E Ink is a company specialized in various types of electrophoretic ink technologies. When laminated into a plastic film, it creates an electronic paper that is most commonly used for signage and e-readers. EPDs come in several other types depending on the required color gamut, but sometimes speaking, they consist of charged color pigments suspended in a transparent fluid in millions of microcapsules or microcopas. When an electronic box is applied, other combinations of pigments rise upward, where they are visualized and shape a pixel of color.
On E Ink’s website, the model it recommends for smartphones is called Kaleido Plus, which the company says offers 16 grayscales and 4096 colors, “ideal for image-rich data applications like tables, graphs, maps, photos, comics, and advertising. “and visual in direct sunlight.
Unlike OLED and LCD presentations, EDPs do not require backlighting and, as a result, are up to 10 times more energy efficient. However, it can be ideal for a more utilitarian display that constantly turns on and presents notifications.
Other corporations have launched smartphones with EDP displays, but like Hisense, which introduced its new E-Ink smartphone, the A9, just a few weeks ago, they tend to target those who are worried about eye strain or in particular need a hybrid. electronic reading device.
Using the EDP generation would be a break with competition from Apple, which has opted to equip its foldable phones with a functional phone display on the outside. In the case of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold, this model features an improved 6. 2-inch dynamic AMOLED display with a refresh rate of 120 Hz (vs. the Fold 2’s 60Hz), which can display messages and news and allow the ability to make calls or use the 10 MP camera without having to open the phone.
Apple is testing E Ink’s Electronic Paper Display (EPD) for the canopy screen and tablet-like programs from the long-lasting foldable device. just the right energy saving. 17 May 2022
Apple hasn’t announced that it’s running on a foldable iPhone. However, unverified reports suggest that the company is running on a foldable model with an “almost invisible hinge” that could extend to about the length of the iPhone 12 Pro Max. Kuo also weighed in on this debate in the past, recommending that Apple launch a foldable iPhone next year that will “adopt TPK’s silver nanowire touch solution. “Slim OLED as paper demonstrates.
Earlier this month, Kuo elaborated on those claims by saying that Apple will launch a foldable iPhone with an 8-inch QHD flexible OLED display, and even went so far as to say that the tech giant will ship 15 to 20 million foldable smartphones in 2023.
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