I love reading on my eInk reader. I think if a had phone where the book I was reading was always on the outer screen, I would read even more. But, is this too niche of a form factor?
No.
Been a fold user for going on 3 years now, and the outside display is pretty indespensible. Being able to use the phone as a normal phone, then being able to open the device and use it as a tablet, is the whole schtick. One doesn’t really work without the other.
No because i think i’d use the unfolded state less than the normal folded. I at least want to have the option tò use only the folded state Like normal smartphone.
I think this would be too niche and also too expensive (I believe e-ink is expensive?) but I would also love this!
As soon as I put my ereader down for a quick look at my phone I’m on another device so I kinda forget to pick up my Ereader again. So yeah I’d love to see that.
e-ink is a weird niche tech IMO. The room required and case/screen protection would be the same as a typical OLED display. So why would an e-ink be better than a full functional display?
The only time I think e-ink’s are really useful outside of book readers is for situations where data refresh rate is seldom or battery life is critical and long microcontroller sleep times can be leveraged with the display still showing information without power for a very long duration.
