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[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I do wonder what the refresh rate is like on these. I've been daily driving a Minimal Phone for a few months now. While I like it, it definitely took some getting used to. While it's actually quite snappy, it feels abysmally slow even compared to the Cat S22 Flip it replaced (which is a low-end Android smartphone in a flip phone form factor).

I also wonder why they bothered with a camera on it. The camera on the Minimal is extremely "meh", but the thing that makes it mostly useless is the refresh rate of the e-ink. You never know if you got a blurry mess of a picture or what. The firmware will put the screen into "fast refresh / low fidelity" mode to try to improve it, but it's still a roll of the dice when trying to take any kind of photo. About the only thing it's good for is scanning QR codes.

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

A camera on a e-ink device doesn't appealing.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why wouldn't I just read using the phone I already have?

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

Eye strain, screen size, battery life.