The Hisense A9 is the company's latest E Ink smartphone, that features a 6.1" 1648x824 monochrome E Ink display, a Snapdragon 662 chipset, 4/6/8 GB of RAM, 128/256 GB of storage, and 4G network support.
The Hisense A9 is now shipping in China (note that cellular support may be limited outside of China), you can order it internationally here.
E Ink recently launched its latest segmented display technology, E Ink Prism 3, which features dynamic color changing capabilities. As part of the launch of this new technology, BMW presented its latest concept, the i Vision DEE car, which is covered with Prism 3 panels:
The i Vision DEE is covered with 240 panels, capable of showing 32 colors according to BMW (a bit strange as E Ink says the Prism 3 offers a palette of 8 colors only). Anyway this is a pretty nice concept, that builds on BMW's iX Flow shown a year before and covered with similar panels, but with monochrome (grayscale) Prism panels.
The Sol Reader is a virtual reality (VR) headset that is powered by two front-lit E ink displays. It is designed to be an e-reader (or document reader).
The headset features Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and USB-C for charging. The displays are viewed via pancake lenses and offer support for diopter adjustments.
Lenovo's ThinkBook Twist laptop has a swiveling base that you can use to choose from two displays: a 13.3" 400 nits 60Hz 2.8K OLED touchscreen, or a color 13.3" E Ink display. The E Ink will offer a much longer battery life (Lenovo says 21 hours) compared to the OLED display.
The ThinkBook Twist offers Windows 11 OS, Intel's 13th-Gen chipset, up to 16GB of RAM and 1T of storage. Lenovo says the ThinkBook Plus Twist will ship in June 2023, starting at $1,649.
E Ink Holdings launched its latest segmented display technology, E Ink Prism 3, which features dynamic color changing capabilities. The new Prism 3 display offers product designers to choose from eight colors and combine them with patterns to create rich, dynamic surfaces.
The Prism 3 offers low power consumption (as with all E Ink bistable displays), and it is thin and durable. The Prism 3 offers designers the option of combining intricate patterns and colors onto the surface to enhance products.
The Fossil Gen-6 Hybrid Wellness Edition smartwatch has a round 1.17" 179 PPI E Ink display, and physical watch hands to show the time. The battery life is up to two weeks of use. It cannot to your phone and receive notifications and calls.
The watch is now available for $229.
In April 2022, E Ink announced its latest color ePaper display, the Gallery 3, targeting applications in eReaders and Notes devices. The Gallery 3 is based on E Ink's ACeP (Advanced Color ePaper) platform, where a full-color gamut is achieved through a four particle ink system: cyan, magenta, yellow and white. The displays offer fast refresh rates (350 ms for black and white, 500-1500 ms for color refresh), a substantial improvement over the first generation E Ink Gallery.
E Ink today announced that Gallery 3 has moved into mass production, with customer products from Bigme, BOOX, iFlyTek, iReader, PocketBook, Readmoo, and AOC coming down the pipeline in 2023 and beyond.
Dasung's Link is a portable 6.7-inch 300 PPI E Ink display, that can pair with your smartphone to provide a 2nd display. There are three models: wireless iOS, wireless Android, and wired. The wireless versions come with a 5,000 mAh battery cover, while the wired versions has a lower power consumption and works with select Android models.
The Dasung Link will launch soon in China.
Back in March 2022, E Ink announced that it has joined RE100, a global renewal energy initiative, and has committed to use 100% renewable energy by 2030. The company announced today that 20% of the energy it uses is generated from renewable sources (RE20) - the first display company to do so.
In December 2021 E Ink announced that it aims to achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2040.
The Ledger Stax is a digital asset (cryptocurrency) physical wallet device. It sports a curved 3.7" 400x672 E Ink display, bent around the edge.
The Ledget Stax will ship soon for $299.