this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2023
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Really like the one-handed phone form factor, but the Box Palma being WiFi only was a deal breaker for me.

Instead I got a Hisense A5 from eBay for ~$130 and after rooting, debloating, and installing E-ink optimized versions of Open source android apps it's a perfect companion for my Boox Nova Air C. With KOReader syncing across devices.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An e-ink phone is an interesting idea! I’m guessing the battery life is great.

[–] betternotbigger@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

There's one called the Light phone and the battery life is below average. The screen is definitely a hog but cell radios can just as easily chew through the battery.

[–] angelsomething@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

That looks dope. Can you tell us more about the overall experience?

[–] live_long_prosper@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to root and unlock bootloaders all the time is it relatively easy for this device does it work on the color version as well? I really want a eink display phone how do you like it?

[–] 520@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Highly phone dependent. Some phones have an official process, others have hacks, many others have fuck all.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Browsing Lemmy from one of these devices is something that I never thought about.

[–] Leax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

So cool ! If you could share a video on how it feels to use lemmy on that, that's be great!

[–] lightsecond@lemmy.fedireads.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TIL that e-ink display smartphones exist.

[–] anarchyinc@mastodon.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@lightsecond @flamingod https://goodereader.com/blog/ has covered a lot of these! Heck they cover everything. Well worth a subscribe to their YouTube channel or rss of their blog.

Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll check them out.

[–] astromd@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Very cool. Does it have any kind of night or dark mode?