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BOTH SIDES NOW: This is who to thank if your next phone has two screens.

by Joe Mobley
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...first shown in public at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last year, was indeed different. The Yotaphone, a high-end Android device, came with a standard-issue, high-definition screen on the front and, on the back, an always-on E ink display.
This is who to thank if your next phone has two screens - Quartz

Joe Mobley
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    GIVE ME A BREAK! This kind of thing has been talked about and discussed for like 100 years! There has been a kind of partial use of picture in screen discussed for a LONG time, and made a realty like 50+ years ago. They have made dual screen objects, like cameras since like a couple decades ago. The limiting factor has been cost and, of course, ability and sale-ability. Even today, when there isn't that much of a dollar cost, there IS a power/weight/size one. And there are a lot of reasons why some won't buy such a thing.

    But to suggest it is a NEW idea, or even the first attempt at reality? INCREDIBLE! As I understand E-INK, it may actually use MORE power! E-INK uses power, and likely MORE power than LCD, to draw the screen. The power savings isn't so much in the drawing on the screen, but the fact that it MAINTAINS that image. SO, while it is GREAT for things like EBOOKS, it might not be a good idea for movies and video chat.

    E Ink: Technology: Electrophoretic Techology

    the image on an E Ink screen will be retained even when all power sources are removed. In practice, this means that the display is consuming power only when something is changing. For example, when reading on an eReader, power is only needed when turning to a new page but no power is consumed by the display while reading the page. This is most noticeable when an eReader goes into sleep mode yet there is still an image being displayed. By contrast, with a traditional LCD, the display is needs to be refreshed around 30X per second, regardless of the whether anything new is being displayed. Bistability significantly reduces the power consumption of displays using E Ink and is a key reason eReaders have such long battery life. - See more at: E Ink: Technology: Electrophoretic Techology
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