Some years ago there was this „paperlike kindle“ that was advertised with: „you can read it in bright daylight!“ and then we never heard about this invention again.
Edit: thanks for your input. I think I understand now.
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But we have. My Galaxy S23 Ultra passes the “readable in midday sun” test. It draws down the battery quite fast though when I’m doing this.
I’m not sure what you’re asking, any fairly new IPhone is completely usable on a bright sunny day with your brightness all the way up.
e-ink screens are still around – Kindle Paperwhite, the ReMarkable tablets, heck, even the Kohl’s price markers.
But as others have said, they don’t meet the needs for a mobile display.
What? Lol the paper like screen kindle is around still, I just bought an updated one because my 2nd gen is no longer supported.
I mean, I have a remarkable and I can read it in sunlight. You have never heard of this again, perhaps, but its on many ereaders by default nowadays.
I have the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. They’ve done an awesome job upgrading the screen to increase visibility in direct sunlight.
e-ink screens still exist, i use one daily on my e reader. but they’re only black and white, with a few color ones just now starting to hit the market, and their refresh rate is extremely slow. they’re good for static screens (like pages in a book) but anything moving will look terrible
The tech is there (often in toughbooks that are made to be used in direct sunlight) but the tech has too many drawbacks for it to be usable in the smartphones of today.
i have a matte screen protector. I can read in the sun.
The company that makes it (Belkin anti-glare) only sells them for like weeks after a new phone comes out. I wish I was exaggerating
And you can only get it through the apple store app.
They also have some special machine at some apple stores to install them. Those belkin’s come in different packaging.
I bought 4 from eBay recently and the items that arrived appeared to have been stolen from an apple store shipment.
Do you have an old phone? Today’s flagships are very easily readable in daylight. Their potential light output is actually pretty insane.
Also you didn’t hear about that invention again in the same way you don’t hear about tires, toasters, fridges. They are just in use now and aren’t novel. The very technology you mention (e-ink) still exists and is being sold if you want to buy a product that has one for pretty cheap.
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