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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Are you STILL using the Nokia 3310?
I have no problem using my phone in the sun.
i mean, the paperwhite kindle is exactly what you’re describing, and its wonderful in sunlight, gets easier to read the more light there is.
What you’re looking for is whats called a transflective screen. Catch is, theyre relatively poor at color accuracy and brightness in dark settings.
ELI5: Normal screens are lit from behind, and when you light them from the front they wash out. Transflective screens are lit from behind, but also have a reflective layer that takes light coming in from the screen, bounces it back through the pixels, and makes them nice and bright
Who’s struggling to see their phone in sunlight? Nice try Reddit. This is not a thing.
The technology you heard about is called e-ink. And for the purpose of a handheld computer, it is rubbish. It cannot refresh quickly, and the DPI for color e-ink will never rival what an LCD display can do. It’s a matter of physics.
E-ink works by physically flipping white and black ink particles such that only the ink color desired is visible. This doesn’t cost much electricity and it’s more permanent than running electricity though crystals or shooting blue light though filters to show color. And it’s subtractive color meaning it’s a passive color method, so any light source works. But anytime involving something physical moving around costs time. Achieving even sixty images a second is nearly impossible with this technology.
This’ll get buried, but matte screen protectors. Makes your phone readable in sunlight and easier on the eyes in general without random glare being thrown around.
I can read the screen on my S24 in bright daylight with the birghtness up just fine?
I mean, the iPhone 15 Pro Max is now bright enough that I can watch videos in full sunlight. Only if the temperature is controlled anyway. It will begin to get hot and then dim down after about 30 seconds if its not in an air-conditioned space or wintery climate.
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