I've analyzed how well this will work on USA networks. TLDR, much better than prior Hisense A9, but obviously not as good as any actual USA phone. Full details on channel.
For the review, can you please find out if the NFC chip will work with google pay? I'm living my hibreak colour, but I could sacrifice colour for mobile payments...
@@a.v.d.s.2216 I'd agree with your statement. I think it's amplified even more by the inclusion of AI components 'baked in'. I certainly don't trust that any phone (other than one running something like LineageOS, isn't taking all your data to train your models
@@a.v.d.s.2216 Yes every smartphone is spyware. GrapheneOS is the gold standard for privacy and security, but it only runs on Pixel devices. LineageOS supports more devices but gives poorer support for Google apps.
My iPhone 12 Mini seems like it’s going to need replacing this year. The battery is starting to fail and it’ll probably lose iOS support this year anyway. But I’m still not sure I’m ready to switch away to eink. I want to be, but I really don’t think I am unfortunately.
It's not ready as a Main smartphone but maybe as a secondary one you can use for reading especially since it's so tiny you can pocket it unlike other ereaders
@ Yeah in that case I would never bother, unless I required 2 phones for a job or something. But I’d never want to do the type of job that requires someone to have 2 phones to begin with XD But yeah I also just can’t stand Android. I’ve used it plenty in the past, and my Mum recently bought a Google Pixel 8A, and I set it up for her. I couldn’t believe how janky it feels to use compared to a 5 year old iPhone. Android to me is trash. And I’m not being a fanboy in saying that. It’s actually just awful. So buggy and unfinished feeling. There’s also just too many Apple related things that you don’t realise you would miss, until you don’t have them anymore. Even though I’m not a heavy phone user these days.
@@christill You and I are in the same boat! My plan is to use the Hibreak as a second phone for now. I'm going to keep my iPhone mini plugged in at home and leave the house with the hibreak and my lte apple watch. I wish Apple would bring iMessage to android so I can keep all of my messages in sync, that's really my only gripe but it's a big one. Other than that, I'm looking forward to this best of both worlds approach
@@gnocchidokie Your iPhone battery capacity must be absolutely toast if you’re leaving it plugged in like that. Mine’s still ok. It’s got 76% capacity left, and my usage is pretty light now so it should be ok for the time being. But I did get 7 years out of my iPhone 6. Not so sure you can do that now. Perhaps the mini versions are particularly bad with battery durability though.
@ It's because the battery is smaller, it results in more charge cycles. I have apple care, so when my battery hit 80% health I was able to get it replaced for no extra charge. I'm at 100% now and it's still my daily driver, so it's not in the drawer until my new hibreak shows up. At that point I won't be too worried about iPhone battery, I'm only keeping it plugged in so that my apple watch will continue to work as normal and sync all my data
@@Sarks87 we didn't not forget, we literally mentioned it in the video Hisense hasn't made a phone in years and has gotten out of the EINK smartphone business, we did a historical video on this a year ago
But minimal phone has full android with play store. Doesn't it count for a smartphone? The name may be misleading, since is not really a minimal phone.
I dunno, e-ink main screen on a device, that requires high intensity user interaction like a smartphone sound like and actually is a horrible idea. Yes, I adore the e-ink Carta display on my cheapo Pocketbook Basic Lux 3, but anything other than static reading is absolute pain in the butt. The only sensible implementation of e-ink in a smartphone were the dial screen YotaPhones back in the day, I wish todays companies somehow revive this. Until then I will not buy ever a e-ink smartphone as a daily driver, because it will simply piss me off to the point that I would throw it to the wall.
Hope you will reviewing the new "Minimal" phone (with a physical qwerty keyboard and eink style screen) which appears to be arriving in the hands of its initial backers now.
I’ve been waiting for the review. Thanks
@@ettizan yes, it is coming soon.
I've analyzed how well this will work on USA networks. TLDR, much better than prior Hisense A9, but obviously not as good as any actual USA phone. Full details on channel.
Now things are getting very interesting…. 🤩 This could be a godsend for reducing eye strain due to UV. Frontlight on board? Notetaking also possible?
I hope this works on Verizon in the US because I've already preordered!
For the review, can you please find out if the NFC chip will work with google pay? I'm living my hibreak colour, but I could sacrifice colour for mobile payments...
I bought the $5 pre-order discount but haven't pulled the trigger what with the Canadian exchange being so horrible now. :-(
I hope this smartphones arrives on Amazon India. I have no other way to buy it.
Can’t you order from AliExpress?
@thomase13 nope.. it's not working in India currently
I want this with color
a Wacom layer and Pen... pleeeaaase....
Like samsung note
@@serbaserbi9610 ... with an eInk. exactly!
still on my note 8...
Would be great if it could run LineageOS instead of the spyware.
With any luck eventually!
real
This is my biggest worry about these lol
Why do you say there's spyware on these phones? Can't that argument be done for every smartphone producer in china (=every phone in circulation)
@@a.v.d.s.2216 I'd agree with your statement. I think it's amplified even more by the inclusion of AI components 'baked in'. I certainly don't trust that any phone (other than one running something like LineageOS, isn't taking all your data to train your models
@@a.v.d.s.2216 Yes every smartphone is spyware. GrapheneOS is the gold standard for privacy and security, but it only runs on Pixel devices. LineageOS supports more devices but gives poorer support for Google apps.
My iPhone 12 Mini seems like it’s going to need replacing this year. The battery is starting to fail and it’ll probably lose iOS support this year anyway. But I’m still not sure I’m ready to switch away to eink. I want to be, but I really don’t think I am unfortunately.
It's not ready as a Main smartphone but maybe as a secondary one you can use for reading especially since it's so tiny you can pocket it unlike other ereaders
@ Yeah in that case I would never bother, unless I required 2 phones for a job or something. But I’d never want to do the type of job that requires someone to have 2 phones to begin with XD
But yeah I also just can’t stand Android. I’ve used it plenty in the past, and my Mum recently bought a Google Pixel 8A, and I set it up for her. I couldn’t believe how janky it feels to use compared to a 5 year old iPhone. Android to me is trash. And I’m not being a fanboy in saying that. It’s actually just awful. So buggy and unfinished feeling.
There’s also just too many Apple related things that you don’t realise you would miss, until you don’t have them anymore. Even though I’m not a heavy phone user these days.
@@christill You and I are in the same boat! My plan is to use the Hibreak as a second phone for now. I'm going to keep my iPhone mini plugged in at home and leave the house with the hibreak and my lte apple watch. I wish Apple would bring iMessage to android so I can keep all of my messages in sync, that's really my only gripe but it's a big one. Other than that, I'm looking forward to this best of both worlds approach
@@gnocchidokie Your iPhone battery capacity must be absolutely toast if you’re leaving it plugged in like that. Mine’s still ok. It’s got 76% capacity left, and my usage is pretty light now so it should be ok for the time being. But I did get 7 years out of my iPhone 6. Not so sure you can do that now. Perhaps the mini versions are particularly bad with battery durability though.
@ It's because the battery is smaller, it results in more charge cycles. I have apple care, so when my battery hit 80% health I was able to get it replaced for no extra charge. I'm at 100% now and it's still my daily driver, so it's not in the drawer until my new hibreak shows up. At that point I won't be too worried about iPhone battery, I'm only keeping it plugged in so that my apple watch will continue to work as normal and sync all my data
Great!
Good cameras please.
There's a Hisense in addition to Bigme, don't forget
@@Sarks87 we didn't not forget, we literally mentioned it in the video
Hisense hasn't made a phone in years and has gotten out of the EINK smartphone business, we did a historical video on this a year ago
@@goodereader what about "minimal phone" ?
@familyck8460 as we said.
"Smartphone"
But minimal phone has full android with play store. Doesn't it count for a smartphone? The name may be misleading, since is not really a minimal phone.
Seems to be quite questionable solution.
Could have been much better with SD card but ok
I dunno, e-ink main screen on a device, that requires high intensity user interaction like a smartphone sound like and actually is a horrible idea.
Yes, I adore the e-ink Carta display on my cheapo Pocketbook Basic Lux 3, but anything other than static reading is absolute pain in the butt.
The only sensible implementation of e-ink in a smartphone were the dial screen YotaPhones back in the day, I wish todays companies somehow revive this. Until then I will not buy ever a e-ink smartphone as a daily driver, because it will simply piss me off to the point that I would throw it to the wall.
Hope you will reviewing the new "Minimal" phone (with a physical qwerty keyboard and eink style screen) which appears to be arriving in the hands of its initial backers now.
😯😯😯😯😯 This device from far really resembles the Onyx Boox Palma! And to be a smartphone, I can't wait to see future reviews on this device!
Refresh rate still sucks I see. 😊 No sd card slot is a deal breaker for me. Hey I made a funny! 😂😂😂
@@FullofCrappare you on drugs?
its suppose to have low refresh rate