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Pebble had an LCD screen. It didn't use Eink at all. You can look this up, it was an LCD display manufactured by Sharp.
by ClassyJacket 2y ago
Pebble had an LCD screen. It didn't use Eink at all. You can look this up, it was an LCD display manufactured by Sharp.
- MostlyStable 2y agoI never had one, but doing some quick googling, it looks like at least some models had an e-ink display. Certainly several commenters seemed to think it did.
- will0 2y agoIt was a transflective memory LCD, which Pebble marketed as "E-Paper" (not the same as E-Ink)
- Groxx 2y agoAn excellent one at that. It boggles my mind that others didn't follow suit. I've got a Bangle.js 2 at the moment and while I mostly like it, the screen is nowhere near as nice. Transflective is still very obviously what I want in a watch though, even the best oleds don't even come close in visibility.
- terramex 2y ago> It boggles my mind that others didn't follow suit. Most fitness smartwatches (Garmin, Coros, Wahoo) used the same display technology for years, called it MIP displays. Nowadays they are switching to OLEDs. https://garminrumors.com/amoled-vs-mip-in-garmin-devices-a-deep-dive/ https://garminrumors.com/amoled-vs-mip-in-garmin-devices-a-d...
- Groxx 2y agoSomewhat! The vast majority I've seen are black and white, with a color layer on top that is disabled when in "low power / sunlight readable" modes. And many of the smartwatch-focused devices (rather than Garmin's super pricey and gigantic "hiking for days without a phone so it solar charges and has gps and..." watches) only use OLED, even if the brand has MIP screens in some other product lines. I haven't seen anything even close to what pebble's color watches did. Banglejs is by far the closest, with 6 colors and a much more muted screen in general.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoNo, it had an "epaper" display that visually looked a lot like eink but was a different technology
- _emacsomancer_ 2y agoA transflective LCD[0] though (that they call "e-paper"), which, in user-facing terms, is similar to e-ink. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transflective_liquid-crystal_display https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transflective_liquid-crystal_d...
- orangeyjuicey 2y agoWell now, users would notice if the screen has to constantly flicker like their Kindle instead of looking like a colour Casio screen. Meaningful user-facing distinction there.
- _emacsomancer_ 2y agoAh, that's fair enough. I was thinking of the positive e-ink-like properties, but this is a good point. "e-paper" in fact makes more sense here.