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    • Wise@feddit.ukEnglish
      8·
      8 hours ago

      Core 2 Duo

      • 1.2" black/white e-paper screen

      Core Time 2

      • 1.5" 64 color e-paper screen

      Am I missing something?

      • ricecake@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        47 minutes ago

        Epaper and eink are different. Eink consumes no power when idle, and epaper consumes almost no power.

      • Farid@startrek.websiteEnglish
        4·
        5 hours ago

        The watch featured a 32-millimetre (1.26 in) 144 × 168 pixel black and white memory LCD using an ultra low-power “transflective LCD”

        The problem is that e-paper is a category of displays, and some companies label reflective LCDs as “e-paper”. Which is subjective (and I personally heavily disagree with that categorization, cause then LCD clocks and Gameboys have “e-paper” displays, too).

        But in the comment I responded to it was said Pebble has “eink” display, which is categorically wrong, as that is a very specific proprietary technology, which is e-paper in traditional sense, like the ones in Kindles.

        • n2burns@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          3 hours ago

          Your response says, “not epaper” which is categorically wrong. I assume you meant to say “eink”

          • Farid@startrek.websiteEnglish
            1·
            3 hours ago

            As I mentioned earlier, whether a screen type is considered e-paper is subjective. And in my opinion, reflective LCD isn’t a type of e-paper. You may disagree, but it’s not “categorically” wrong.

        • FireWire400@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          5 hours ago

          Where exactly is that quote from? I had a look through the product page(s) and could only find e-paper being mentioned…

          • Farid@startrek.websiteEnglish
            2·
            4 hours ago

            Quote is from Wikipedia. You can see it’s the case for both models here:

            Besides, I own a Pebble Time watch and can tell you, it doesn’t perform like a typical e-paper. It has the bad viewing angles of LCD and screen goes blank when power is lost.

            • FireWire400@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              3 hours ago

              That quote is on under features on the article for the original Pebble, right? Might be that the Pebble 2 used a different screen; I can’t really find info on that though.

              Regarding the Time, I think the product page for the new Time 2 specifically says how the curved screen lens on the Pebble Time wasn’t that good.

              Edit: Found the quote under the Core 2 Time section

              Flat glass lens (less glare and reflections than Pebble Time family curved lens)

              • Farid@startrek.websiteEnglish
                2·
                3 hours ago

                From the Verge article:

                The first watch that Migicovsky and Core plan to ship is called the Core 2 Duo (not to be confused with the old Intel processor), which Migicovsky says will cost $149 and will ship in July. […] It has the exact same black-and-white e-paper display as the old Pebble 2 (technically a transflective LCD, if you’re curious)