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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·
      56 minutes ago

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

    • Farid@startrek.websiteEnglish
      4·
      6 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·
        4 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)