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Re:Ask HN: Why E-Ink Phones? by the_af on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @09:59AM (#29253884)
Depends on how sensitive you are. For Kindle/book reading the image is static for long periods of time. For "interactive" screens (like when coding) it would drive me mad.

I was one of those people who could notice poor refresh rates in CRT (clicking teeth made it worse) and it drove me crazy.

This tech is not for me then.

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Re:Ask HN: Why E-Ink Phones? by cweagans on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @12:42PM (#29256193)
A whole-screen refresh is slow, but typing does not require refreshing the entire screen. You can update small regions of the screen very quickly (which is what devices like e.g. the Remarkable do for writing).
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