Addictions Are Being Engineered

Re:Addictions Are Being Engineered by closetkantian on Saturday June 28, 2025 @02:49PM (#44407114)

I'll tell you what's been working for me: an e-ink phone. It's a Bigme Hibreak Pro. The interface is a bit clunky but it gets the job done. Social media is just not fun on this phone. It's still very usable if I need it, however. I'm also knocking out books at a rate that I haven't in years.

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Re:Addictions Are Being Engineered by braaileb on Saturday June 28, 2025 @03:39PM (#44407519)

Can you use Android Auto with it? Props for the change

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Re:Addictions Are Being Engineered by closetkantian on Sunday June 29, 2025 @04:13AM (#44411218)

I'm not sure about this. I heard mixed reports. I don't have a car so I can't test it.

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Re:Addictions Are Being Engineered by cushpush on Saturday June 28, 2025 @02:59PM (#44407208)

Fascinating, bet the battery life is great. Probably no games on your phone but texting works like normal I'm guessing?

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Re:Addictions Are Being Engineered by closetkantian on Saturday June 28, 2025 @03:05PM (#44407262)

Battery life isn't as good as I expected, but I do leave the backlight on quite a bit. I'm not a big phone gamer, but some people do enjoy playing original (black and white) game boy games on them.

Texting works very well. I'm typing this on the phone right now. It's one of the smoothest eink devices I've ever encountered.

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Re:Addictions Are Being Engineered by EvgeniyZh on Saturday June 28, 2025 @04:51PM (#44408087)

Camera and video calls feels like two major drawbacks. Also I've heard there are NFC problems.

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Re:Addictions Are Being Engineered by closetkantian on Sunday June 29, 2025 @04:13AM (#44411216)

Camera isn't the greatest but it's fine for everyday needs. I haven't tried a video call yet. I imagine it will work okay, though. Tap to pay works fine for me, too.

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Re:Addictions Are Being Engineered by jeofken on Sunday June 29, 2025 @04:21AM (#44411264)

For me, one of the hibreak pro buttons broke (top left one).

NFC payment works fine, but using google wallet on websites seem to fail for me.

Video calls are fine but obviously black and white and frame rate is approx 10fps or something.

Huge life upgrade compared to LCD smartphones. I’m crushing books like when in middle school. Best practical change to my life in maybe a decade

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Re:Addictions Are Being Engineered by DavidPiper on Saturday June 28, 2025 @08:32PM (#44409351)

Changing the Accessibility settings on my iPhone to make the whole screen grayscale also does the same thing for me.

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Re:Addictions Are Being Engineered by jeofken on Sunday June 29, 2025 @04:18AM (#44411241)

Searched for “ink” in this thread hoping to find someone else who solved the problem like this

An e ink smartphone gives me hours of my life back daily.

Can not recommend enough

LCD screens attract us like ants to a dropped ice cream

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