Recently, I saw a piece
of news that Apple is testing
a color ink screen on the iPhone,
and wants to add two
color ink screens on the back
of the iPhone to make the iPhone a multi-screen device.
When I saw the news,
my first reaction
was impossible,
absolutely impossible,
very resistant.
Why would Apple gild the Lily
by adding an extra ink screen to the iPhone?
It was completely unnecessary
so I just went and did some more searching
I found a tweet from Guo Mingyi.
He said in
a tweet that Apple is
testing ink screens on foldable
devices and tablet-like devices.
But after reading his entire tweet
I didn't see the word iPhone
so I went on to do more searches
Finally, I found a video on the Internet,
which was released about 10 days ago,
and it was rumored that Apple would absorb
the electronic paper leader yuan
Tai to carry two sub-screens on
the back of the iPhone.
What kind of company is yuantai Technology
It arouses my curiosity
After researching its background,
I found that it
successfully entered the supply chain of Amazon's own brand,
which we
are very familiar with Amazon Kindle e-books,
and Sony's e-books in 2009.
It was also a sensation in the market at that time
Think about the feature of the ink screen that it can be bent
and it is very light
and its power consumption is also very low
Going back to Kuo's tweet,
he said that Apple
is testing on foldable devices and tablet-like devices,
which I can understand.
In the second
half of last year and the first
half of this year,
there have been rumors that Apple wants to make foldable devices,
and I think it's understandable if it's
an e-ink screen test on it.
Speaking of tablet-like devices
it also reminds me that Apple recently received a patent approval from the U
S
Patent Office
which includes a keyboard accessory for tablets
There is a hinge in the keyboard accessory,
and Apple wrote in the patent
that it may have a scenario of using an ink screen,
which makes sense.
The ink bottle is likely to be used on a hinge
which can be folded with low power consumption
very much in line with Apple's description in the patent
If it's really just for new
equipment or these accessories,
I can accept it.
But if they are really going
to use this ink screen on the iPhone,
I personally can't accept it at all.
Because I can't understand
what the iPhone needs these two ink screens on the
back to do,
is it always on to show
information like power or time?
Two years ago
Apple rumored that the screen would always be bright
Today
two years later
I have been looking forward to the new generation of iPhone 14 with this technology
If he really can't do it
I will be disappointed
On the other hand, even if the screen is not always on,
I don't need to see the information all the time.
On the one hand
I can see the time through the Apple Watch
On the other hand, if I really want to look
at the screen or unlock the phone
through the phone,
it's a very simple operation. Adding two ink screens behind
the screen really makes me feel superfluous.
I don't know what
you think of the potential ink screen iPhone in front
of the screen.
But there is one say one. Although I personally don't like
the design of the iPhone with an ink screen,
if the iPhone really wants to do this and reaches
into the ink screen industry with one hand,
I believe it will be very helpful
for the progress of the industry.
Although ink screens have been used in many scenarios,
such as bus stop signs,
some billboards outside,
and some price tags of electronic ink screens,
it is actually a very small
market for our daily consumers.
Compared with the smartphone market
which often ships billions of units a year
its annual shipments are only 10 million units
So if a technology giant like Apple joins in,
I believe it will have a great
influence on the development of ink screen.
If it does happen, we can wait and see
what technological advances ink screens
will make in the next 5 to 10 years.
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