Apple Reportedly Testing e-Ink Color Displays for Its Rumored Foldable Devices

May. 18, 2022

After recentlysuggestingthat Apple could finally ditch the Lightning port for a USB-C port next year, reputable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has now come up with a new piece of information regarding Apple’s rumored foldable device. Kuo says that Apple is testing E Ink’s power-saving displays as an option for a secondary screen on its foldable device. Check out the details right below.

E-Ink Display for Apple’s Foldable Devices?

Ming-Chi Kuo has had a decent track record when it comes to Apple products. The analyst recently took to Twitter to report that Apple has started “testing E Ink’s Electronic Paper Display (EPD) for future foldable device’s cover-screen and tablet-like applications.” This means that a foldable Apple device is indeed in the pipeline.

Kuo says thatthe color EPD from E Ink has the potential of becoming a standard optionfor the secondary or cover displays on foldable devices. The cover displays on foldable smartphones show quick-glance content like music player controls, notifications, calendar updates, and such. So using a color EPD for such a display makes sense, considering the power-saving capabilities of e-ink displays.

This is a shift from what Android foldable phones have been using. To recall, theSamsung Galaxy Z Fold 3uses an AMOLED display. While the use of an e-ink display for a Z Fold-like foldable device won’t make that much sense, it being used for a clamshell model appears like an amazing idea.

Now, E Ink is notably known for its monochrome displays, which are used on Amazon Kindle devices. However, the company also develops color-supported displays like its most recent E Ink Gallery 3, which uses its color E Ink technology to produce more colors at a higher resolution.

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