Bigme’s HiBreak Twin pairs a 6.13-inch E Ink show with a secondary LCD display screen, aiming to create a distraction-free studying machine which additionally provides the performance of an on a regular basis smartphone.
Smartphone screens are consistently changing into brighter, quicker, and extra succesful. Bigme’s perception is that this isn’t essentially an excellent factor; relatively, it’s extra distracting, and fewer snug for prolonged studying.
The corporate has taken a barely totally different method with the HiBreak Twin, constructing on its earlier units just like the HiBreak S and HiBreak Pro. Moderately than completely changing conventional shows, Bigme is making an attempt to make the 2 show applied sciences work in tandem: E Ink for studying and longer duties, and the LCD display screen for notifications and quick bursts of dynamic content material.
The HiBreak Twin’s 6.13-inch E Ink panel serves as its major interface, providing 300 PPI in black and white (150 PPI in coloration) with the standard glare-free, sunlight-reading advantages that make it effectively suited to studying, searching, and note-taking.
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The rear 360 x 360 LCD panel is an try to handle a few of E Ink’s limitations round responsiveness and coloration. It handles your notifications, music controls, and fast widgets, letting you examine updates with out interrupting your workflow on the primary show.
Past the shows, the HiBreak Twin is constructed to work as an entire smartphone. It helps a 4,096-level pressure-sensitive stylus for note-taking and sketching, and is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 1080 chip with as much as 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage. It runs Android 14 with Google Play, helps NFC funds, and comes with built-in AI instruments like OCR and voice-to-text.
Bigme additionally claims improved responsiveness through its “SSS” quick refresh tech (as much as 53 FPS), constructing on earlier advances in E Ink efficiency we’ve seen throughout the class.
On the {hardware} facet, the HiBreak Twin retains issues grounded, and doesn’t attempt to chase flagship specs. It incorporates a 20-MP rear digicam and a 5-MP front-facing digicam. This works effectively for scanning paperwork, video calls, and fast snaps.
A 4,500-mAh battery, paired with E Ink’s low vitality consumption, ought to translate to longer utilization between fees – particularly in case you’re doing a variety of reading-heavy duties. At round 213 g (7.5 oz), it’s pretty light-weight. It has the whole lot it must be a viable major machine: 5G twin SIM assist, GPS, and NFC for funds – although as with all E Ink shows, you’re not going to get the identical caliber of coloration and refresh fee as you’d with mainstream smartphones.
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The HiBreak Twin sits in an attention-grabbing area of interest between smartphone, e-reader, and productiveness software. Its core thought is easy: scale back distractions with out sacrificing performance. We’ve seen this ethos explored earlier than in earlier E Ink phones and tablets, however Bigme’s dual-screen method has made it that little bit extra sensible.
Pricing begins at round US$359 on pre-sale tiers, with that determine rising primarily based on configuration. The HiBreak Twin most likely received’t change a conventional smartphone for most individuals, however the addition of the secondary LCD makes it extra approachable for individuals exploring E Ink units for the primary time.
Product web page: HiBreak Dual
