This Android tablet’s unique display looks and feels like E-Ink but is an LCD panel

Till at the moment, I had heard about show applied sciences like E-Ink, coloured E-Ink, LCD, AMOLED, and various LED-y versions. However an LCD show that emulates the paper-like really feel and a lot of the advantages of E-Ink with out the abysmal refresh charge of E-Ink? I had by no means seen that.

However now I’ve. I needed to troll the halls of IFA and enterprise to IFA Subsequent, the corridor the place cool expertise from the long run (or smaller startups) lives, to search out myself at HANNspree’s sales space. And to say I used to be impressed could be an understatement. Their Android tablets have been, by far, probably the most superior factor I noticed at IFA, and I feel they deserved greater publicity than being tucked away in a corridor the place no Android journalist ever ventures.

So, let me paint you a full image of this ecoVISION Paper Show, because it’s known as, first earlier than speaking concerning the tablets it’s on. The panel has that acquainted backlight-free, matte, and barely uninteresting feeling of E-Ink with a paper-like reflective coating on prime. On the average-lit IFA present flooring, it was simple to see and skim, although I had to have a look at it straight on; any angle enormously diminished the show’s visibility.

This panel actually got here to life, although, once we took it outside. That’s the place its ambient gentle reflective nature shines. It was far more legible and far brighter, even when checked out from an angle. I didn’t get to check it in an excellent darkish atmosphere, however HANNspree has two totally different pill fashions: one with no backlight in any respect and one with some LED lights baked in which you can flip off fully at 0% brightness or flip as much as full brightness (50 nits). The impact is similar to turning on the lights on a Kindle: minimal in first rate ambient gentle, however I wager it’ll be extra spectacular in the dead of night.

Due to the panel’s reflective and non-backlit nature, it’s flicker-free with diminished blue gentle and thus diminished eye fatigue. Plus, the panel actually reduces vitality consumption, too. The corporate claims 80% much less vitality in comparison with a standard LCD panel, so that ought to assist the tablets final for much longer than regular LCD or AMOLED panels. We’re not speaking about E-Ink-levels of multi-week battery life, however a number of days ought to be attainable.

The perfect half, although? Oh, that common 60Hz LCD refresh charge! No E-Ink ghosting, no seen redraws of the show, nothing. I performed movies, I scrolled, I swiped, I opened apps, I closed apps. Every part labored like on a standard LCD panel, which that is. The response charge is 5ms; I didn’t really feel any lag when utilizing contact, gestures, or a stylus.

And the colours, though a bit light, are nonetheless miles forward of what coloured E-Ink shows can do. Even Gallery 3, which is probably the most vibrant coloured E-Ink expertise I’ve seen, isn’t nearly as good as this 24-bit coloration depth LCD panel. To not point out that Gallery 3 is sort of costly and tops at an eye-watering 3Hz refresh charge.

The ecoVISION Paper Show is definitely so distinctive that the corporate had it on pc screens and signage too. It appears to be like even higher on a big 23.8-inch monitor and a 28-inch fastened signal.

Going again to the tablets, they’re actual budget Android tablets. There’s a 7.8-inch and a 10-inch mannequin and each of them run Android 14 with a full Google Play GMS certification (so that you don’t must sideload the Play Retailer or Google apps). Each tablets have MediaTek processors, 5MP entrance cam, 4GB of RAM (yikes), Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5, USB-C, and assist USI 2.0 styluses.

The smaller pill has a 768×1024 decision show, 3,000mAh battery, 8MP rear cam, and 64GB of storage (double yikes), whereas the bigger one goes as much as a 1200×1600 decision show, 4,000mAh battery and 128GB of storage however drops to a 5MP rear digital camera.

There’s no actual value or availability simply but, however I used to be advised to count on these in direction of the tip of the yr or early subsequent yr, and they need to come to Amazon once they do.

Look, I do know that almost all of us received’t find yourself shopping for these tablets from HANNspree, however I feel the expertise ought to be lauded for what it’s and for all the advantages it brings. To me, based mostly on my 20 or so minutes with these tablets, their show looks as if the proper mixture between a coloration LCD and a reflective low-power E-Ink, with the fewest compromises potential. I’d change my thoughts after utilizing one for an extended time period, however for now, all I’ve to go on is this primary impression.

In fact, you wouldn’t get this sort of show if you wish to watch films and YouTube continuous — Samsung’s vibrant AMOLED shows are a lot better there. As a substitute, consider this as an E-Ink tablet competitor; so, for those who largely care about studying (books, articles, coloured mangas or comics), learning coloured PDF textbooks and annotating them, or utilizing productiveness apps, all with little eye fatigue, glorious out of doors visibility, and restricted energy consumption, then this ecoVISION Paper Show is a really sturdy contender for these use circumstances.

And for those who occur to open a YouTube video in spite of everything that, you’ll be able to nonetheless watch it with out wanting to interrupt the pill into one million items due to the foolish sluggish refresh charge.