Android 14 smartphone offers 6.13-inch E-Ink color display, 5G

Bigme HiBreak Pro Color is an Android 14 smartphone with 4G LTE and 5G cellular connectivity, and a more unique feature: a 6.13-inch E-Ink color display.

We had seen a few smartphones with E-ink grayscale displays in the past, with products such as the Hisense A5 or YotaPhone 3, but phones with an E-Ink color display are more of a rarity, and the Bigme HiBreak Pro Color adds to the Hisense A7CC. Other key features include a MediaTek Dimensity 1080 octa-core Cortex-A78/A55 processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB UFS flash.

Bigme HiBreak Pro Color specifications:

• SoC – MediaTek Dimensity 1080
  • Octa-core CPU – 4x Arm Cortex-A78 cores @ 2.6 GHz, 4x Arm Cortex-A55 cores @ 2.0 GHz
  • GPU – Arm Mali-G68 MC4
  • VPU
    • Video decoding – H.265, H.264, MPEG-4, VP9 up to 4K @ 30 FPS
    • Video encoding – H.265, H.264 up to 4K @ 30 FPS
• System Memory – 8GB RAM
• Storage – 256GB UFS storage
• Display
  • 6.13-inch color ePaper touchscreen display with 1648×824 resolution
  • 150 PPI (color) and 300 PPI (BW)
  • Refresh rate – Not specific data mentioned
  • Cold and warm front light
  • Glass panel
• Camera
  • 20MP rear camera
  • 5MP front-facing camera
• Audio – Speaker and microphone
• Wireless
  • 4G LTE and 5G cellular
    • 5G NR bands
      • NSA: N1/2/3/5/7/8/20/25/28/38/40/41/66/77/78
      • SA: N1/2/3/5/7/8/20/25/28/38/41/77/78
    • 4G LTE bands
      • LTE-FDD: B1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/18/19/20/25/26/28/66
      • LTE-FDD: B34/B39/B38/B40/B41
    • Dual SIM Dual Standby
  • Dual-band WiFi and Bluetooth 5.3
  • NFC support
• USB – USB Type-C port for charging
• Misc
  • Infrared transmitter
  • Fingerprint unlock
  • Gyroscope, Compass
• Battery – 4,500 mAh with 18W fast charge support
• Dimensions – 159.8 x 80.9 x 8.9 mm
• Weight – 193 grams

Based on the provided photos and video, the colors on the Bigme HiBreak Pro Color look much brighter/vivid than the Hisense A7CC introduced in 2021. That’s probably because it uses a newer Kaleido 3 color e-paper display.

Android 14 supports Google Play, so the E-Ink Color smartphone will act like a normal smartphone, except for users who mostly watch videos or play games, as the slower refresh rate of E-Ink displays is not ideal. It should be greater for people browsing the web, typing emails, reading ebooks, and using the phone outdoors, for example, to follow a route while cycling.

Expect some ghosting while watching videos

Bigme HiBreak Pro Color smartphone is up for pre-order for $399, with shipping expected by early October. The regular price should be $469 after the pre-order period.

Via Liliputing

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