Here’s introducing the inkPhone duo, a smartphone concept with a regular OLED display on one side and an E Ink display on the other that appeared recently on Reddit. The front OLED display fills up the entire front which makes for zero bezel depth along all sides, save for slightly thick margins all along. The display is also shown to feature a unique slide-to-hide front camera system. Once the camera is hidden, the OLED display is uninterrupted.
A similar slide-to-open feature is also available for the rear camera. Once deployed, it makes the display seem stretched to the edges. How the slide-to-open and slide-to-hide feature works is anybody’s guess. The feature has not been discussed in detail in the video, which is why you must take it with a bit of salt.
Remember that such concept phones appear occasionally, only to disappear as soon as they arrive. That said, one can’t rule out the potential of dual-sided phones that are conventional on one side and sport an e-paper display on the other. We have had phones like the Yota phone that boasted a similar design.
The benefits of such a design are manifold. You get the best of both worlds. While you have a regular smartphone on one side, the e-paper display on the other means it can be used as a mini e-reader device for reading e-books or other documents. Since there is zero power drawn for showing a static image, you can always have an image displayed, which can be your favorite picture, a ticket, or an important document you wish to be reminded of.
Only time will tell whether the inkPhone Duo is the next wonder device or a fad.
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