Bigme has issued its first financial software update for its HiBreak Pro E INK smartphone. The update has solved the ghosting problem, increased display performance, and introduced a smoother, ultra-fast mode. Users can now establish a WIFI hotspot, and various notification fixes. Bigme has claimed due to the success of this phone, they sold 10,000 units.
The Bigme Hibreak Pro is the world’s most potent E-ink smartphone. It destroys everything else on the market, which isn’t saying much. The only other devices are the Bigme Hibreak BW and Hibreak Color, three-year-old Hisense phones, Minimalist Phone, and the Mudita Kompact. The big selling points are the 6.13-inch Carta 1200 display, which keeps things high resolution and page turns fast, the Dimensity Octa-core, 2.4GHz processor, and all the different speed modes.
Under the hood, the phone features a 6nm octa-core 2.4 GHz MediaTek Dimensity 1080 processor, 8GB of RAM, and 256 GB of storage. You cannot expand the storage since it does not have an SD card. However, the storage should be enough for thousands of apps, audiobooks, and e-books.
It has a 20 MP rear camera and a 5 MP front shooter. The phone supports 4G/5G with dual-sim, 2.4G/5G WIFI, and Bluetooth 5.2 for wireless headphones or earbuds to listen to audiobooks, music, or podcasts. NFC and a USB-C port are available. The phone has a single speaker on the bottom, which is mono and does not sound very good. A speaker grill is at the top, which is how you hear what people are saying, if you should use this as an actual phone. There is a microphone on the bottom of the screen and one at the top. A power and volume button are on the right side, a USB-C port on the bottom, a dual-sim port, and two customization keys on the left.
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.