HIsense has released a few E Ink smartphones in the past, most notably the A2 that was released last year. The company has just unveiled the A6 which will be available this November for 499€ and will be launched in France and then the rest of Europe next year.
The Hisense A6 features a 6.1 inch AMOLED display on the front and a 5.6-inch E Ink Carta HD screen on the back. This device has a mirror mode, which projects the entire Android experience on the E Ink screen. You can make phone calls, access Google Play or play around with the Kindle app. This is made possible because the E Ink panel has a touchscreen.
Underneath the hood is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor with 6GB of RAM and 64 or 128 GB of internal storage. There is also a dual sensor rear facing 12 megapixels camera and a 16 megapixel camera on the front for selfies. It is powered by a 3300 mAh and also has a USB-C port with Quick Charge, a face recognition system and a fingerprint reader on the edge.
Hisense does not normally make available any of their E Ink phones in North America. They tend to focus on Europe and China. Still, if this phone seems compelling it should be available on Alibaba in December.
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.
