I've been watching this one. It's promising. Still Android, sadly, and it's been "coming soon" for so long I'm starting to think it's vaporware. They've been taking pre-orders forever; I'm going to wait until they actually ship, myself.
Found this one which seems better: https://mudita.com/products/phones/mudita-kompakt/
Example of setup: https://old.reddit.com/r/dumbphones/comments/1kszt14/my_current_set_of_minimalist_apps_on_the_mudita/
That looks interesting - and available!
I love eInk products so much. Anything that doesn't need to show videos, it's a wonderful technology to use.
I just had a look on a few reviews on Reddit, seems quite unpolished indeed: https://old.reddit.com/r/dumbphones/comments/1iqh0ns/does_anybody_have_any_honest_reviews_of_the/
AI Processing Unit: MediaTek APU 2.0
why tho? anyone have any insight on it’s inclusion in a “minimal” phone?
Why not? An APU is just a CPU+GPU combined, it sacrifices some performance for price and efficiency. Seems like a great pick for an eink phone which you're probably not playing games on
Were you thinking NPU, the "AI accelerator" chip?
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