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elaustoday at 3:25 PM3 repliesview on HN

I think you're confusing Pebble with something else. All current models on the website as well as the OG pebble (according to Wikipedia) use eink displays.


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jsheardtoday at 3:34 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble_(watch)#Hardware

> The watch featured a 32-millimetre (1.26 in) 144 × 168 pixel black and white memory LCD using an ultra low-power "transflective LCD" manufactured by Sharp

Later generations are color, but it's the same tech. If you've ever used actual e-ink then it should be obvious enough that the Pebble displays are something else, it would be nowhere near responsive enough to keep up with pebbleOS's animations.

drum55today at 3:48 PM

They’re Sharp memory displays, functionally LCDs but with memory for retention under each pixel. They are not and have never been eink.