Kuo: Apple testing E Ink cover display for foldables

Noted Apple analyst MingChi Kuo says Cupertino has begun testing an E Ink covering display for the foldable device. The new report comes following last week’s rumor of Apple testing folding panels for its future iPhone and iPad which are expected to arrive around 2025.

Taiwan’s E Ink Corporation is one of the biggest electronic ink display makers and is the key supplier for Amazon’s Kindle range. The company also makes color e-ink panels which are the type Apple is allegedly interested in. The big advantage of e-ink panels over traditional OLED and LCD ones is their low power consumption while the main drawback is the slow refresh rate as we recently examined first-hand in our Huawei MatePad Paper review.

Companies like E Ink are working to develop new types and sizes of e-ink displays, including rollable and foldable panels. We will be seeing some exciting developments. This technology will hopefully be widely adopted by smartphones manufacturers soon.

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