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by doorbellguy 2281 days ago
The pricing should also play a significant role in its adoption. Especially if unbundled with other phones. At almost $42 and $70 (for the larger display) we should wait to see which subset of customers could justify it's use-case in daily life.
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Did you forget an extra zero or are they really this cheap?
Yeah I had to do a double take. It's less than $80 before shipping.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000748950835.html

They're also for sale on Amazon for about the same prices.
Price tags, menus, or e.g. corporate announcements is the only thing I can think of really, but I'm not the most creative.
I've seen a system like this used for price tags already at one of my previous jobs. The tags were e-ink displays that were updated wirelessly using a special tool.
Such tags have been used for years here in northern European supermarkets. Not sure how similar they really are though.