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by eab- 501 days ago
The notifications aren't great, and the non-e-ink screen is a bit annoying. Also the low amount of physical buttons.

But as someone who bought an OG Pebble and now has a Vivoactive 3, I think the fitness features are too nice to switch back fully to Pebble. Although I'll be very glad to see Pebble back!
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ClassyJacket 501 days ago
Which watch has an e-ink(/epaper) display? I can only think of Watchy. Pebble was LCD.
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bitdivision 501 days ago
No, pebble was definitely e-ink. And I think the most recent ones had colour epaper.

Edit: Sorry, looking further down I see that they say epaper, which is not the same: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42845508

It looks like they're memory in pixel (MIP) displays, which are basically reflective LCDs I think.

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jsheard 501 days ago
> It looks like they're memory in pixel (MIP) displays, which are basically reflective LCDs I think.

Reflective LCDs with embedded memory, hence the name. Normal LCDs need to be refreshed continuously, but MIP LCDs remember the last frame and efficiently refresh themselves, so the CPU is free to go into deep sleep as long as the display is static.

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Avamander 500 days ago
I'm pretty sure they were transreflective LCDs with an FPGA to handle the low-power refresh.
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FuriouslyAdrift 501 days ago
Not a "normal" one, though...

"black and white memory LCD using an ultra low-power "transflective LCD" manufactured by Sharp"

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mikestew 501 days ago
"Normal" enough that many of Garmin's watches still use MIP LCD...which is what the Pebble used.
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