> ... yet there are no affordable devices like this.
Watchy costs about $60 [0]. There is also a dude who put together a guide with how to make one yourself and even lists the components [1]. An e-ink display for his watch costs about $10 at aliexpress. (The components are pretty similar, screen likely the same one.)
If it is possible for some dude on the internet to build their own smartwatch and a crowd funding campaign to do it on a slightly bigger scale, why are not more manufacturers doing it? That is really what I am wondering about. The whole "screen supply" argument seems like it is a non-issue. Is it really patents?
Maybe an e-ink screen is just too boring compared to an Apple Watch's OLED screen?
The other question is why are transflective LCD's so rare? Googling for it, literally only Amazfit seems to still make them.
Watchy costs about $60 [0]. There is also a dude who put together a guide with how to make one yourself and even lists the components [1]. An e-ink display for his watch costs about $10 at aliexpress. (The components are pretty similar, screen likely the same one.)
If it is possible for some dude on the internet to build their own smartwatch and a crowd funding campaign to do it on a slightly bigger scale, why are not more manufacturers doing it? That is really what I am wondering about. The whole "screen supply" argument seems like it is a non-issue. Is it really patents?
Maybe an e-ink screen is just too boring compared to an Apple Watch's OLED screen?
The other question is why are transflective LCD's so rare? Googling for it, literally only Amazfit seems to still make them.
[0]: https://www.crowdsupply.com/sqfmi/watchy
[1]: https://github.com/pauls-3d-things/espWatchOS
[2]: https://de.aliexpress.com/item/32846836344.html?spm=a2g0s.90...