E-Ink smartphones Hisense A6L and A5

The Chinese company Hisense immediately released two smartphones with screens based on electronic ink. Each other is more curious.

Hisense A6L - classic “two-faced Janus” -owner of two screens. One is bigger, color IPS, diagonal 6.53 ″, resolution 1080 × 2340, with a cutout for the camera. The second - E-Ink, 5.84 ″, 720 × 1440 pixels - also touch. Such smartphones appeared on sale, but recently the fashion for them somehow passed. Not least, obviously, due to the rather high prices for these with by no means the most advanced characteristics.

Hisense A6L

Hisense A6L is also not the top, but not bad: Qualcomm Snapdragon 660AIE chipset, 6 GB RAM. Solid-resolution cameras - dual 24 MP (f / 1.8) + wide-angle 8 MP (f / 2.0 120 °), and front 20-megapixel.
Not bad battery - 3800 mAh with support for fast charging 18 watts.

The price, however, is not very humane - 2799 yuan (about 25,000 rubles) at the start of sales in China for the older version (6 + 128 GB).

Hisense A6L

Varieties:

6144-64000
6144-128000

Key Features of Hisense A6L:

Screen S-IPS, 6.53 ″, 1080 × 2340, 395 ppi, 16M colors, touch, capacitive, multi-touch
Add. grayscale, E-Ink, 5.84 ″, 720 × 1440, 276 ppi, 16 colors, touch, capacitive
IronQualcomm Snapdragon 660AIE
4 x Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73), 4 x Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53), Adreno 512
Memory RAM 6 GB, ROM 64 - 128 GB, Micro-SD up to 256 GB
Mobile Internet LTE
HSDPA, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA
Edge
Mobile networksLTE
UMTS 850, 900, 1900, 2100
GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
CDMA 800, 1900
TD-SCDMA
Battery Li-Ion, 3800 mAh, 9V / 2A
Dimensions163.6 x 77.2 x 9.1 mm
Weight203 g
Camera24 MP, flash, autofocus, dual 24 MP f / 1.8 + 8 MP f / 2.0 120 °
frontal: 20 MP, f / 2.0
NavigationGPS, GLONASS, BeiDou
OSAndroid 9.0 Pie
SensorsFingerprint scanner (side)

However, there is a second novelty - Hisense A5. This was clearly an attempt to reduce the cost of the device, leaving him the most interesting of the chips. This smartphone has only one screen - and this is an E-Ink screen. Relatively small for a smartphone at the present time - 5.84 ″, 720 × 1440 pixels (276 ppi), but not so much different in this parameter from classic readers with E-Ink screens, except that the aspect ratio is different.

Hisense a5

Vidosiki on this, of course, do not look much. And frankly speaking, it’s not possible to play games at all. But given the large 4000 mAh battery and the extreme efficiency of the screen, it will work almost forever without recharging.

The filling of Hisense A5 looks a little strange: Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 entry-level chipset - understandable, but why the whole 4 GB of RAM? Nevertheless, there are so many of it even in the younger version.

Varieties:

4096-32000 ¥ 1199 (10,770₽)
4096-64000 ¥ 1499 (13470₽)

Prices are already more interesting.

Hisense a5

The cameras are single and hardly very serious.

Whether the frequencies relevant for Russian networks are supported is unknown at the time of the announcement.

Key Features of Hisense A5:

Grayscale, E-Ink, 5.84 ″, 720 × 1440, 276 ppi, 16 colors, touchscreen, capacitive, multi-touch
IronQualcomm Snapdragon 439
4 x Cortex A53, 4 x Cortex A53, Adreno 505
Memory RAM 4 GB, ROM 32 - 64 GB, Micro-SD up to 256 GB
Mobile Internet LTE
HSDPA, HSUPA
Edge
Mobile networksLTE
UMTS
GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
BatteryLi-Ion, 4000 mAh
Camera 13 MP, flash, autofocus
frontal: 5 MP
Navigation GPS
OSAndroid 9.0 Pie

Tatyana Kobelskaya