InkCase Plus, smartphone case with E-ink display, goes on sale this month

Gajah starts selling InkCase Plus this month. The device, which the company Medgadgets has already written in a blog , is a universal case with an E-ink display. The display is wirelessly connected to the smartphone, and any information can be output to it, while the main display is turned off.

In addition, InkCase Plus can be used as a standalone reader. On the recently completed fundraising campaign, the device collected more than 200 thousand dollars, which is quite enough to launch the device into mass production in October.
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The cost of the InkCase Plus + FitCase kit (universal case) can be purchased for $ 139 (pre-order for the same Kickstarter could be made for $ 79). The company plans to release 10 models of the case for the most popular Android smartphones, including Google Nexus 5, Samsung Galaxy S5, S4, S3, and Note 3, as well as the HTC One M7 and M8.

In addition, there is a universal case that is compatible with all other phone models.

Why do you need it?

E-ink display is positioned not so much as a reader, as a means to save battery of the phone: all the necessary information can be displayed on the secondary display, while the main display of the phone is turned off. Resolution InkCase Plus is 360 * 600 pixels. Like all E-ink devices, energy is spent only during the change of the image on the screen. At the same time, the battery of InkCase Plus is different, its capacity is 400 mAh. This is about 5 days of battery life.

How does it work?

Connect the device via Bluetooth, using a special application for InkCase Plus. Developers rightly point out that most applications with which smartphone users work every day do not need a color display.

It can be an app for a fitness bracelet, reader, email and other applications.