Only if you're in a country that applies such ridiculous tariffs. Dasung can hardly be blamed for that.

Just wait 2 weeks and the tariffs from China will be back to their previous levels (approximately)

Trump just said the current vibe is 80%, so maybe it'll be $1250.

Due to "tariff engineering" it can be shipped to the U.S. via Mexico for no additional tariffs.

In a nutshell, this would involve shipping any products manufactured in China to the Mexican facility for "remanufacturing."

Very risky in normal times, but since DOGE fired a bunch of Customs employees and cut their budget, Customs doesn't have the manpower to police tariff violations like this (which requires detail reviewing the history of every item) so it's effectively a de minimis risk tactic. Ironic, given that the President's budget is dependent on enforcing tariffs...

They do claim "a revolutionary leap in E-ink monitor refresh speed" and very specifically "37Hz". It seems plausible to me that this is a genuine technical advance.

The video is very clearly a render and not a video of the real screen...

My Daylight tablet runs at 60fps but I know that it's "e-paper" and not "e-ink," although I couldn't tell you what the difference is :P

> Dasung’s Paperlike 13K has an aluminum alloy body that measures 307 x 241 x 5mm (at its thinnest point) and weighs 721 grams.

Not compatible how?

Are you talking about the macOS flicker issue on eink? I've heard it was fixed by the Stillcolor app, and there's a video of it fixing the eink flicker issue here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siufMXZ4tN8&t=17s

"The Paperlike 13K doesn’t fully support Apple devices including Macs, iPhones, or iPads yet. Windows, Linux, and Android are."

On the other hand, BigMe is selling an identical monitor and they explicitly state that they support Mac.

Is it this[1] campaign? Some people indeed report problems, at the same time others write about receiving their product and being happy with it. YMMV I guess.

[1]: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/paperlike-253-the-first-2...

I ordered their Paperlike Display, I received it, it's not a scam, but it's still very emerging technology

Historically color e-ink takes a DPI hit even on B&W workloads. Perhaps they solved it, but then why such a small price delta?

The color is effectively an extra sticker and some software. All that's different between the screens is a color filter is added as layer during manufacture. With the software changes it knows which pixels to make white or black when combined with the filter to make the desired color.

There are a bunch of tradeoffs with this method. Contrast is worse because of the color layer, color has lower DPI too.

I would love to be able to comfortably use my laptop in outdoor conditions. (Or indoors but in a sun-lit area.) This is one of the ways to achieve that. I'd even replace my laptop's screen with an e-ink display if I had that option.

I've started to noticed these hardware products in the $500-$1000 that don't really solve any problems. See the $500 digital album art frame that sold out and I do not think ever shipped. Or the Orchid synth which is a $600 musical toy with an amazing amount of included modules and bugs. Patreon and Discord support channels filled with issues and help requests, being met with radio silence or asking for patience or "an update is just wrapping up", all while just feeding the social networks more 5 second clips of people playing an arpeggiated chord and announcing a second drop.

Let's assume refresh rate and color quality can get "good enough" to where it can work for daily work stuff, excluding gaming or graphic design. Then I see a strong argument for eink. I think we're all damaging our eyes staring at LEDs all day.

Outdoor applications.

Persistent displays.

Daylighting.

Those who prefer illuminated rather than emissive displays.

Being able to work on a computer when you live in a sunny country.

Our entire civilization has been built to shield office workers in concrete caves so that they can see their screens comfortably.

If you can use a regular monitor with mental hassle they're probably isn't a good reason to consider a product like this. There is some niche appeal to general tech hobbyists who find it cool, and also to the minimalist-yet-buys-expensive-stuff-regularly crowd. Perhaps there are also some use cases like writing a book where it can provide a wonderful experience.

On the other hand a portion of the population has an absolutely horrible time using backlit monitors. Simply put, they will tolerate just about anything to have a usable alternative that doesn't cause migraines and eye strain. I'm getting there, and I can confirm it's a ridiculous experience. Completely destroyed my workflow, to the point where I was very seriously considering digging up my old t60p ThinkPad from over a decade ago because it had a special LCD panel that looked like paper.

I use a Boox Tab Mini C. If you're in the Android ecosystem, it's amazing. KOReader is the best app you can use once you learn how to set it up (it takes a minute). I have both the Palma and the Tab Mini C. I use the Palma for reading lighter books and the Tab Mini C for textbooks.

I also have a larger Android tablet for more colorful books though. I'd recommend getting the largest Boox tablet you can comfortably afford/hold. And one with their older stylus. The new ones are moving away from Wacom I think.

I really liked my boox. Its basically just a android tablet with eink and good pen support and decent builtin apps. Its phoning home to china tough, but thar can be bøocked.

I have a Boox Go 10.3 and the hardware is fine.

What is not fine is that they actively violate the GPL [1], use outdated and vulnerable Android and kernel versions, and send loads of telemetry to some Chinese servers [2].

If you do end up going this route, consider not giving it internet access or securing it in other ways. You may also want to consult this guide: https://gist.github.com/fardjad/97baf36de97d1c4ae3953b3d359b...

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Onyx_Boox/comments/hsn7kx/onyx_usin...

[2] https://github.com/JordanEJ/Onyx-Boox-Blocklist

IMO they don't sound loke they actually have better trade offs for comic books than LCD yet. I.e. poor color and low resolution.

Leaving a color screen on a set page seems like the real use case. Signs, often idle museum UIs, etc?

I would love this for reading PDFs. I've got a ton of RPG PDFs that I constantly need to zoom in on on a smaller screen.

People don’t want them because they look far worse than a typical LCD or OLED display.

An e-ink phone could mostly be used for utility (and great utility!), but not for entertainment. And the cost/benefit for e-ink phones on offer is not there yet.