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Hisense Releasing New A5 E Ink Phone for €100? (Video)

September 12, 2019 by Nathan

Hisense A5 E Ink

Hisense has released three dual screen smartphones over the past few years that have an E Ink screen on one side of the phone and an LCD screen on the other side.

The Hisense A6 is their most recent model, and now they’ve got a newer version, the Hisense A6L, with some upgrades.

Hisense also has a new E Ink only model, the A5, that has a 5.8-inch E Ink screen with no LCD screen at all, but it does have a frontlight so you’ll still be able to see the screen in the dark.

The phone runs Android 9.0 and it has an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.

It has 64GB of storage space and 4GB of RAM, with a 4000mAh battery and front and rear cameras (13MP and 5MP).

The Google Play store and Google apps are shown running on the device so that’s a good sign.

In the video the rep says the Hisense A5 is expected to sell for €100 (about $100) when it becomes available later this year, but realistically that doesn’t sound right. No E Ink phone has ever been close to that cheap before. It would be great if true but I just don’t see it happening. The Kingrow K1 is another E Ink phone that runs Android and it’s currently selling for $350.

The Hisense A6L is expected to go for €250, according to the Hisense rep.

Hisense A5 and A6L E Ink Phones

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: hisense

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  1. Jay says

    September 12, 2019 at 4:11 pm

    If its under $200, and can at least run a Navigation app (at least usable)…. I would definitely consider buying this.

    • Eva says

      September 12, 2019 at 7:11 pm

      Me too!
      Don’t recall if it had a headphone jack. I’m interested in a pre-installed FM tuner app. I like to listen to free classical music (without needing WiFi) while performing chores. The headphone jack is the antenna.

  2. Sportbike Mike says

    September 12, 2019 at 5:34 pm

    I am extremely interested. I’d pay more than that honestly.

  3. cman says

    September 12, 2019 at 8:24 pm

    I want to Buy. How to Buy at Colombia?

    • Nathan says

      September 13, 2019 at 4:57 am

      They aren’t getting released until the end of the year.

      • cman says

        September 13, 2019 at 5:05 am

        Thank you for this information.

  4. Kriszta says

    September 13, 2019 at 10:29 am

    I’d buy it for sure. It is almost too cheap. (If the information is real.)

  5. David says

    September 13, 2019 at 12:39 pm

    I will definitely be keeping my eye out for this to be released. Currently 100 euro = 111 US dollars. I would pay twice that much if they can get US certification.

    • Barry Lynch says

      November 27, 2019 at 9:17 pm

      I think it was posted somewhere that it won’t get us certification bec an e-ink screen doesn’t meet the standards bec it can’t play videos to the standard required for certification.

  6. Ethnicwookang says

    September 14, 2019 at 2:00 pm

    Be careful though, it seems to me the screen is reflective as if any other shiny tablet.

  7. Timur says

    September 15, 2019 at 9:16 am

    Hope some day “they” (e-ink industry) finally release e-ink tablet without any limitations except e-ink itself

    • Haribol Hotel says

      September 21, 2019 at 11:21 am

      This phone is perfect. Will it work on Xfinity Mobile, Verizon, T-mobile etc
      Please advise.

  8. Yo says

    October 8, 2019 at 2:33 am

    I have bought my already outdated Yotaphone 2 in 2016 for $139.

    Will the Hisense A5 have the NFC?

  9. bananaforscale says

    October 27, 2019 at 1:50 pm

    My current phone’s battery has lost about 30% of its full capacity and it’s not the easiest model to change the battery yourself (even considering I’m handy with electronics), so… 6 or 6L would be great.

  10. Mark in Sheffield says

    November 22, 2019 at 12:59 am

    This e-ink only phone (a5) at this price-point (around 100$ as announced) was very interesting indeed … !!

    However, as of late November, the *actual* price is well over 200$ for the 32 gb and over 300$ for the 64 gb (in the uk this would be prior to addition of any import duty) … so much less of a bargain price-point.

    Not entirely sure (apart from cynical hype) quite how Hisense got it so wrong ??

  11. Mark In Sheffield says

    November 22, 2019 at 4:57 pm

    No idea what is going on (unless it is hiking the price prior to Black Friday ??)

    This evening, a 16gb a5 is listed on AliEx as 390 $ … a far cry from the much trumpeted price quoted prior to launch.

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