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New Hisense A7 Android Phone with 6.7″ E Ink Screen Now Available

January 7, 2021 by Nathan 1 Comment

Hisense A7 E Ink Phone

Hisense recently released another new E Ink smartphone called the Hisense A7 that’s now available to purchase. Hisense tends to come out with a new E Ink phone every 6 months or so, and this one is their largest yet.

The Hisense A7 has a 6.7-inch 300ppi E Ink screen so it’s more of a phablet size-wise than their other phones like the A5 that has a 5.8-inch screen. This model has a regular black-and-white E Ink screen, not color like the Hisense A5 Pro CC that was released last year.

The A7 runs Android 10, but like other Hisense phones it does not support Google Play. There might be a hack to add it at some point but that’s always been an issue with Hisense’s E Ink phones.

It has fairly standard specs for a phone, and it supports 5G networks. You can find the full list of specs on the product page so I’m not going to repeat them here.

The main problem with Hisense’s E Ink products is the limited market. They aren’t officially available outside of China, but there are some smaller retailers that ship them worldwide, like the Cect Shop that’s currently selling the Hisense A7 for approximately $400 USD.

They recently uploaded a YouTube video showing the A7. The video is in German and it’s an odd review that basically just shows the settings menu for 10 minutes, but at least you can see the device in action a little bit.

I don’t know about the phone aspects but the Hisense A7 could make for a nice reading device with the 6.7-inch E Ink screen, and since it can install apps that opens up a lot of reading possibilities. Too bad these type of devices aren’t more widely available.

Hisense A7 E Ink Phablet Video

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  1. Ana says

    January 12, 2021 at 8:53 am

    I have the Hisense A5, and it’s a nice portable reading device, I don’t use it as a phone, just as a reader.
    I waited to buy it until it was available with Google Play Store, so I’ve been able to install almost all my apps, the only one I haven’t been able to use is the local library app (spanish library, not Overdrive or Libby), it says the phone is rooted so it won’t work, but the usual apps (kindle, every other ereader app, inoreader for rss, tapatalk and the like) work perfectly.
    It lives in my purse, substituting my old Kobo Mini and the later Kobo Aura (a bit bigger, but with light), I discovered Kobo for they compact ereaders for on the go reading, I’ve been asking in forums for a Kobo MIni with light, but now this Hisense phone fills that gap. The form factor for reading is not ideal, but the portatibility is perfect.

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