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Nicholas Sutrich

An E Ink phone isn't something you just switch to in one day

A Mudita Kompakt and a Minimal Phone next to a OnePlus 13 and an Honor MagicBook Art 14 Snapdragon laptop.

Over the past few years, I've become increasingly concerned about eye health and how much time I spend on my digital devices. My colleague, Namerah, recently published an editorial about how minimalist phones are the dumbphones of the modern era, and it made me realize that E Ink phones seemed like the perfect solution for me.

So I did what any tech journalist would do: I reached out to the companies responsible for the trend so I could try one myself. I ended up with two in the same week, and while both devices share an E Ink screen and a chunkier design in common, the philosophies behind each device couldn't be more different.

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