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I replaced my iPhone with an e-paper Android handset - here's my verdict after a month (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to c/hardware@lemmy.world

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[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This really would surprises me. The article explicitly mentions it "has a compass", which I also interpret as "it has no gps". And Android Auto to my knowledge relies on the phone for this, not the car. So you can probably start the app and link the car, but I highly doubt it's actually usable?

That really kills any of my interest is the fact that it doesn't even have optimized battery life yet. Like what else would be the point of using eInk then? Also 400 dollar introductory price, apparently 500 later? That's a big ask...

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

This link here says that it will work with both uber and google maps which both use location. This video here says, at 10:30, that it has android auto and that they have used google maps just fine.

I can't talk for if it is useable, but it is there.