This Phone Concept Stacks a 3.5-Inch LCD Above a 5.2-Inch E Ink Screen - Yanko Design

"Modern phones have turned into pocket TVs, huge OLED slabs that are great for video and games but terrible for focus. Most E Ink phones go to the opposite extreme, either dropping color screens entirely or putting an E Ink panel on the back while keeping a full-size color display on the front. This dual-screen concept tries a different take, stacking both screens on the same face, with a small color LCD above a larger monochrome E Ink panel."

"The basic layout is a 3.5-inch IPS LCD at the top and a 5.2-inch E Ink panel below, both on the front. The numbers are 1280 × 800 resolution at 120 Hz for the LCD and 1300 × 838 at 300 ppi for the E Ink. The clear back with a single camera and simple branding quietly signals that this phone is not chasing the usual multi-lens, all-screen spec race, instead treating the front as a composition of two very different surfaces."

"The smaller LCD becomes the "burst of color" zone for time, notifications, music controls, and quick interactions, while the larger E Ink area is reserved for reading, notes, and simple widgets. This creates a hardware-level hierarchy; the calm, monochrome screen is where you spend most of your time, and you consciously move your attention to the smaller, brighter panel when you really need it, which changes the default state of the device from hyperactive to quiet."

The design stacks a 3.5-inch IPS LCD above a 5.2-inch E Ink panel on the front. The LCD offers 1280 × 800 resolution at 120 Hz while the E Ink delivers 1300 × 838 at 300 ppi. The clear back and single camera signal a focus away from multi-lens spec chasing. The small color screen serves for time, notifications, music controls, and quick interactions while the large monochrome area handles reading, notes, and simple widgets. The layout reduces visual noise, improves eye comfort, and extends battery life because E Ink only uses power when refreshing. The trade-off limits immersive video, productivity apps, and touch-heavy games on the small LCD.

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