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Rm3? It’s ab time… (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I feel like the specs on rm2 are a bit outdated. Personally compared to an iPad for example there is a noticeable delay. Any1 any updates about a new version coming out?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Consider this.

The original reMarkable is equipped with the same resolution screen, uses the same pens, and is installed with the same software as on the rM2. The only functionality difference is that the rM1 has buttons on its chin and the rM2 does not.

Given how dependent the software platform is on 1872 x 1404 resolution, a more pixel dense screen is going to mean a smaller device, or a device with a worse screen to body ratio in order to accommodate reMarkable's first and only peripheral - the Type Folio.

If a new rM is going to be produced, given economies of scale, it is more likely to replicate the form factor of the rM2. To be worth the factory retooling effort, that's going to have to be a way superior greyscale e-ink screen, or colour at the same resolution and size that matches or improves on the current greyscale experience. Neither is in discernable pipeline at present.

Given that there is nothing on the FCC site and the state of development of components of the device, you should get some years out of a device purchased today.

If writing were all you wanted to do, you wouldn't hedge on the reMarkable 2. It does that, it does it extremely well, it's still better at it than all its competitors, and the company continues to improve that experience exclusively in software, meaning the hardware has legs.

Don't be taken in by other hardware manufacturers' forced refresh induced by marketing.