A Dual Display Phone That Finally Lets You Choose How You Look at Your Screen
The Hisense A10 is an e‑ink smartphone that pairs a 6.13‑inch paper‑like E Ink main display with a magnetically detachable color LCD screen on the back, creating a dual display phone that lets users switch between eye‑friendly reading and full‑color media without being locked into a single type of screen. That design is the point: Hisense is done with the usual smartphone compromise where one glossy color panel is forced to handle everything. Standard color screens are great for photos, video, and app‑heavy tasks, but they can cause eye strain and drain battery during long reading sessions. E‑ink smartphone display panels do the opposite, offering sharp, paper‑like text that stays visible in bright sunlight while consuming far less power. The A10’s detachable phone screen is Hisense’s answer to this daily trade‑off.
How the Detachable Phone Screen Solves the Dual‑Purpose Problem
The clever part of the Hisense A10 is not that it has two displays, but that one of them can be left behind. The front is a 6.13‑inch monochrome e‑ink smartphone display tuned for reading, note‑taking, and studying, with front lighting that avoids the harsh glare of typical backlit panels. The rear module is a roughly 5‑inch color LCD that snaps on magnetically, with physical connectors for power and data once attached. When you want to shoot photos, scroll social feeds, view maps, charts, comics or stream video, you clamp the LCD onto the back and use it as a conventional color screen. When you are done, you pull it off and return to a lightweight e‑ink phone for long reading sessions, exam prep, or document work, without the extra bulk that has plagued earlier dual display phone designs.
Why This Dual Display Phone Is More Practical Than Past Experiments
Dual display phones are not new, but prior attempts largely treated the second screen as a permanent attachment. That meant you carried extra weight and thickness even on days when you only wanted to read an ebook. According to one report, “The removable design finally tackles a long-standing issue for dual-screen E Ink fans: those earlier devices were always heavy and bulky, even when you only wanted to read.” Hisense’s detachable phone screen turns color into a removable accessory, not a mandatory feature. If you care most about eye comfort and battery life, you can even buy the A10 as a standalone e‑ink smartphone display device without the LCD add‑on and still get Android apps on the main screen. For users who split their day between reading‑heavy work and lively media, this is a far more honest design: it acknowledges that one screen type cannot be ideal for every task.
Power, Software and the Shift Toward Productivity‑First Phones
Hardware matters because it decides whether this concept is a toy or a serious productivity tool. The Hisense A10 runs Android 16 and supports 5G, positioning it as a full modern smartphone rather than a niche ereader with calling capabilities. Reports differ on the exact chip, citing either a 4nm octa‑core Qualcomm platform or a MediaTek Dimensity 8300 with configurations up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. Either way, the intent is clear: you should be able to handle heavy workloads, multitask, and run recent apps smoothly on an e‑ink smartphone display. Battery figures are not yet specified, but the expectation is several days of mixed use thanks to E Ink’s efficiency and supplemental charge from the color panel. This turns the A10 into a hybrid: part productivity slate, part content consumption device, tuned to work best when you choose the right screen for the job.
Pricing, Availability and What the Hisense A10 Signals Next
Hisense has officially started teasing and announcing the A10, with expected pricing around CNY 3,999, roughly USD 590 (approx. RM2,730) for the main device. Earlier coverage suggests that this base figure is likely for the e‑ink smartphone display alone, while the detachable color LCD may be sold as a separate accessory or in a bundle. Hisense has been building toward this moment with previous E Ink phones such as the A9, which paired a 6.1‑inch 300 PPI e‑ink panel with a Snapdragon 662 chip and launched at 1,799 yuan. Now, the A10 goes further by rethinking the physical relationship between color and monochrome. It represents a novel approach to display technology that prioritizes user choice over forced all‑in‑one compromise: color becomes optional, reading comfort becomes central, and the dual display phone finally starts to make sense for everyday use.
