According to research by CINNO • ePaper Insight, the global medium- and large-size ePaper display market, excluding small-size electronic shelf labels, is expected to maintain a compound annual growth rate of about 11% between 2026 and 2030. Segments such as ePaper tablets, ePaper phones and ePaper notebooks are growing quickly, and user expectations for ePaper devices have extended from eye-friendly reading alone to smooth interaction. Conventional E Ink displays show noticeable latency and ghosting when users scroll pages, take handwritten notes or browse the web, and users often have to wait for the image to stabilize. This has become a major obstacle to wider adoption of ePaper devices in everyday scenarios, making a high refresh rate a key metric for improving the daily experience.

Against this backdrop, Bigme has taken a genuinely perceptible user experience as its R&D benchmark. Through self-developed underlying driver algorithms and intelligent dynamic ghosting removal technology, the company has pushed the ePaper refresh rate to 80 frames per second, with solid dynamic display capability, and in 2026 it received the ePaper 80 fps Innovative Application First Award. This is not the first time Bigme has been recognized by the ePaper Industry Alliance. Between 2020 and 2022 it won three industry first awards in a row for innovative applications, products and technology, tracing a clear path of technical evolution from colorization to high refresh rates.

Which technical hurdles has 80 fps cleared?

Bigme's approach breaks through the refresh rate bottleneck step by step with almost no sacrifice in image quality. Every step from 30Hz to 80Hz has come with thousands of waveform tuning cycles and pixel-level ghosting suppression. Achieving 80 frames per second means that, in dynamic images, particle reset and ghosting suppression can be completed within a 12.5-millisecond frame interval, bringing driver waveforms and pixel-level control precision to a new level. The direct experiential leap is substantial: scrolling feels far more responsive, and web browsing and document page turning no longer stutter while waiting for the image to stabilize; handwriting appears with almost no latency, approaching the feel of real paper and pen; and lightweight video playback becomes possible, extending use cases from reading and note-taking to broader dynamic content consumption.

Beyond that, 80 fps marks the point at which the ePaper driver algorithm entered an iterative cycle, pointing to three directions for future product optimization. First, the feasibility of even higher refresh rates: HiBreak Pro already peaks at 85 frames per second, showing there is still headroom, and moving toward 100 fps in the future would further open up scenarios such as video and gaming. Second, synchronized optimization of color high refresh: color E Ink screens involve multiple color particles and far more complex refresh control, and the experience gained at 80 fps can be carried over to color solutions, helping color E Ink screens improve smoothness while maintaining color performance. Third, the balance between power consumption and image quality: high refresh rates usually come with higher power consumption, and accumulated ghosting-clearing algorithms help control energy use while raising the refresh rate, extending battery life.

More importantly, raising the refresh rate is not simply a matter of driving faster. Every additional frame poses an exponential challenge to ghosting control and image clarity. Ghosting arises when particles are not fully reset; if ghosting is not cleared thoroughly at high refresh rates, image residue quickly accumulates, while over-clearing leads to flicker and reduced contrast. The industry long held that E Ink displays could hardly achieve high refresh rates and high image quality at the same time. Moving from around 10Hz in the early days to 30Hz was already a significant step, and pushing from 30Hz to 80Hz is a non-linear increase in difficulty, since each additional frame requires retuning the driver waveform and more refined pixel-level ghosting suppression.

Three models in production: high-refresh E Ink screens for phones and smart notebooks

Bigme now offers three models that reach 80 frames per second in Hyper mode. The HiBreak Pro E Ink and color E Ink 5G smartphone peaks at 85 frames per second, while the HiBreak Dual color E Ink 5G smartphone and the B7 Pro E Ink and color E Ink 4G smart notebook reach 80 frames per second. In addition, the B6 Pro color E Ink AI reader has reached 75 frames per second, a high level for the e-reader category, and is expected to exceed 80 frames per second later.

The HiBreak Pro, HiBreak Dual and B7 Pro with 80 fps refresh rates are all on sale, and product details are available at Bigme's official flagship store. In addition, the HiBreak Dual 2, a dual-screen phone with a 6.13-inch E Ink display and a 5-inch LCD, has completed a successful Kickstarter campaign and will ship soon. The Bigme HiBreak Dual 3, an 85 fps dual-screen phone with a 6.13-inch E Ink display, a 5-inch LCD and a magnetic detachable design, opened for pre-order on September 28, 2026 on Bigme's official website: https://store.bigme.vip/products/bigme-hibreak-dual-3-85fps-dual-eink-smartphone-with-detachable-color-lcd

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