Even though Hisense A9 was released in 2022, it still remains the top e-ink phone. But that may change now with the new HiBreak Pro by Bigme which was released for pre-order on their official website on 31 December 2024.
In terms of Hardware specs the HiBreak Pro has it beat since it has 5G, NFC, fingerprint reader and most importantly Android 14 with Google play out of the box. But we will have to wait and see how it is on the software side and whether or not using it is smooth sailing.

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