For theiPhone 13 series, case color choices are black, while the14and15 seriescome in black or blue.

Each model retails for the same $99.99 price.

It’s simply not needed.

Reink Case C1 being held by a woman’s hand against a brick wall

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The raised power and volume buttons are all easy to press.

As a regular protective phone case, the Reink Case C1 doesn’t disappoint.

It’s essentially scratchproof and itsAF molecular oleophobic coatingprovides excellent fingerprint resistance.

Reink Case C1

The Reink Case C1 protects your phone, but its color E Ink display is too limited for most use cases.

It’s not considered waterproof but should have no issues with occasional splashes if quickly dried.

Despite being slightly slippery, overall it felt good in the hand.

Generally speaking, dither is the most effective option.

Reink Case C1 with its packaging on a table

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Once done, you could back up your creation to the library or sync immediately to the case.

Once an image begins to sync, the Reink Case C1 display flashes until the image is finished processing.

Once done processing, the image stays until you change it again.

Reink Case C1 using its stand on a tabletop

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As such, images with red or yellow tones tend to display best.

If an image has the proper tones, it looks okay in a brightly lit environment.

It does best outdoors in sunlight.

Reink Case C1 held by a woman’s hand against a brick wall showing a couple’s photo

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My biggest disappointment with the Reink Case C1 is that making my photos and images look decent was difficult.

In addition, even just creating straight text in the Reinkstone app didn’t produce satisfactory results.

Should You Buy The Reink Case C1?

It’s a product that’s just not ready for the mass market.