Dasung Link 2 Bets Your iPhone Needs an E Ink Face

If a phone can borrow an E Ink face, why should its OLED or LCD panel remain the default surface for every long read?

That is the sharper question behind Dasung Link 2, a new phone companion display that mirrors an Apple iPhone or compatible Android smartphone onto a 6.7-inch E Ink touchscreen, according to Notebookcheck. The product does not try to replace the phone. It tries to replace the part of phone use that feels worst on a conventional screen: long, text-heavy reading.

Can Dasung turn a phone into an E Ink reader without making users carry a second device anyway?

Dasung Link 2 is not a smartphone. It is not a standalone e-reader either. It is a phone companion accessory built around a 6.7-inch E Ink touchscreen that receives a mirrored phone interface rather than running as an independent mobile device.

That design choice matters. Dasung is not asking users to migrate books, documents, browser tabs, or apps to a new reading device. It is asking them to keep the phone as the computer and move the visual surface to E Ink.

The upside is obvious from the source material: Dasung positions Link 2 as a way to read more comfortably in direct sunlight, with a front light and adjustable color temperature for nighttime use. The friction is just as obvious. A user now has to carry, charge, connect, and manage another screen.

MLXIO analysis: Link 2 is best understood as a bet that screen fatigue is not a software problem. It is a surface problem. But that bet only works if the accessory feels less annoying than the phone screen it is trying to escape.

Does the 60 Hz E Ink claim make Link 2 more than a reading accessory?

The most striking claim is not just the size. It is the claimed 60 Hz refresh rate on a 6.7-inch E Ink touchscreen.

For E Ink hardware, that figure puts Link 2 in unusual territory. Many e-paper products are built around static or slow-changing content. Dasung is instead pitching a phone interface that can be touched and operated through the E Ink screen after mirroring.

The source does not provide independent test results for ghosting, touch latency, app behavior, video, or animation. That matters. A 60 Hz claim does not automatically mean an E Ink panel behaves like a conventional phone display in every app.

MLXIO analysis: The practical test is not whether Link 2 can refresh quickly in a controlled spec sheet. It is whether scrolling, tapping, page turns, PDF zooming, and text selection feel natural enough that users stop reaching for the phone’s main display.

Why does Dasung’s broader E Ink hardware lineup make this pitch more credible?

Link 2 is the successor to the Dasung Link E-Ink display from 2023, and it sits inside a broader Dasung push around faster e-paper screens. Dasung’s own store lists products including the DASUNG 60Hz 6.7-inch E-ink Phone Monitor: Link 2, the Paperlike 103 described as a 60Hz 10.3-inch E-ink Monitor, and larger Paperlike 13K and Paperlike Color models with claimed refresh rates such as 37Hz and 33Hz.

That does not prove Link 2 performs well. It does show this is not a one-off novelty listing from a generic accessory brand. Dasung has been building around high-refresh E Ink as a product theme.

The interesting shift is format. E Ink has long made sense as a dedicated reading surface. Dasung’s move is to make it a phone-linked surface instead. That changes the value proposition: the content stays on the smartphone, while the display changes.

For related MLXIO coverage on phone-interface boundaries, see Golden Gate Lets iPhone Mirroring Escape Its Tiny Box and Android Chats Win Big as iOS 27 Fixes RCS Reactions. Link 2 belongs to that same broad question: how much of the phone experience should remain trapped on the phone’s own screen?

Who actually benefits from an E Ink phone mirror?

The most natural audience is text-heavy. Readers. Students. Analysts. Researchers. Commuters who already keep books, PDFs, saved articles, and email on their phones.

For them, Link 2 offers a clear promise: keep the phone’s apps and accounts, but move reading to a display that Dasung says remains comfortable in direct sunlight and includes adjustable front lighting for night use.

The skeptic’s case is equally strong. A standalone e-reader does not need phone mirroring. It has its own storage, battery, and reading interface. Link 2 asks users to accept setup friction in exchange for keeping their existing phone apps.

The compatibility question still narrows the real-world audience. Link 2 is described as working with Apple iPhone and Android smartphones, but buyers should verify their exact phone model before treating “Android compatible” as a blanket guarantee.

That is a major constraint. “Android compatible” is not the same as broadly Android compatible.

Is software friction the real product risk?

Yes. The hardware spec sheet gets attention, but software behavior will decide whether Link 2 becomes useful.

Because Link 2 mirrors a phone, the accessory inherits the strengths and weaknesses of the phone interface. Apps designed for color, fast animation, rich media, and rapid scrolling may not translate cleanly to E Ink. Apps built around text, pages, lists, and documents should make more sense.

MLXIO analysis: The killer use case is unlikely to be “use your entire phone on E Ink.” It is more likely to be “read the parts of your phone that should never have required a bright phone screen in the first place.”

That includes long articles, documents, email review, saved pages, and perhaps light messaging. The source does not establish how well Kindle apps, PDFs, browsers, note apps, or productivity tools behave on Link 2. Those are review questions, not settled facts.

Price also shapes the decision. Dasung’s store lists Link 2 from $329.00 USD, while final shipping, tax, duties, and bundle details still need to be checked at purchase.

Which proof will decide whether Link 2 becomes a category or a niche workaround?

The first proof point is simple: independent users need to confirm whether 60 Hz E Ink feels meaningfully better than slower e-paper interaction when mirroring a phone.

The second is compatibility. If Link 2 works cleanly across iPhones and supported Android phones, the accessory could validate a small but real category: low-distraction companion screens for smartphone reading. If setup is inconsistent, touch feels delayed, or common apps render poorly, it risks becoming an expensive drawer gadget.

The third is behavior. Link 2 does not need to replace phone displays or dedicated e-readers to matter. It only needs to prove that enough phone activity is better on E Ink than on the phone itself.

That is the watch item. If the device turns long-form phone reading into something people actually sustain, Dasung will have shown that the future of mobile screens may not be one better panel on the phone — but a second, calmer one beside it.

Key Takeaways

• Dasung Link 2 targets readers who want phone content on a more eye-friendly E Ink surface.
• The companion-display approach keeps the phone as the main computer instead of forcing users into another ecosystem.
• Its usefulness depends on whether the comfort gains outweigh the hassle of carrying and managing an extra device.