# Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-2.06

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-2.06 and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Touch AMOLED ESP32-S3 dev board liked for its looks and fun to build with; the speaker is tiny and one cable variant fails with iPad.

## Why people recommend it

- Attractive touch AMOLED display (2 comments): "AMOLED is beautiful to look at." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49875277)) "It's really beautiful to touch!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49875727))
- Fun to tinker with (3 comments): "Take the fun up a level with the Waveshare ESP32-S3 AMOLED 2.09” watch." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49376289)) "This looks fun, maybe I'll need to try this next!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49376749)) "This devkit does look fun." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49873815))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [ESP32](https://hackerapproved.com/p/esp32.md): 190 recommend
- [Arduino boards](https://hackerapproved.com/p/arduino.md): 81 recommend
- [Raspberry Pi Pico](https://hackerapproved.com/p/raspberry-pi-pico.md): 72 recommend
- [Raspberry Pi RP2040](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rp2040.md): 29 recommend
- [ESP32-S3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/esp32-s3.md): 26 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Waveshare+ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-2.06&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://www.waveshare.com/esp32-s3-touch-amoled-2.06.htm)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-2.06", https://hackerapproved.com/p/waveshare-esp32-s3-touch-amoled-2-06/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).