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heybart t1_j2o2t7y wrote

A phone with long battery life and outdoor visibility may seem like an attractive idea, but believe me it's going to be an exercise in frustration

I have an eink reader with Android. I only use it for reading books and apps like pocket or Libby, but it's still frustrating to use. 99.99999% of apps are not designed for a device that takes a second to do a full refresh of the screen. You can do partial refresh, or fast refresh but then the screen quickly becomes a mess. Entering password or search text is laggy and slow. I wouldn't want to do email or text with it. Like a dog walking on hind legs, the wonder is not that it's done well but that it's done at all

Also eink screens are very fragile, not like the gorilla glass screen on LCD and OLED. If you crack the screen it becomes completely unusable

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torama t1_j2rlfm2 wrote

You should try a modern e-note like an Onyx Boox Note Air, the refresh rate has improved a lot, you can even kind of watch videos. The trade off is between ghosting and refresh rate really, which you can adjust.

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SlinkyAvenger t1_j2rwvxq wrote

Very much this. I have a boox note air 2 and it's been amazing as a tablet/journal with exceptional battery life. While traveling I use it far more often than my laptop (paired with a bluetooth keyboard, of course).

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heybart t1_j2s9iyq wrote

I have a boox leaf 2. The ghosting is too distracting so i just end up using HD mode anyway

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IKnowWhoYouAreGuy t1_j2oqhyw wrote

People using these phones are not going to be using many "apps".

You are not the intended target market so your arguments aren't making much sense.

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aaanil t1_j2qdkpd wrote

Does the Kindle app work perfect on Android e-readers?

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heybart t1_j2qet39 wrote

It works reasonably well. There doesn't seem to be a way to turn off the page turn animation or header, though. About 15-20% of the screen is wasted

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TeamADW t1_j2oetdj wrote

Hmm.. might be for me, I absolutely despise trying to type an email on a phone screen. Using my wife's 2nd gen kindle back when we got stuck in Tokyo with a non-activated Verizon rental phone wasnt too bad.

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