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I still have an old Kindle and it still gets months of battery life. I occasionally read comics so this may get me to upgrade.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

There were already multiple such devices from competitors on the market last year.

Personal fazit: they lose in almost every area against a cheap tablet.

[–] redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] Psythik@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Especially the screen, unless your only plans for the device involve lots and lots of static text. eInk has improved tremendously over recent years, but it still has a long way to go before it starts replacing LCDs and OLEDs.

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 6 points 10 months ago

it still has a long way to go before it starts replacing LCDs and OLEDs.

I really don't think it's even trying to fill the same niche. No eReader is attempting to sell you Netflix. It's just an entirely different device.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml -5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

There too. Low contrast and less bright than b/w e-paper and still suck more power. AMOLED is better for the eyes, even though it glows.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Eink is just better for reading though

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you're reading then colour doesn't matter much. For comics I'd probably get a tablet.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Color is very useful for highlights, taking notes and reading comics, its fine if its not for you but its very interesting for me

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Highlighting, taking notes, comics all seem different from just reading

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Okay, eink is really really good at two things: reading and taking notes/drawing.

Comics are a form of reading (especially french comics i read, theyre 50% text).

You highlight parts of books.

And for taking notes, say in class, is much nicer when you have color avilable

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hard disagree, e-ink is fantastic for two thing, reading and battery life. Everything interactive, you're better off with a tablet.

Comics are a form of reading

We both mentioned it separarely. And for a good reason imo, traditional books are a much better fit for e-readers because reflowing text just werks while comics are going to be a lot harder.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

Note that the usual responsiveness problems dont apply when you use a pen to take notes, as the pen just directly pulls up the ink pellets in the screen.

[–] redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why do you say that amoled is bezter for the eyes? Is that also true for b/w e-ink?

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No, i think e-ink has it's place. But color e-ink is currently too much a tradeoff in everything else e-ink is strong, imo.

[–] redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Oh, OK. I just assumed color e-ink was just like bw e-ink but with colors and was similar in other aspects

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago
[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How so? Color eink has pretty much zero tradeoffs as far as i can tell, other than price.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Weak colors, so dark that you constantly need backlight...

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Weak colors yes, but normal eink has no colors, and what do you mean by "so dark that you constantly need backlight..."?

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Look for comparison videos between the color e-ink technologies.