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Originally Posted by faithbw
That's not surprising. People may not always have their tablets with them but they almost surely have their smartphones with them. Given the availability of smartphone and the increasing screen real estate of smartphones, it seems that people see their phones as a viable e-reader.
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Precisely why I got a Samsung Note 2 last month so that I would have my phone & my reader all on one machine.
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Originally Posted by afv011
Agreed. I read on my eInk devices, but every now and then I find myself in a waiting room without my eInk reader (like at a car service), so I just open my phone, download the book from Dropbox and resume where I left. Not as great a reading experience as an eInk device or even a tablet, but gets the job done.
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It gets the job done just fine, and everything you need for communicating is all in one handy device.
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
It might be a mistake to conflate what's "better for" with what "people are doing more of." 
I like to think most people would rather not have to "turn the page" every two to five sentences--if they took portability, quick access, convenience and "always with me on the go" out of the equation. |
I get a lot more than five sentences on my 5.5 inch device and it's not like it's all that strenuous to push my volume button to turn the page.
People simply like to find excuses to complain and make negative comments about something they are not interested in doing, even if they haven't tried it out for themselves.
There is no right or wrong way to read books, the sooner people get that through their heads and live and let live the better off everyone will be.