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Originally Posted by FinancialWar
The only situation I can think of ever needing the reader is if I want to read books under the sunlight or where I won't be able to find plug to charge my phone. Which almost never happen in my life as I am an indoor person.
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Many of us are more mobile that you apparently are. Just about any daylight renders the screen on my cellphone useless, it doesn't even have to be sunlight. Even reading on the L or a train and sitting next to the window makes it near impossible to see the screen at times. So anyone who reads outdoors at all won't find a tablet or phablet or any other backlit device useful at all for reading.
And of course, those of us that are mobile won't have a power source, so the much longer battery life of an ereader makes them invaluable. I barely get a day's usage from my "smart" phone without having to recharge it, while I can go for weeks of daily reading without having to charge my ereader.
I also have no need to carry around a tablet or netbook with me except on rare special occasions when travelling overnight, and even then, it's not carried around with me, it's left for use at night when at the hotel. If I must check email, I can always use my phone, but when I'm out, there's really no need for me to be bothered with any of that, nor do I want the interruptions. They're also larger devices, I prefer the much smaller size of an ereader to carry around with me.
It's all how you use your devices. You're happy with backlit larger heavier power-hungry devices, many of us are not.