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Originally Posted by ebusinesstutor
The new better screens are closing the gap. I find my Samsung Galaxy Note screen easier to read than my previous tablets/phones and there have been two more generations of Notes since.
Battery life is an issue, but part of this is also because you are using it for so many things. When you play movies, listen to audio and use it as a phone.
My smart phone is on the charger whenever I am not using it and I never really have a problem with running out of power. So, for me, the battery life issue is negligible.
For me, I just can't see carrying a second device for reading. And yes, we do have an e-ink reader in the household that I have read on but it isn't being used right now.
Of course, everyone isn't me, but I think the e-ink sales loss numbers shows that more people are moving my way than towards the dedicated e-ink reader path.
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It's an awfully big gap to cross. The battery life isn't a issue
for you, but that doesn't mean it isn't an issue for others. It may be that more people want tablets than dedicated e-readers, but so what? That doesn't demonstrate that the market for dedicated e-readers is so small that it will go away. You cannot assume that if e-ink sales are decreasing that this decrease will inevitably continue.