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@rupor: I have had a few of your experiences - mainly with the limitations of the stock reader - but I also think you have faulty hardware. Try exchanging yours for another one and see if you have the same issues.
On my NGP, contrast is good - not quite as good as a Voyage or PW3 - but not that far behind. Lighting is pretty even - again, maybe a notch below the Voyage, but solid. Text and images are sharp, as one would expect. As for the stock reader, the formatting seems a bit off at the start of chapters. Not much, but just enough to be irritating. The heading is too close to the main text, for one thing.
There are ten fonts to choose from, and one can adjust font size, margins, and line spacing. The options for margins and line spacing are limited. I find that Neo Reader on my Onyx device does a better formatting job all around, and offers more options. If we could get Neo Reader or KOreader on this device, we'd already be making big strides. The stock reader is adequate, but for most people who inhabit this forum, it will seem limited in available options.
It's still too early to tell about battery life. The jury is still out on that one.
Connections with my Mac are a bit frustrating. It will usually take two or three attempts for Android File Transfer to "see" my NGP. Then it (and Calibre) work fine until the next day, when it will take two or three attempts to get connected again. Not sure what is going on there.
The frontlight control works well enough, but is not as precise as I would like. The control on the Onyx is better in that regard.
The NGP may not be THE best eReader out there, but it's good overall - even with the limitations. No "perfect" device exists, and each one of us has our own definition of what a "perfect" device would look like. Still, an Android-based eInk device with 300 dpi is pretty unique at this point. If it can be rooted, most of the limitations can be bypassed/improved (different reader app, different frontlight controls, and so forth).
So ends my rambling pseudo-review!
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