The battery life of a dedicated reader argument doesn't affect me at all. I always plug my phone in and charge it when I go to bed. I have NEVER had it run out - even when texting, googling, surfing, reading all day...It's sometimes pretty close to dead when I go to bed the next night, but it is always charged back to 100% the next morning!
The e-ink in sunlight argument also doesn't affect me. If I'm outside and there is sunlight reflecting on the screen, then I slightly tilt the screen in a different direction, or *gasp* maybe turn the other way, and the reflection is no longer a problem...lol
In any case, to each their own. I'm just happy people are
reading !!