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Yes. But I rarely take pictures with my phone, do not need that, rarely make video, do not play big games on it, ...
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Yes. I rarely take pictures (very rarely), but I do want it. Same with videos. Games, I could do without, but why compromise, when there isn't any "cost" with a smartphone.
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... and though it is quite big, it is not sufficient to read anything there, ...
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My smartphone is relatively small, yet it is sufficient for me to read on (although I extremely seldom do.) I'm not interested in smartphone that is ereader size.
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... and also i carry ereader with me, and so if I get the ereader, that can also make phone calls , is not TOO big, and allow make notes with stylus, does good email checkup, news reading, skype work, well, for many people, nothing more is to be desired, really. ...
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For me, I find eink is so slow, that using it for general things like phone calls, messaging, checking weather, quick internet browsing ... would be tedious. My smartphone does those things quiet well and does them quickly.
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... And also, imagine, it allows for just totally excellent time of work and stand by. Better than regular smartphones offer. I estimate it to be at around at least 7 days week of work, with moderate use of internet and calls, ereeader, and around 12 days of work with low use of internet, provided the battery is no less than 6000 mah plus. And weeks of earding experience with rare calls and brief occasional email and news checkup.
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I would expect standby time to be the same, regardless of screen tech. I don't think I want a 6000mah battery, my current ereader and smartphone are ~1600, and I am content with them; 6000 seems like it would add quiet a bit of weight. I'm not willing to trade long battery life tradeoff for a frustrating GUI experience.
I like a dedicated eink device for fiction reading (that's all I basically do: read a page, advance, read a page advance, ...). For my other uses, I either want a dedicated device (like remotes), or a smartphone.
Again, IMO and YMMV. I appreciate what you want, I'm just quessing that not enough people want it to make a mainstream consumer device worthwhile (to someone like Amazon.)