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Originally Posted by kacir
Play books is pre-installed on my Yotaphone 2. I tried to use it, so could report my experience here.
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Thank you for your detailed reply.
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Originally Posted by kacir
For me the app HAS to work off-line and can't require that I upload the book somewhere first. Google knows waaaay too much about me as it is.
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To me this sounds like a silly concern considering how much other information is collected by various domestic and foreign actors from your mobile devices.
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Originally Posted by kacir
Please note that YotaPhone 2 is the best of two worlds. On one side you have beautiful, responsive, full HD AMOLED display so you can use any android app without any limitations, on the back you have the e-ink display (sadly without a front-light) for reading books. You have special YotaReader optimized for use on both screens, but you can display ANY Android app on the e-ink and work with it.
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Yeah, it was a serious contender for me, also because it still supports Qi-charging which was dropped from Nexus/Pixel line as of 2015.
I was concerned about
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1. Price for the original one with support for domestic LTE networks. AFAIK the "clone" ones do not support the same bands as the original.
2. The e-ink screen is small for a full-time reader and like you pointed out, no backlight on it.
3. Long-term updates/support if it was used as a primary mobile device. I'm more concerned about updates patching known bugs/exploits than the big brother snooping on me (reason being, there's little I can do without going to extremes about snooping and there's a lot I can do about being exploit-free).
Ultimately, as I switched to Project Fi I'm limited to nexus/pixel devices, but for someone who isn't limited by the carrier/bands I see how Yota phone could be a great device to supplement a full-time reader.