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Originally Posted by jbcohen
I am rather curious if you read with a dedicated ereader, why use a dedicated device when your smart phone can do that as well? I can see several reasons for this: no distractions of the smart phone, the ereader's epaper screen does not reflect sun light, dedicated ereaders have larger screens.
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I have no problem with distractions.
I do, however, strongly prefer to read on a 6" front-lit e-ink screen, with light somewhere at 5-10%.
I DO read on a phone when I am out and about. I used to lug around a 6" reader almost everywhere, but still I found myself in a situations when I only had phone available, so I happily used that for reading. Reading on a whatever device (including a dead tree) is much better than not reading at all, isn't it? ;-)
Recently I have purchased YotaPhone 2 with AMOLED and E-ink screens, so I use that when I am not at home, but I still prefer 6" reader when I have it available.
Please note that modern LCD phones, even cheap ones, are clearly superior to the devices I used to use as my main e-ink reader in the [distant] past.
At this moment I am rich enough (and the devices are cheap enough) to be able to afford several devices. If I had to choose just one, I would look for a 5" front-lit one for the best compromise between portability and readability. I used to love my 5" PocketBook 360°. Please note that the first Kindle sold [out] for $399 - that would be 460 dollars today, adjusted for inflation. Nowadays you can buy an e-ink reader with the fanciest HD screen AND a YotaPhone 2 for that money and still have some left for books ;-)