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Old 06-10-2017, 09:39 AM   #6
HarryT
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I'm very much in the "PDFs are better on tablets" camp, I'm afraid. I read a lot of material in PDF format, and many years of doing so has convinced me that a large-screen tablet - the larger the better - is the best way to read such material. Not only do the file sizes tend to be large (I have many files that are >100MB, which doesn't go very far on an eInk device with 4GB or so of storage) but displaying them can be CPU-intensive and RAM-intensive. eInk devices generally have slow CPUs (to maximize battery life) and not very much RAM.

After years of trying to find the optimal device to read PDFs on, for me it's the 12.9" iPad Pro. Fast CPU, lots of RAM, great screen, and lots of storage space (I have the 256GB model).

If you go decide to go for an eInk device, I'd strongly suggest choosing one with at least a 9.7" screen, and much better a 13.3" screen.
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