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GlenBarrington · 07-31-2017, 11:41 AM

I was one of those people who read a lot on my 10 inch Lenovo Android tablet and my smartphone. I never thought that they bothered my eyes. In the dark, I did have to switch to white letters on a black background but I understood the reasons and accepted it. On the whole I was pretty satisfied with with my backlit tablet experience.

Early on in my eBook "Career" I had a Sony PRS 300 and a PRS 350, so I was not unfamiliar with e-ink devices. But over time, they became very unreliable, and I stopped using them for a good 5-6 years. (I suspect battery issues, but I'm too lazy to figure out how to replace them!)

However when I recently bought a refurbed Paperwhite, I realized that I was able to read for longer periods of time and other chores, and my writing, wasn't getting done. The PW not only had a longer battery life, it WAS easier on my eyes.

It isn't that my tablet is hard on my eyes, it is not. It is more that my PW is even easier on my eyes for reading. I was as surprised as anyone at this. I will still use my tablet for reading time to time, probably if I'm reading something with graphics and diagrams, you just can't compare the graphics between the two, the tablet wins hands down.

But for pure text, I will likely stick to the Paperwhite.

07-31-2017, 11:41 AM	#7
GlenBarrington Cheese Whiz Posts: 1,986 Karma: 11677147 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Springfield, Illinois Device: Kindle PW, Samsung Tab A 10.1(2019), Pixel 6a.	I was one of those people who read a lot on my 10 inch Lenovo Android tablet and my smartphone. I never thought that they bothered my eyes. In the dark, I did have to switch to white letters on a black background but I understood the reasons and accepted it. On the whole I was pretty satisfied with with my backlit tablet experience. Early on in my eBook "Career" I had a Sony PRS 300 and a PRS 350, so I was not unfamiliar with e-ink devices. But over time, they became very unreliable, and I stopped using them for a good 5-6 years. (I suspect battery issues, but I'm too lazy to figure out how to replace them!) However when I recently bought a refurbed Paperwhite, I realized that I was able to read for longer periods of time and other chores, and my writing, wasn't getting done. The PW not only had a longer battery life, it WAS easier on my eyes. It isn't that my tablet is hard on my eyes, it is not. It is more that my PW is even easier on my eyes for reading. I was as surprised as anyone at this. I will still use my tablet for reading time to time, probably if I'm reading something with graphics and diagrams, you just can't compare the graphics between the two, the tablet wins hands down. But for pure text, I will likely stick to the Paperwhite. Last edited by GlenBarrington; 07-31-2017 at 11:46 AM.