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Originally Posted by Alohamora
I'm paranoid about running down my phone battery with entertainment apps and not being able to talk when needed, so I've kept the habit of using an inactive smart phone just for books and music. Even the cheapest Android will do the job. But last year, around Black Friday there were some fairly nice no-contract phones on sale and I picked up one that even has a 5.5" screen good enough to be my ebook reader too. Load up content while on WiFi and Bob's your uncle.
BTW, Tubemonkey runs an excellent Black Friday watch thread in the deals section if you're in the market for such a device.
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I'm the same way with not using my phone for media consumption. I thought my LG Volt media device was on its way out about six months ago, but it must've been an app consuming the battery because I uninstalled all unnecssary apps, and it got better and is still going strong.