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Old 04-20-2018, 03:17 PM   #380
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop View Post
I do agree with you and I do think the importance of the battery life of e-ink readers is sometimes oversold. But there is something to be said for not having to plug in all of my devices to charge every night.
Yeah. For me, both e-reader and tablets last more than long enough for "all-day" reading. Beyond that is typically unnecessary. I even have one of those 10-port Anker USB chargers by my bedside for charging my cornucopia of tech devices simultaneously overnight. That said, I don't like using my devices when they have cables hanging off (and yep, I've got multiple iPads and Kindles).

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My tablet lasts for days because I don't use it often and my e-ink reader lasts because that's what they do. But if I used a tablet for my daily reader, I'd feel the need to charge it every night. And when taking a trip, I would worry a lot more about relying on a tablet to read on a long flight with layovers/delays.
Lol, I tend to use multiple devices during long flights - e-ink and tablet. I prefer to read on e-ink but the tablet gets used for casual games when I can't concentrate enough to read (e.g. kid in the back kicking my seat) or epub downloaded via wifi that I didn't have the time to convert and copy to the Kindle. Smartphone, only as a last resort if I'm super bored since we need to conserve battery life for communication upon landing.

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