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Obviously you don't like page turn buttons, but (on my Readers that have them) they're used a lot. I didn't use speakers on my Kindle 3 (the only one that had them) but Readers having speakers is not what we're talking about here.
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Why would you assume that? I miss page turn buttons. I bought the Nook Glowlight 3 after all and it sure wasn't for that stellar firmware
My point is that buttons were dropped, just like speakers. They seem like a more useful feature on an e-reader than any sort of audiobook support.
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Not everyone carries a smartphone.
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That's true. But I'd be curious to see the Venn diagram of people that don't have a cell phone but DO have an e-reader that
they use to play audiobooks. There must be... dozens of such people.
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And (I've mentioned this before) for me a Reader and a smartphone are two different creatures. Keeping eBooks and lectures (or audio books) on an eReader just seems "normal" to me. It's a different "category."
But to each their own.
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But in what way is an e-ink device better/more capable as an audiobook player than a phone, aside from 'the feels'?
An eink reader is better (for me) to read a book because the screen is more comfortable to stare at for long periods of time.
But when you are talking audiobooks, cell phones tend to have more internal storage, can use Wi-Fi and LTE to stream audiobooks not stored on the device and the LCD screen is more capable of flashy displays (say, a status bar to show how far along you are in the current track with an elapsed time on the left and time left on the right, changing second by second).
I'm just saying, even if I had an e-reader that could play audio, it is not a feature I would use.
Ask yourself, if you had a friend that primarily listened to audio books on her phone, would you suggest she go buy a Kindle instead because hey, you can listen to audiobooks on it? My guess is your answer is no.
But if you had a friend that read a lot of e-books on her phone, would you show her an e-ink reader? I bet you would.