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Originally Posted by HarryT
Although I prefer reading on devices with a 3:4 aspect ratio myself, it’s perhaps worth noting that the 9:16 or 10:16 aspect ratio of most Android devices is actually far closer to the aspect ratio of the page of a typical paperback book. The traditional paperback has a page that measures about 10x18cm.
Where 4:3 really wins, as several people have already noted, is reading pages “2 up” in landscape mode.
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Don’t forget web pages...particularly forums like the where the keyboard leaves little room for the text in landscape on a wide format tablet.
But really....I read just fine on my kindle tablets. Just like I read just fine on my iPads even without memory expansion. The difference between $399 for an iPad ad $80 for a Kindle Fire Hd 8 would have me picking the kindle every time if reading books and watching video were the only things I used a tablet for.
I have both. Well...I have many devices (but no eInk ones). Since I bought the “New” iPad mini, I no longer use my Fire tablets. Nor my iPad Air 2 for that matter. Not even sure I’ll be taking my Kindle tablet on trips given my mini has 256gig of storage.
I will be picking up the new Walmart tablet for $64 to have an Android 9 device