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Originally Posted by peaceridge
I have the 11" pro as well as my mini 5. Pixels don't make a difference to me, but size and weight make all the difference. I got the 11" to read pdfs on, but it is so large and heavy I almost never use it - I can get by with the mini by using landscape - also landscape really helps with epub on my mini as I'm a fast reader. I only want an android version because I prefer the reading apps on it vs the mini.
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I only read Kindle books, and the Kindle app on iPadOS is better than on Android, or at least it was the last time I had an Android tablet. The Android tablets tend to be 16x9 in screen dimensions which is too wide compared to the 4x3 screen dimensions of the mini 5. To my tastes, the 4x3 is more usable for landscape reading. But of course that is just a personal preference. I use two columns in landscape and on my mini 5 or Pro 9.7 that seems fairly comparable in proportions to having an open print book.
ePubs require different apps, none of which seem to stick around that long on the iPad platform, nor have as reliable and effortless multi-device syncing as the Kindle apps. But I do think Android has better ePub apps available than are available on iPads. Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be many higher resolution Android tablets these days, especially in small footprints, plus I personally never cared for Android nor the company that owns it. I simply don’t trust either Android or Google. But to each their own.