Thread: Are E-ink devices still a thing?
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Old 08-13-2020, 07:32 PM   #38
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Barry, Amazon is the reason e-Ink reader got cheap.
I agree but there are things I want more than just cheap. I want variety. Nearly all ereaders have been 6" for a while and now they're getting bigger. I need a smaller one that I can fit comfortably in a shirt pocket like I do with my phone.

So I'm reading on my phone till something with e-ink comes along. Of course there are a couple of e-ink phones but there are problems with them so I'll keep reading on LCD for now.

I do have a Kindle, also a Nook and a Kobo but none of them fit my shirt pocket.

For a long time I carried two phones, one to use as a phone and one for reading. That was necessary because my phone battery wouldn't get through the day if i read with it. But then i got one with better battery life and I only need to carry one. I'd happily switch to a phone and an e-ink ereader if I could get one small enough.

By the way, I have a similar complaint about phones; most are too big, but there are enough that have a 5" screen that it's not really a problem. There is variety in phones because manufacturers are competing with phones. With ereaders they're competing more with books and service. They seem to think we all want the same size and the same features.

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