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Old 10-08-2020, 12:35 PM   #1
snoo
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Device: kindle voyage, Kindle DXG, iPad pro
looking for device for web browsing, nova 2 or mars or hisense a5?

Hi I have a Kindle dxg which is way too clumsy so I hardly use it now, also have a Kindle voyage, but as time is scarce I hardly have time to read for more than 15 minutes at a time. Also I have an iPad pro for reading PDFs and taking notes etc. As my eyes started to age with me, I was looking for an e ink device mainly for web browsing, I tried browsing on kindle, it's dismal. After a bit of research I decided on nova 2 or max 3 or lumi, max 3 at $779 is way too expensive and lumi is not available on Amazon yet, so I got nova 2 at $309 plus tax yesterday.

I haven't tried books on it yet but as far as web browsing goes it's not great but kinda ok. I had watched YouTube reviews and was prepared for the laggy writing experience, but trying it out for a couple of minutes in person I started to wonder what century I was in. I use a samsung note phone, the s pen is a pleasure to write. I've heard the Remarkable and the Sony have better writing experience, but their systems are too closed up for my purpose. Previously I was looking at Likebook mars as well, it's available on Amazon at about $200, now the note taking is out of the way, $109 saving looks very tempting indeed. From all my readings mars performs generally a little bit worse than nova and there're more complaints about it's durability as well. Still I think I'll order one just for comparison.

I would love to hear some experience and advice on both devices, thanks guys! Also has anyone tried the Hisense e ink phone yet? If just for web browsing would that be a better choice?
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