Long story short, I ordered Pocketbook InkPad 3 (non-PRO). The brown one, and a gray Origami etui. I don't enjoy reading in the rain anyway, I wouldn't take a paper book to bathtub. No SD card is a downgrade. There are other reasons like wanting to support European industry vs Chinese, and language support. Wired headphones are good enough. My smartphone is missing an audio jack. InkPad can play audiobooks (yes I know it drains battery a lot faster, but I won't be doing that all the time). InkPad is less hackable than Kobos, but it's not bad. There's always M5Paper :-).
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Originally Posted by Sirtel
I'd suggest to get a proper smartphone.
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I can't buy a new smartphone every time I break a collar bone.
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]Web browsing experience on eink is pretty poor. A map might not even load.
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It's not poor with the right mindset, and limiting yourself to certain websites. I spend a lot of time reading long articles, and in the worst case I can make a script that extracts text and produces a PDF. Investigative journalism etc. Sites like
oko.press
Second, you're thinking of Google Maps, which was built for rich features and not low resource use. I can use a foldable paper map. It doesn't use Javascript, yet somehow it works. It's a proof you can have a simple map on a device like this. Typical use case is I get lost and need to get from point A to B, so I need to find a certain street on map. Even if there's no app like that, it can't be terribly hard to make an electronic equivalent. I typically plan my path before I leave home, and a backup map would be nice but is not essential. Eventually I'm going to sell this one and buy something awesome a few years from now.
If you live in a country where special police forces are used against protesters, sometimes it's better to leave the phone at home. Every cellphone has a secondary OS that is out of reach and manages the radio connection.
Fun fact: a video game I just bought comes with an ePub manual.