I've looked at various reviews, shops, etc.
I don't think I'm comfortable with shelling out 11000+ for what's essentially a Chinese android tablet with an e-ink screen. The specs sound enticing, but I'm wary of the massive glass screen (and the battery). Also, in my experience, Android devices tend to slow down and get weird and finicky after 2-3 years. I've only seen 2-3 androids that still worked well 4 years down the line. I have done quite a lot of rooting and messing around with phones in the past, but that's not what I want from an e-reader. I just want something stable.
Maybe it's a matter of perception. Classic e-readers are slow right from the start, so maybe that's why I don't mind them being slow later. Phones start out blazing fast, but the bloat slowly creeps in. Android also drains the battery a lot more.
I looked at video comparisons of various e-readers displaying pdfs, and they are all awful.
Anyway, looks like one can get a used high end (regular LCD) tablet, AND a new small screen e-reader, for less than any 10.3" e-ink device. That way, I would get to have a small portable e-reader that can do pdfs, badly, in a pinch, and a big screen that is just for them. According to the reviews, the big screen onyx e-readers aren't that much better than regular tablets with their battery life, since the more powerful hardware starts to overtake the power savings from that e-ink screen.
Thanks to all of you for being patient with me, the first few posts were right
