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Quoth · 06-01-2025, 05:41 AM

The Nxtpaper 40 I have is fine in direct sunlight.

Forget about any PDF bigger than A5 on anything less than 10″.

SW support on any Android eink is erratic. No doubt a Boox is better than the Meebook/Likebook Android eink. Mars is obsolete and only Android 8, some are earlier. Likebook replaced by Meebook models. The Sage is as good run time as Mars on battery and far better for epub. Marginally better for PDF now that Kobo has per document crop. But only for up to A5 size PDFs.

Due to aspect ratio, the phones are nothing like as good as 6.8″ to 8″ eink ereaders as they are about 3:4 aspect. Landscape & scrolling is rubbish. Even on Nxtpaper 11 & Nxtpaper 14 I only use landscape for books formatted as "mass market" AKA "pocket book" format. Well, the Nxtpaper 14 can manage larger Trade size format if font not too small, even without crop.

06-01-2025, 05:41 AM	#21
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,440 Karma: 107078855 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	The Nxtpaper 40 I have is fine in direct sunlight. Forget about any PDF bigger than A5 on anything less than 10″. SW support on any Android eink is erratic. No doubt a Boox is better than the Meebook/Likebook Android eink. Mars is obsolete and only Android 8, some are earlier. Likebook replaced by Meebook models. The Sage is as good run time as Mars on battery and far better for epub. Marginally better for PDF now that Kobo has per document crop. But only for up to A5 size PDFs. Due to aspect ratio, the phones are nothing like as good as 6.8″ to 8″ eink ereaders as they are about 3:4 aspect. Landscape & scrolling is rubbish. Even on Nxtpaper 11 & Nxtpaper 14 I only use landscape for books formatted as "mass market" AKA "pocket book" format. Well, the Nxtpaper 14 can manage larger Trade size format if font not too small, even without crop. Last edited by Quoth; 06-01-2025 at 05:45 AM.