I still have an old Kindle and it still gets months of battery life. I occasionally read comics so this may get me to upgrade.
I’ve had two kindles so far, but my next e-reader won’t be from Amazon.
I’m trying to move my tech life away from closed ecosystems as much as possible, So I’ll probably go for a kobo or boox.
For me the dream would be a really large colour ereader around 10 inches, where you can view even the densest manga or comics comfortably without zooming or scrolling. I think that’s what I’m holding out for.
I just got a boox e ink tablet. It runs android. I have a sideloaded manga reading app and Google books installed. epub books (found easily on Yandex) can be uploaded to Google books from my phone.
I love it.
There were already multiple such devices from competitors on the market last year.
Personal fazit: they lose in almost every area against a cheap tablet.
Except for the screen
There too. Low contrast and less bright than b/w e-paper and still suck more power. AMOLED is better for the eyes, even though it glows.
Why do you say that amoled is bezter for the eyes? Is that also true for b/w e-ink?
No, i think e-ink has it’s place. But color e-ink is currently too much a tradeoff in everything else e-ink is strong, imo.
How so? Color eink has pretty much zero tradeoffs as far as i can tell, other than price.
Weak colors, so dark that you constantly need backlight…
Weak colors yes, but normal eink has no colors, and what do you mean by “so dark that you constantly need backlight…”?
