I could see the appeal of an e-ink phone (especially if it means that the battery life is significantly longer, not sure about that though).
I feel like somebody who wants something more portable to do their reading is just going to use their actual phone rather than carry around two similarly sized devices even if the phone screen isn't quite as good for reading as e-ink is.
xxp to myself
― silverfish, Thursday, 9 May 2024 15:19 (two weeks ago) link
Might be worth watching this video on an e-ink monitor before committing to the phone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZXrJRpA0Jw
― Overtoun House windows (aldo), Friday, 10 May 2024 07:53 (two weeks ago) link
As a fortysomething with increasingly iffy vision, I don't find e-ink noticeably better than reading on my phone - my Kindle still looks a bit sparkly and overly-contrasty, even though it's noticeably better than a phone on a sunny day. But my impression is that the resolution/DPI of the text itself is still pretty poor even on the most recent e-ink readers.
Chief benefits of the Kindle for me are:-- Reading big Victorian novels is a bit easier on my back than carrying a big Victorian novel-- Every non-reading experience on the Kindle is bad, which keeps me focused on reading-- Useful on holidays and stops me packing 8 books in a suitcase
But I don't find the letter-and-sentence-reading experience itself any better
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 10 May 2024 10:09 (two weeks ago) link
plus:-- you can fall asleep whilst reading without creasing pages / facial papercuts-- backlight means you don't need the main bedroom light on / can read between bands-- ebooks are cheaper / free
minus:-- ocr errors-- amazon drm / hegemony
― koogs, Friday, 10 May 2024 13:26 (two weeks ago) link
plus:-- choice of fonts (serif for victorian novels, sans for sci fi) / text size
-- Every non-reading experience on the Kindle is bad, which keeps me focused on reading
Btw, this would basically be the main positive of an e-ink phone. Much like the reason why I am sometimes tempted to just buy a flip phone it would prevent me from wasting time doing dumb shit.
― silverfish, Friday, 10 May 2024 13:41 (two weeks ago) link