cthia wrote:munroburton wrote:Kindles are less of a strain on the eyes for heavy readers. I know it's possible to read books on smartphones and tablets, but it can tire eyes out faster.
Battery life is substantially longer on such devices too. Monthly charging, even with regular use(with wifi off, of course), rather than daily charging as with more common devices.
Also, why pay for something that won't also play a movie, a few games if you must, draft a letter, and also write some code. Ereaders seem to ignore the fact that we're in George Orwell's and Alvin Toffler's information age. And they have the nerve and audacity not to be price competitive. And some, very limited memory and some don't even feature color when I need color. The world isn't black and white. And in those occasions, I only wish to carry one device.
drothgery wrote:Here's the thing with tablets. You almost certainly aren't carrying one device, unless you left your phone at home (which, as you've pointed out, it's 2018; you didn't). You're carrying two. And two that do exactly the same thing, except that one is bigger. Whereas e-readers are unambiguously designed for reading and have distinct advantages in that use case.
Well not exactly two devices. More like one and a half. I don't like traditional smartphones because of their size. I'm a snazzy dresser when I'm not volunteering to do some dirty work. And wearing expensive suits with a bulging mobile in your pocket or anchored to your belt like a gun isn't my cup of tea. It totally ruins an Armani. Trust me, you can't have bulging pockets with a taste for Armani. No way. I broke down and purchased the latest iPhone a year or so ago, begrudgingly giving up my very old, worn out flip phone to another accident. I gave the iPhone away to one of my niece's friends after less than 3 months, when my brother out in Silicon Valley sent me this phone out of the blue. I don't like carrying mini TVs around in my pocket or hip. I love my flip phones. They take up less space than my very thin wallet. Its barely there. But this is one very capable BlackBerry beast. I like to adorn my phones like a woman does her barely there underwear. They are there, but there is no indication of it. I detest hideous phone lines like a woman does unsightly panty lines.
There are tablets that double as smart phones as well. I have two "main" tablets. A windows tablet and my personal linux tablet. There are no requests for updates on it. There are no popups, viruses, annoyances, etc. It is my vacation device. It will also make calls if I want. If an alien ship abducted me, I can barter my linux tablet. "Oh cool, you can go!"
A Windows tablet would get me ray-gunned.
