Dedicated Storage
Plus, since the device is dedicated solely to reading, you don’t need to share your storage with anything else. On a phone or tablet, you have to share book storage with boatloads of music, photos, videos, documents, apps and more. All of those add up quickly compared to books. By the time you’re done loading all of that other media on, it’s doubtful you’d be able to store even hundreds of books, let alone thousands.
E-ink Display is Still Unsurpassed in Bright Sunlight
E-ink displays work much like regular books and objects do. The more sunlight you shine on them, the easier they are to see. LCD, OLED and AMOLED displays on tablets and smartphones work exactly the opposite. In brighter sunlight, they are significantly harder to see. That means you can say goodbye to getting any decent reading done at the beach, in your backyard, by the pool or in any other bright, sunny conditions.
…They’re Amazing at Night Too
Just as smartphone and tablet displays fail to get bright enough for outdoor conditions, they also don’t get dim enough for the night. I, like many people, use my phone in bed at night for a little while scrolling through Facebook and such. I can’t tell you how many times I wished I could turn my iPhone’s brightness lower than it allows because the backlight was blinding. Overall, E-ink displays are best friends with your eyeballs. And that’s important since reading an ebook requires extensive use of both.
Amazing Battery Life
You probably charge your smartphone every night and your tablet every two to three days, right? In fact, your smartphone might not even make it through the day, dying at around 5 p.m. and forcing you to find a charger.
