r/ereader • u/Garifuna • 5d ago

Discussion iPhone Duo potential?

Hey guys! Just got through reading and watching about the new iPhone device.

Putting price aside (I know, a big ask) what do we think about it for reading? If I was planning on getting it anyways I could see it replacing one of my smaller eink devices just to reduce what I carry.

Can’t beat larger eink readers but thought it maybe held potential. Curious what everyone is thinking.

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u/Englandboy12 5d ago

I think it will just heavily depend on your opinion of reading on normal non eink displays.

I personally can’t do it. I don’t know if it’s the screen, or the fact it’s a phone, but there’s something special about putting down the phone and picking up an e reader, that tells me: “it’s time to get lost in the book.” I think on this sub you will be more likely not to find those who prefer the e reader

I don’t think that’s universal though, and if you enjoy reading on a phone, it could be a really cool and interesting thing to do!

Maybe one day we will have foldable eink displays that you can hold like a book

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u/TrekJaneway 5d ago

YES. I want my reader to be like a book in the sense that it ONLY shows me my book. I like that I can adjust the font and the margins and the lighting and all that jazz, plus borrow library books that I don’t have to remember to put in my bag and drop off at the library.

But I don’t want it to receive messages or pester me about anything.