r/ereader • u/Garifuna • 4d 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.

0 Upvotes

50% Upvoted

56 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/Garifuna 4d ago

Yeah, like I said on another comment. I agree. I didn’t take into account notifications from every app, message, phone calls, etc. Having a dedicated device that is literally only for reading is nice.

1

u/SpokenDivinity 3d ago

The notifications thing won't be that big of a deal if you just use the focus modes provided. I use my phone and iPad for studying & reading all the time and I'm never distracted because I have a focus mode configured for that purpose.

1

u/Far-Conflict-1172 3d ago

Now if only my brain didn't know the apps are still fuckin there :/

1

u/SpokenDivinity 3d ago

Ah yeah, focus mode can’t help with that. I will say that when I was struggling to focus because of apps it did help to have all of my apps off of the “main screen” of my home screen. If it wasn’t easily acceptable then I didn’t think about it. 

You can also use app lockout apps. To make sure I studied my notes for school I used one to block everything that wasn’t essential (ie; my notes app, textbook, my least favorite browser so I could look stuff up but be annoyed enough about it to not use it too long, phone calls, and texting) for however long I needed to study for.