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I still have an old Kindle and it still gets months of battery life. I occasionally read comics so this may get me to upgrade.

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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you're reading then colour doesn't matter much. For comics I'd probably get a tablet.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Color is very useful for highlights, taking notes and reading comics, its fine if its not for you but its very interesting for me

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Highlighting, taking notes, comics all seem different from just reading

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Okay, eink is really really good at two things: reading and taking notes/drawing.

Comics are a form of reading (especially french comics i read, theyre 50% text).

You highlight parts of books.

And for taking notes, say in class, is much nicer when you have color avilable

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hard disagree, e-ink is fantastic for two thing, reading and battery life. Everything interactive, you're better off with a tablet.

Comics are a form of reading

We both mentioned it separarely. And for a good reason imo, traditional books are a much better fit for e-readers because reflowing text just werks while comics are going to be a lot harder.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Note that the usual responsiveness problems dont apply when you use a pen to take notes, as the pen just directly pulls up the ink pellets in the screen.