Comment by mulderc
3 days ago
In theory they should be amazing. Full color, looks like paper, basically an interactive magazine!
In practice the color isn't great, the screens are slow to refresh in an annoying way, and the resolution is a noticeably worse than an iPad. I also find that apps not explicitly made for e-ink are generally garbage when used on an e-ink device.
So far I have personally been incredibly disappointed with e-ink devices outside of e-readers. I want them to be good but the experience is just so much worse than an iPad.
I find the papery colors to be way more pleasant than the OLED saturated light blasted in my face. It has more of a newspaper feel than a saturday-morning cartoon oversaturation - which I appreciate more.
This is just going to depend on the person. Personally I find the lower resolution and contrast to be unacceptable.
That's disappointing to hear, I'd love to get a 12-13" eink to replace an iPad that was used primarily for reading.
You should give something like the Amazon Kindle Scribe a go. If you are just reading then it should be fine. My issue is more when it is an android tablet using an e-ink screen. When software isn't specifically made for e-ink, it is sort of awful to use.