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Why do people buy kindles instead of just reading books on their tablets or phones? (literature.cafe)

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I've never used one but it struck me as odd that people would use a seperate device for smth so easily done on your phone.

Is there smth special about the hardware? Is it better somehow?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Your description of the technology is not quite correct.

E-ink / electronic paper

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Thank you, I knew I was missing something, I was thinking of this when I replied it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a nice graphic!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This was actually Amazon's manual that came with the first Paperwhite, I don't know if they still does though.