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Those exists now, in the form of eink Android phone/tablet. The refresh rate of eink makes their experience suboptimal, but some find it usable enough. You can
by cherioo 6y ago
Those exists now, in the form of eink Android phone/tablet. The refresh rate of eink makes their experience suboptimal, but some find it usable enough.
You can search for Boox tablet, or Hisense A5 phone.
- criddell 6y agoThere's also ones from Sony, Supernote, and Remarkable.
- cherioo 6y agoNone of those appears to be Android, which IMO makes them have less utility value. There's definitely pros and cons though, and one should research which is right for them.
- criddell 6y agoAndroid sucks on tablets. I had a Nexus 7 which is probably the last and only decent Android tablet. I know the Remarkable has some third party software for it because it's running a version of Linux. The others probably do as well.
- coverband 6y agoI used to think so too, until I tried and bought one of the recent Samsung Tabs. Excellent experience on par with iPad.
- criddell 6y agoSure, the hardware is great. Depending on what you do, it's the software that is miles behind. The Android app situation is worse to begin with and Android developers pay almost no attention to big screen tablets because so few people have them. The app situation on the iPad isn't amazing, but it is better. I think Procreate alone is responsible for a lot of iPad sales. Plus Android tablets are deceptively expensive. They aren't going to receive updates for as long as the iPad and when you sell it, the resale value is as good.
- int_19h 6y agoHuawei M5 8.4" is an excellent Android tablet very much in the spirit of Nexus 7 (but with better screen and other hardware).
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoOh that's interesting, I missed this one: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/review-onyx-boox-max3-a-13-e-ink-android-tablet/ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/review-onyx-boox-max3-a... I know I shouldn't be complaining about price now that I've heard it exists at all, but $840 is really steep! I was thinking something more like $400. I know it's a niche product, but even so.
- akavel 6y agoTake a look at the smaller models, like Onyx Nova 2 or Note 2; if you're ok with smaller size, they're cheaper
- microtherion 6y agoThe Max3 has a giant screen (larger than the biggest iPad Pro). I'm still getting used to mine, but I mostly like it. The web browsing experience is OK, but it's slow and monochrome.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoMonochrome is expected. Do you say it's slow because of the screen's refresh rate, or do pages take a long time to render? I'm kind of eying the BOOX Nova2, which is in my price range at $340. The screen is 7.8", which is ~ 2" smaller than what I'd ideally want, but not by much.
- microtherion 6y agoIt's mostly the refresh rate, I think. The processor is fairly decent.
- m463 6y agowhat was interesting was this one: I thought the boox was interesting But what about this one? https://amzn.com/B07XG9T898 https://amzn.com/B07XG9T898 it's a lenovo laptop with an e-ink screen
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- int_19h 6y agoAlso Kingrow K1, although I'm not sure they're available for sale anywhere yet - I got mine from the crowdfunding campaign. It makes for a very convenient eInk reader with the corresponding apps installed (and it comes with Kindle out of the box). Unfortunately, there's no Google Play Store on it. But that doesn't preclude web browsing with Chromium or Firefox.