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Can someone educate me why not instead buy an iPad for $50 (18%) more? Currently 9th generation iPad lists at $329 and reMarkable 2 at $279. Both devices have s

Can someone educate me why not instead buy an iPad for $50 (18%) more? Currently 9th generation iPad lists at $329 and reMarkable 2 at $279. Both devices have similar form factor, except iPad is slightly heavier. Yet, iPad is infinitely more capable compared to a reMarkable 2.

swozey 4y ago
> Yet, iPad is infinitely more capable compared to a reMarkable 2. I have a feeling this might be a big part of it. As in the users might want a distraction-free note taking solution. Beyond that my friends have told me its templates, ease of use and writing experience (the on screen feel) are great.
abyssin 4y ago
The lack of features is a feature. The screen is good enough for focused reading, but too slow for anything more interactive in terms of consuming information. And the eink screen is more enjoyable to look at. ReMarkable is the reason why I have finally been able to go back to study as a dropout. It isn’t a perfect product, but it’s good enough and that’s huge. Retrospectively though, I think a laser printer might’ve been as cheap and efficient (given how buggy and slow everything related to synchronization is with the reMarkable).
- BossingAround 4y ago
  The lack of features is a feature until you discover how much better the Boox experience is, where you can download apps for Safari Books, MS's One Note app, and even the default reader gets much better. To say that the lack of features is intentional is a bit disingenuous. It doesn't force you to focus, it just forces you to pick up your phone to get distracted.
  - abyssin 4y ago
    I’m sure it doesn’t affect everyone the same. But I know for sure it helps me stay focused. Maybe it helps that my phone has a small screen that isn’t comfortable to extensively read on. By the way in that situation I’ll often send the article to the reMarkable then realize I don’t care to read it once I see it on the eink screen, and go back to work.
ravi-delia 4y ago
I can't justify the price of my rm2, but an ipad absolutely was not on the table. I don't need a tablet, I don't want a tablet, I want a notebook. The remarkable lets me carry all 20 of my notebooks around, and have graph paper mixed with lined paper mixed with custom templates. If I decided the price was too high (and it honestly is, but eink is tough right now and I want to support it) I'd go back to notebooks, not buy a slightly more expensive item that's slightly worse at being a notebook (and isn't running linux underneath). Obviously if you want a tablet the rm won't do. It's honestly silly for notebooks too, but serious enough I can deal.
ge96 4y ago
I have both. The main sell for Rm2 is the battery life (charge once every couple/few months in my case) and writing feel. Which yes the iPad could get a cover on it like paperlike, something like that. I'm not saying you can really compare the two, one is a "dumb" device and the other one is a full-blown computer (iPad). I also think the Rm2 drawing accuracy is better than the fatter tip on the Apple Pencil. My use case with the Rm2 is pretty much as a scratch/drawing pad. I don't have it connected to WiFi and just have it stashed on the side, I use it once a day or two days usually to sketch something out before making it (context of software or 3d printing).

swozey 4y ago

> Yet, iPad is infinitely more capable compared to a reMarkable 2. I have a feeling this might be a big part of it. As in the users might want a distraction-free note taking solution. Beyond that my friends have told me its templates, ease of use and writing experience (the on screen feel) are great.

abyssin 4y ago

The lack of features is a feature. The screen is good enough for focused reading, but too slow for anything more interactive in terms of consuming information. And the eink screen is more enjoyable to look at. ReMarkable is the reason why I have finally been able to go back to study as a dropout. It isn’t a perfect product, but it’s good enough and that’s huge. Retrospectively though, I think a laser printer might’ve been as cheap and efficient (given how buggy and slow everything related to synchronization is with the reMarkable).

BossingAround 4y ago
The lack of features is a feature until you discover how much better the Boox experience is, where you can download apps for Safari Books, MS's One Note app, and even the default reader gets much better. To say that the lack of features is intentional is a bit disingenuous. It doesn't force you to focus, it just forces you to pick up your phone to get distracted.
- abyssin 4y ago
  I’m sure it doesn’t affect everyone the same. But I know for sure it helps me stay focused. Maybe it helps that my phone has a small screen that isn’t comfortable to extensively read on. By the way in that situation I’ll often send the article to the reMarkable then realize I don’t care to read it once I see it on the eink screen, and go back to work.

ravi-delia 4y ago

I can't justify the price of my rm2, but an ipad absolutely was not on the table. I don't need a tablet, I don't want a tablet, I want a notebook. The remarkable lets me carry all 20 of my notebooks around, and have graph paper mixed with lined paper mixed with custom templates. If I decided the price was too high (and it honestly is, but eink is tough right now and I want to support it) I'd go back to notebooks, not buy a slightly more expensive item that's slightly worse at being a notebook (and isn't running linux underneath). Obviously if you want a tablet the rm won't do. It's honestly silly for notebooks too, but serious enough I can deal.

ge96 4y ago

I have both. The main sell for Rm2 is the battery life (charge once every couple/few months in my case) and writing feel. Which yes the iPad could get a cover on it like paperlike, something like that. I'm not saying you can really compare the two, one is a "dumb" device and the other one is a full-blown computer (iPad). I also think the Rm2 drawing accuracy is better than the fatter tip on the Apple Pencil. My use case with the Rm2 is pretty much as a scratch/drawing pad. I don't have it connected to WiFi and just have it stashed on the side, I use it once a day or two days usually to sketch something out before making it (context of software or 3d printing).