Increasingly in the hands of public transport passengers we meet not books and newspapers, but tablets or e-books. This is a logical explanation, because the main advantage of e-books is low weight and portability.
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EINK technology (electronic ink) allow electronic books not to be picked up in the sun, this is their main advantage over smartphones and tablets. Moreover, the brighter the lighting, the more convenient to read such a book. But at the same time, if we desire to read the coming sleep, you need to either use the built-in e-book backlight, or include additional light sources. The weak point of EINK technology is the low image update rate. This does not allow electronic books of such a plan to play video.
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A reader with a liquid crystal LCD display easily copes with all the functions of the tablet. But when reading such comfort, like EINK, can not provide.
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The most popular for e-books was the diagonal of the displays of 6-7 inches. The diagonals reaching 10 inches are convenient when reading the scanned documents or * .pdf files of the A4 format. Displays of electronic books on EINK are distinguished by their fragility, so you need to handle them carefully and carefully.
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The duration of the use of the charge in e-books with EINK technology is significantly higher due to the fact that the energy is consumed in them only during image update. That is, in the process of turning the pages, and not the reading itself. Thereby, the time of autonomous operation of the device is significantly extended (one charge is enough from week to month).
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Using additional functions, such as Wi-Fi communication or the activation of the built-in backlight, significantly reduces the duration of the device's autonomy and speeds up the discharge of its battery.
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Among the readers there are also models with colored LCD displays, they occupy an intermediate position between tablets and electronic books on EINK, they are often called TFT. Such models are characterized by extended functionality for the available price. At the same time, the sun will be difficult to read, and the autonomy of the device is significantly reduced.
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With the advent of the large number of budget android tablets on the market, the meaning in the acquisition of e-books with the LCD is lost. So if you think it is worth sacrificing the advantages of EINK readers for the sake of color display and extended functionality, it is worth choosing a tablet.
Let's summarize if the purpose of your acquisition is a comfortable high-quality reading and continuous autonomy, then we definitely choose e-books on EINK. If the reading is given a secondary role, and we are interested in numerous functions, including watching video online - give our preference to the android base.
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