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submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I still have an old Kindle and it still gets months of battery life. I occasionally read comics so this may get me to upgrade.

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

No, i think e-ink has it's place. But color e-ink is currently too much a tradeoff in everything else e-ink is strong, imo.

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

How so? Color eink has pretty much zero tradeoffs as far as i can tell, other than price.

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

Weak colors, so dark that you constantly need backlight...

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

Weak colors yes, but normal eink has no colors, and what do you mean by "so dark that you constantly need backlight..."?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Look for comparison videos between the color e-ink technologies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Oh, OK. I just assumed color e-ink was just like bw e-ink but with colors and was similar in other aspects

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

It is