Yeah, OLED isn't really the best choice for an e-reader.
There's a reason e-ink is a thing.
this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2025
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Close. But what I really want would look like a blank book. The pages would feel like paper. When I down load the material, text appears on the pages and I can flip back and forth. When I'm done I can download another book.
I know it's niche but that's what I want.
Can I interest you in a library?
I can't travel with a library.
I'm the kind of traveler who, after I check in, the first thing I look for is the bookcase where they put all the books that other guests have left. I have to give it to the Germans; they dominate every bookcase I've seen.
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The cynic in me wants to know: Once purchased, will it, and any media it might contain at any time, be under the sole control of the purchaser?
If not, it's definitely not worth buying.
Since it's from china, some security trust issues aside, musing from perspectives of OnePlus and Onyx Boox, yep, you completely control the device and what you put on it.
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Interesting! I just recently upgraded my old 6" Kindle to a 7" Kobo. I'm very happy about it, and the extra size is nice. If a more portable reader that doesn't compromise on screen size exists when I'm ready to upgrade next I'm all for it
Can I play DOOM on it?
You can read it!
DOOM choose your own adventure style e-book?
That would be so good if they had a competent author.
I would bet it already exists.
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I never understood why nobody made an E reader that you could read “like a book” that just had two screens and a hinge
You would think at least the Chinese brands would try it.
Why would you want that if you can have something light that can be held in one hand?
The hinge lasts longer than a foldy screen.
Apparently a foldable OLED screen is, typically expected to last at least 200.000 folds. That's more than a 100 folds/day for 5 years. I'd take my chances on one, I think.
5 years isn't that long
yeah but you're not folding it 100 times a day. if you're an avid reader, you're opening and closing it 10-20 times a day tops.
Second question, if you're going to read from one screen at a time, why have two screens?
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Unless you go once near a beach and a single grain of sand gets past the airtight bag the phone was in and the Totally-IP67-We-Swear phone chassis and is fucking destroys the screen from the inside, with a repair bill worthy of a new phone because "that kind of damage is not under warranty".
Source : happened to one of my best friends. Fuck you with a folding dildo, Samsung.
that's also a good reason to not have the screen fully close. less danger of stuff getting inside.
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for the vibes of course, not everything has to be optimised for practicality
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Adjacent to an e-reader, but Microsoft tried that. Typical Microsoft fashion, they fumbled it.
The Surface Duo really does make a great e-reader.
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My eyes are dying already!
Make it smaller