I love my slightly chunky Kobo e-readers and the Kindles that you can also use as a notebook are pretty remarkable (no pun intended). But these aren’t the easiest to pack up and go—they don’t fit in your pocket like a phone. So, like cell phones before them, digital readers are now getting smaller.
Some of them are getting much smaller. Amazon just made it official by embracing the trend and releasing the new Kindles with a six-inch screen—back pocket-sized if I’ve ever seen it. Okay, cool, but at that point why not just read on my phone?
Because that screen is terrible for your eyes. The special e-ink displays these devices use are meant to be stared at for hours on end without risk of eye strain. It looks more like reading paper too, which I think does some Pavlovian thing to your brain if you grew up on paper books but maybe that's just me.
Above all else, all the notifications and distractions that prevent you from actually reading are absent here. If you're trying to read more, and do it on a device smaller than your phone, you've come to the right place. If you want an e-reader that fits in your pocket, these are the four serious options to choose from.
The newest Kindle is the first to be truly considered “pocket-sized.” Dimensions-wise, it falls somewhere between a pro max iPhone and an iPad Mini, but it fits easily in a back pocket or jacket pocket—just not necessarily the front of those skinny jeans. This 32-gigabyte aluminum unit comes in two colors, Seaglass Green and Alpine Sky, while the slightly more affordable 16 gig comes in Ube and Graphite for only $170 (or $150 if you don’t mind ads on the lock screen) and is made from recycled plastics. Functionally it’s fast and easy to use.
Compared to the last generation of Kindles, it takes 30 percent less time to open up a book from your library. Page turning is responsive via the touch screen, and the power button has been moved from the bottom to the upper right side for fewer accidents. And of course, easy access to a huge library of titles to purchase.
Extract — continue reading at the source.
