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What's really nice about tiny e-readers is that you can read without having to move your eyes horizontally.

If there are only four words per line, you can slide your eyes down the middle and take in all the words in a chunk like you would for normal speed-reading.

I have an xteink X4 and X3 and I swear I can read for much longer without strain. You can also just crank your margins way up on most other e-readers.

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Is it really worth the tradeoffs of having significantly smaller storage space, reduced screen size, and clicking through way more often, just to not have to move your eyes as much horizontally?

For me seems to be. I keep it in my front shirt pocket, pull it out to read all the time. I've gone through 8 books on it so far this year. That's 7 more books than I read on my Kobo by this time last year given how convenient it is to take it everywhere. Granted I'm usually a paper book reader so my Kobo was always just a travel device, but the Xteink makes it so easy to squeeze reading in everywhere.

The biggest benefit for me is the size of the device. I always have it on me, so I rather read than doomscroll

Just wait until you get older and need to increase the font size. Now you're down to 2 words/line and you get carpal tunnel or De Quervain's from the constant clicking to page. I'm only half kidding.

Agreed, the x3 is incredible. You'll pay 2x what this costs but the ux is phenomenal with Crosspoint

Try the M5Stack Paper S3 instead. I am running a community build of Crosspoint Reader on mine, it actually has a touchscreen and a microSD card reader, supposedly limited to 16GB but handles my 128GB card just fine.

I agree but I adjust text like this for readability using epubs and iPhone apps. I don’t see a reason for another device given how good iPhone screens are now.

I can't imagine this tiny thing being able to refresh fast enough to keep up with my reading speed (not crazy fast).

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