I don't even know what generation my iPad Mini is but I use it to watch stuff off my Plex server, and to read ePubs I found here and there and uploaded to iCloud.
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Could Apple's OLED iPad Mini Finally Be a Kindle Killer?
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Dark mode causes more eyestrain and cognitive burden than light mode.
Not even a question.
For reading alone (what the Kindle is, duh):
MUCH better on eyes
HUGELY better battery life, which pretty much settles this (silly) comparison
Next......
For reading alone (what the Kindle is, duh):
MUCH better on eyes
HUGELY better battery life, which pretty much settles this (silly) comparison
Next......
WarmWinterHat
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Those are backlist LCD panels.. while what you say is true, e-ink beats them all day long. In my opinion, anyway.
I had the first gen white nook e-ink reader, with the little lcd panel underneath. Used it for years.
OLED better for reading than LCD? Noway. OLED always uses a way of PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) when dimming, that causes flickering, not visible for everyone, but notable in causing eye strain and headache. LCD backlight does not necessarily have to use PWM in such a way that it has this disadvantage.
AVBeatMan
macrumors 603
I love my iPad mini but read mainly on my Kindle. Was looking forward to the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft but now might hang on and wait for the new mini.
I do read on my mini every now and again and think it'd be great for travel as it is a one device to do everything. I also don't read for hours and hours so I could manage with the mini.
I do read on my mini every now and again and think it'd be great for travel as it is a one device to do everything. I also don't read for hours and hours so I could manage with the mini.
turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
No. Both are e-ink, no backlight needed. I use them both with light off.
The voyage is one of the best e-ink reader screens ever made, to this day, with the glass layer on top. It has quite a cult following.
WarmWinterHat
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What a weird comparison, I totally don't get it. Also I couldn't give two f's whether my Mini has an OLED display or not, everything about that device is great as is.
joshwithachance
macrumors 68030
As excited as I am for an OLED iPad mini, that hopefully finally fixes the dreaded jelly scroll issue, I don’t think I could ever see myself spending $600+ on one. It’s just not the type of product that justifies that price tag imo.
Tagbert
macrumors 604
IPhone production is planned several years in advance. Apple had to commit to two years of production on the iPhone Mini to launch it. When they launched the Mini 12, the 13 was already preparing for production. Once they saw sales of the Mini 12, they decided not to move forward with a successor to the 13. I won’t go into whether I agree with at the decision or not, but I did like my Mini 12.
With products that are more mature and where they know what volumes to expect, they don’t plan for yearly updates. They drop a refresh and then come back when they think it is time for the next iteration. Be glad that the iPad Mini gets updates even if sporadic.
actcyclist
macrumors 6502
iPad mini is nice, but do you actually sit down and read with it for hours? especially in full sunlight outdoors? I live in the subtropics.. It’s also not great late at night in bed compared to an e ink screen which you can turn the backlight off if you find light shining in your eyes a problem.
now if they could make an iPad mini with an e ink screen that would be nice
A dumb argument. You might as well muse if Pizza is going to kill Hamburgers.
usmaak
macrumors 65816
They are not the same technology. I tried a Kindle Colorsoft and ended up returning it because it as just really bad. I still wanted to highlight in color, so I decided to try an iPad Mini as a dedicated e-reader and I kept it for an even shorter time than the Colorsoft.
The tech in Kindles is different than the LCD/LED/OLED/whatever in the iPad Mini. They are not comparable. Yes, you can load the Kindle app and read. That doesn't make it the same thing.
One of the best things about my Kindle Paperwhite is that there are no distraction that you get from an internet connected iPad. The Kindle does one thing and does it well. I know that you can turn off wireless but the temptation to turn it back on just to check email or whatever for a few minutes is always there.
The tech in Kindles is different than the LCD/LED/OLED/whatever in the iPad Mini. They are not comparable. Yes, you can load the Kindle app and read. That doesn't make it the same thing.
One of the best things about my Kindle Paperwhite is that there are no distraction that you get from an internet connected iPad. The Kindle does one thing and does it well. I know that you can turn off wireless but the temptation to turn it back on just to check email or whatever for a few minutes is always there.
ProbablyDylan
macrumors 68040
This is the kind of article that prompts me to look for alternatives to this website. Anyone have a solid recommendation?
PlayUltimate
macrumors 65816
I would like to try a Kindle as a reader. . . just bought most of my books through the Apple Book Store. 🤷♂️
I get that under the constraints of it being a submodel of the annual series that that's why we got two and no more. I'm just saying that it would have made more sense as its own series instead of being a submodel of the annual series, like the mini version of the iPad and the Mac are.
nickf
macrumors 6502
It's not a terrible reading device at all. I think the point is that if you're mostly reading text (novels, etc), e-readers are generally better reading devices, for the reasons discussed in this forum.
Exactly. E-Ink ebook readers are very, very good for one job only - reading "linear" texts such as novels with minimum eye-strain and no worry about battery life. They're actually pretty useless for anything else, even reference books (because of the slow navigation and scrolling).
They're nowhere near as versatile as LCD or OLED tablets - but if you enjoy sitting down and reading for long periods for relaxation it's worth considering an e-Ink e-reader as well as your phone and/or tablet. Even without a backlight, the screen is quite readable in the sort of good lighting you'd use to read a book (and in that mode, totally PWM-free), the 'backlight' on something like a Kindle PaperWhite boosts the contrast and makes the paper look "white" & readable in low light, but it's a lot less bright than an LCD or OLED screen.
Oh, and I've used phones with OLED for years - it's useful if you're in a waiting room or something & you can pick up your reading, but it's not a replacement for eInk & probably less eye-friendly than LCD.
OK, I'm from the generation that thought a PowerBook G3 was amazingly small and light, so carrying a MBA, a Kindle, a phone and an iPad on a trip* is still a huge improvement...
🙂
I would much rather have an ipad mini that gets an easy 8 hours of screen on time. I use one for work (note taking, reference and portability to meetings) and it's a pain in the buttocks to have to charge over lunch.
The article was so ridiculous to me that I had to read on and some of the posts. Surely, this Front Page can do better than this absurdity called an article. I better end this now. 🙂