Although not what you were asking, have you double checked with whatever credit card you used for the purchase? Many of them will double the original warranty which might help you in this case.
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Is this in addition to or instead of an iPad? Why?
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I made the decision to purchase ebooks from Amazon back in 2010. I didnāt want to be locked into reading on Apple devices that were much more expensive and had very limited (by comparison) battery life.
Iāve owned three Kindles over the years, a 2010 cellular model, and two Paperwhites (2013 & 2018) which are still going strong. The fact that both were relatively inexpensive allows me to use them in places I wouldnāt want to take a more expensive device.
It was a gift by my bro-in-law. I think he bought it in a store paying cash, so no luck there. But Iāll remember this tip.
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I definitely like the idea of an e-ink tablet connected to Apple services. I suspect battery life and textured/transflective displays will be solved before e-ink solves refresh rate and resolution/quality.
There used to be scuttlebutt about hybrid displays, but weāve mostly seen Apple remove layers from displays to thin/lighten devices.
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As far as Iām aware, the Daylight is the only eink tablet with a 60 FPS refresh rate, although I may be mistaken.
Daylight is transflective LCD.
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Thanks for the correction!
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For me it would be in addition to an iPad. Iām a heavy iPad user and use it for both work and play. Iāve āhadā to buy an e-ink device because my eyes are not enjoying the amount of screentime they get. I need to read a lot of papers and articles for work, which I was doing on my iPad, and Iāve shifted some of that burden on to my Boox now. I was also reading recreationally on my iPad, so Iāve switched that to the Boox as well.
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Serious question - can you explain to me what this means?
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I plan on splitting my phone functionality between a Tinypod/Apple Watch and an Onyx Boox Palma as a minimalist phone set. Up.
Im leary of using the Onyx stuff for work reasons being a based in China brand. An Apple Eink Device I would switch out for in a heartbeat. It would definitely replace the iPad for me and my core internet conencted device would be a Macbook. For now Im side eyeing the Remarkable really hard.
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I can from my perspective as I did this for the same reason when I bought a Kindle Oasis (I gotta have page turn buttons)
I spend a sizeable chunk of my day looking at LCD screens, whether itās my Monitor for documents and in teams meetings (approx 8 hours a day), My Phone, my iPad, my Apple Watch and the TV (an hour or so a day). So when I want to read a book, the Kindle and actual books are much kinder on my eyes. Rather than emiting light from the device like a monitor, phone or tablet which is backlit, I see whatās reflected from the Kindleās screen (without any lighting applied) or with its frontlit screen which is both a softer light and is better for my eyes.
I can tell the difference.
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Sorry, that was just me being flippant. I suffer from headaches and one of my triggers is light (for me bright light can cause a headache). When I have a headache Iām also very sensitive to light (light hurts my eyes and makes my headache worse). I already have the orange filter on my Mac enabled and keep my monitor quite dim to reduce the risk of triggering a headache, and my iPad is often on low brightness and warm or greyscale settings, but sometimes itās not enough (light isnāt my only headache trigger).
For daily life, switching to e-ink when I need to read things means I can read for longer periods without concern. My eyes also donāt get as tired (or dry) as they normally do.
When I am in the middle of a headache I canāt use any screens at all, but I have discovered that when Iām in the early stage I can still use an e-ink screen without causing additional pain. (I probably shouldnāt do that, and wonāt make a habit of it, but I was pleased to discover I could carry on reading for a while longer before I had to stop and declare myself ill 
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I almost bought a Palma. Itās had a lot of marketing and I do like the form factor. In reality though I need to read papers and long articles and I had to acknowledge that I rarely use my iPhone for non-phone things (I just prefer a bigger screen) and the Palma wouldnāt meet my needs.
I keep the wi-fi turned off on my Boox except for when syncing. I donāt generally have much need for the internet on there, because Iām only using a couple of apps on it and all of them work offline. I donāt know that doing that offers me any security really, but it makes me feel like Iāve tried!
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Fair enougb - I can understand your particular rationale.
Overall though I suspect 99% of Mac fans would consider either an iPad or an Eink device but not both- and in most cases iPad would win.
I doubt the market for an Apple Eink device woudl be large enough to make it worthwhile for Apple - plus they would likely be canabalizing iPad sales even if it were a success.
I would love an Apple e-ink device to replace my Kindle, the Apple Books experience is more enjoyable and Iām not a fan of Amazon.
I think I would happily āsettleā for an iPad mini with a nano-texture OLED display. Especially if itās as thin as the new M4 Pros.
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I get most of my books from the library and Libby only lets me read it on Kindle or within the app. An Apple e-ink device would need to run the Kindle app or the Libby app.
Many Kobo devices have Overdrive access built-in
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I think weāre all assuming an Apple e-ink device would run on iOS, so youād have exactly the same apps as you have now on your mobile device of choice.
Apart from the fact that I donāt believe that Apple have any interest in providing an eink device. I donāt know why anyone would assume that it would run iOS. It would depend on the purpose for which Apple Sells it. eink would not work for games or any kind of visual media (both prevalent on iPads). So youāre looking at some form of custom OS which is focused on writing and reading. Thereās no guarantee that Apple would allow Apps on it when they could sell books for it.
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