Reading books on 6 / 6+

holystungun9

Any regular readers in here?

I have a thirty minute train journey every day and I usually juggle between my iPad for reading and my 4s to txt etc.

Reading on the plus seems very comfortable and the text looks great. The 6 looks ok too but as a regular reader I don't know if so much reading would be bad for my eyes or maybe that's just an old wives tale.

My phone gets minimal use for calls and texts. My iPad gets minimal use apart from the books so in theory one "phablet" would be best and I would always have the Internet just a click away instead of my daily juggling.

Of course I will keep popping in to the shops to demo them and get a feel.

Any user experience would be appreciated.

squonk

I've used Flipboard so far on my new 6 and it's quite nice. I haven't tried books but I'd say it'd be doable but you'd probably want a 6+ for regular, intensive reading I'd think.

soundsham

squonk wrote: »

I've used Flipboard so far on my new 6 and it's quite nice. I haven't tried books but I'd say it'd be doable but you'd probably want a 6+ for regular, intensive reading I'd think.

The backlit screens are a lot more tiring in your eyes
If your a reader get a kindle paper white
Sporadic reading maybe different
My missus is a big reader
If you read in bed it doesn't light up the room either iPad etc does

She thinks it's the best thing I ever gave her bar none...

Piliger

I've been reading books for years on my iPhone 5. Marvin is the best app. Great for the eyes and it's always available.

whiterebel

soundsham wrote: »

The backlit screens are a lot more tiring in your eyes
If your a reader get a kindle paper white
Sporadic reading maybe different
My missus is a big reader
If you read in bed it doesn't light up the room either iPad etc does

She thinks it's the best thing I ever gave her bar none...

Triple press the home button to invert the colours.....

holystungun9

soundsham wrote: »

The backlit screens are a lot more tiring in your eyes
If your a reader get a kindle paper white
Sporadic reading maybe different
My missus is a big reader
If you read in bed it doesn't light up the room either iPad etc does

She thinks it's the best thing I ever gave her bar none...

I'm used to reading on my ipad mini and don't have any tiredness or soreness of the eyes. I never use auto brightness as it goes way to bright for me. I'm used to inverting the colours too in bed if I need. Just more concerned with text size but I know I can bump that up too.
I'm more and more interested in the plus now that I think about it. Always needing a manbag or coat to carry it around is the biggest hangup.
So often I slip the 4s into my pocket and head out the door with just jeans and a tshirt but I think i'll have to readjust.

Others readers opinions still welcome

holystungun9

Piliger wrote: »

I've been reading books for years on my iPhone 5. Marvin is the best app. Great for the eyes and it's always available.

Just had a look. Looks nice but all my books so far are from itunes so just use ibooks app. i know lots or people have all the epub stuff from Amazon and other sources.

Piliger

holystungun9 wrote: »

Just had a look. Looks nice but all my books so far are from itunes so just use ibooks app. i know lots or people have all the epub stuff from Amazon and other sources.

No. Amazon uses their own format. iBooks mostly uses ePub. But then you may not have stripped the DRM, so I understand. The reason I mentioned Marvin is it's functions and adjustable night view.