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I have my doubts! help please :) (alien.top)
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hello everyone!

I'm thinking on buying a remarkable, but I have doubts about how easy is the transition from paper to e-ink, since I'm too used to take notes in a physical way.

How was your experience? how smooth was the switch?

I am also thinking of buying the case with the keyboard, but the price is really high. For those who already have it, do you really use it? or would you recommend me to wait and buy it after trying the remarkable one?

I look forward to your opinions and thank you very much!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I returned mine recently. I did thoroughly enjoy using it (especially the keyboard) but couldn't justify the cost of it.

What I used it for:

  • Writing a book
  • Reading ebooks
  • Journaling

Pros:

  • Super light - could carry it with me everywhere, more inclined to use
  • Super clean - no distractions
  • Felt nice to write and read
  • Great third party stuff (pens, cases). Could not find any third party type folios though.
  • Desktop application worked great (transferring files, editing documents, etc).
  • Great customer service and return service!

Cons (own opinions!)

  • Expensive - if it were like half the price, I'd have kept it for sure. But the difference between what value it provided to me was too far off. I do believe some would feel the value makes it worth it.
  • Scared to damage it - it seems somewhat fragile (I don't know if it actually is) but just because of how thin it was, I was scared to drop it or damage it.
  • Limited features for how much it costs

In the end, I bought a Samsung tab (yeah, super different use case) but I realised for that money, I wanted something that did more than take notes/read eBooks. Just a personal preference and if I had alot of spare cash, I might have kept it.