[goatlover]

Kindles are cheap and light, if digital reading is your goal.

[djhworld]

I often read PDF versions of books (especially technical books) or PDFs of academic papers etc

I've never been able to view these properly on a kindle. Well, last time I tried anyway, is it better now?

[jshevek]

A foldable phone would be great for PDFs. I often want to flip between pages quickly, which Kindles still can't do.

[YUMad]

Sony DPT-RP1.

[Shorel]

Kobo Aura One seems to be the right size for your use case.

[photojosh]

Yep, I'm currently reading my EPUBs and PDFs on an ancient iPad 3. I researched a newer solution and settled on a Kobo Aura One (or perhaps the Forma which came out only recently) running the open-source KOReader [0], which is apparently much better than the built-in app on the Kobos. But I'm too cheap to upgrade while the iPad still works.

[0] http://koreader.rocks

[Marsymars]

I have an Aura One that I love (probably around 2k hours of use on it), but the PDF experience (of anything that can't be converted to epub anyway) is not good.

[jshevek]

Kindles are not phones, the parent said "I want a phone that I can read books on, and spend quality time with..."

A foldable phone may meet his criteria, a Kindle would not.

[jblow]

Right ... the point is, I can do higher-quality reading without carrying extra devices around.

[rrix2]

How do you access the kindle when you're not at home?

[jshevek]

Based on the voting pattern at this point, I think several people may have misunderstood his last comment. He is the original person to post in support of a better phone based reading experience, not the Kindle advocate. So he prefers to carry one device, and uses his phone to read.

[rrix2]

Yeah, I'll admit I didn't notice that. My apologies.

[lwkl]

And it does‘t have any distractions on it. When I‘m reading on my phone I always get distracted by messages or googling something.

Most of my books are still physical books. It‘s weird but I often buy books based on their cover.