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The Xteink X4 Pro e-reader is tiny and cheaper than ever

The 4.26-inch Xteink X4 Pro e-reader has an 800 by 480 E Ink display and snaps magnetically onto compatible phones; it's a Kindle, but pocket-sized.

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  1. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe Xteink X4 Pro is a tiny e-reader with a 4.26-inch screen, smaller and thinner than Amazon's smallest six-inch Kindle, and it's cheaper than ever.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt snaps onto the back of a phone with a magnet. That's a book that clings to you, and I respect the commitment.

  3. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe screen is eight hundred by four eighty, so you get a paragraph at a time, and your thumb does the rest.

  4. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentBut it works, and the battery doesn't care.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA paragraph at a time. So it's a book, but as a flip book.

  6. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentI'm adding that to the list of things you got right by accident.

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