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Tom Bedford

Goodbye, brain rot – I'm ditching my smartphone for this tiny ereader in 2026, here's why

A hand holding the Boox Palam 2 Pro in front of a Christmas tree.

I’ve always been a big fan of using the best ereaders instead of other tech when possible. They strain my eyes far less than phone screens, have longer-lasting battery lives, and always make me feel like I’m on vacation – I guess I associate them with holiday reads.

In the past I’ve figured out how to send all my PDFs to a Kindle in order to use them for work, replaced my iPad with an ereader for creative tasks and doled out ereader tips to TechRadar readers because I’ve used the gadgets so much. But my new year tech resolution takes this to a whole new extreme.

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