Huge selling point for me. I prefer a manual keyboard.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not criticising manual keyboards in general. Just specifically on a device for which your primary purpose will be reading (which is what the OP's article is about). If I'm going to be mainly reading on the device then I want as big a screen as possible.

	▲	sdenton4 6 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I get the sense that they're not using it only as a reader, but as a general smartphone replacement, where for the most part the reduced capability set rhymes with better living.
	▲	rchaud 6 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Reading can also include commenting, such as on The Verge article that's pictured, or on this very site.