iPhone 5: The New E Reader On The Block

It's Finally Here! Chances are if you do not have an iPhone, someone you know does. It is one of the most popular phones in history and the newest and greatest version is finally here. More then half of American adults now own some sort of smart phone and ebook are all too aware of this fact. With its larger screen design, the iPhone5 may also be the next best e reader.

The new iPhone5, announced by Apple yesterday at a press event, has a bigger screen, a better battery and a stunning display – but would you read an e-book on it?

The next-gen iPhone comes with a four-inch screen, markedly larger than its predecessor, and a battery the company says is better. It’s also thinner and lighter. Do you think that makes it a better reading device than the iPhone4S? Than other smartphones out there? Perhaps than tablets or e-readers?

Nearly half of all U.S. adults now own a smartphone, making the pocket-sized device the most common mobile e-reader around – about twice as common as dedicated e-readers or tablet computers. And nearly a third of U.S. adults read e-books on their phones.

“I read almost entirely on my iPhone,” Kobo’s executive vice president of content, sales and merchandising Michael Tamblyn told us in July. “It’s the device that’s always with me.”

If your phone had a better reading experience than it does now, would you read more on it?