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Originally Posted by Ankh
Uhm, let me rephrase my previous comment: "Even when there is an upgrade of the reader, I don't see those devices ending up in the garbage". They are passed to kids, relatives, someone close, like the (p)books were, once upon a time. Or end up on ebay, which means that another potential ebook customer. Old devices simply don't disappear due to the upgrade (except with Sony offer to trade in, I guess).
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That I agree with. But the original comment could be taken to mean that all current reader sales were to new customers who never had a reader before. I suspect a fair bit of trading up, with older products being resold or gifted, though I have no idea what the percentage might be.
Meanwhile, no, I don't think those first gen products simply wound up as landfill.
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Dennis