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Originally Posted by italianReader
In other words...how much would you pay to add a touchscreen to your e-reader or how much discount do you think it's reasonable between a touchscreen model and a non-touchscreen one?
Just to give the question a little bit more context:
I'm going to buy a pocketboock 90x and I'm trying to evaluate if I should go with the 902 model (no touchscreen, no 3G) or the 903 (touchscreen, 3G).
I know I will never use the 3G, and so I'm trying to evaluate what can be a "right" price for the touchscreen feature. In this particular case the price difference is 70€ (329€ vs 399€).
Personally I'm wavering between the 2 models but I think I will buy the 902.
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For reading only purposes, touchscreen adds nothing to the reading experience. Do you touch or used to touch your novel while reading, no right? The equation becomes more complex when you extrapolate that for other types of books or activities, like studying or reading technical material, not just pure text or novels. Such activities help during the learning process and they are missing (or most) in most eink devices today; an exception could be Sony readers though. In other words, for pure text or novels, simple books, I see no reason for a touchscreen.
Now, how much someone would pay or not is not a black and white question. It depends of the whole device and hardware; capacitive screens are not as cheap as resistive screens, and eink touchscreen is different than LCD touch screen.