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Hrafn · 07-14-2012, 07:56 AM

Billi:

I looked at the 622 but as it is fairly expensive for a 6", with rather less than cutting-edge technology (Pearl-600x800 & Capacitive touchscreen have both been out for a year or more), which shouldn't command any price premium, so I couldn't see the point in paying over the odds for it as an upgrade. To put it another way: if the 622 is my best buy, then my best decision is to wait.

(Another factor compounding the downside of the 622 is that virtually nobody sells it. The only place I could find selling it, on a brief check to confirm my price impression, was Amazon UK's Marketplace. None of the main online Pocketbook stores seem to stock it -- they're still selling 612s for around US$200.)

frostschutz:

You're missing the major selling point of the Wexler -- it is half

the weight of the i62HD. That aspect doesn't make it a 'must-buy' for me, but it does keep it in the running (as I'd put approximately equal weighting on that aspect as presence/lack of a touchscreen).

(Parenthetically, the main reason I would prefer a touchscreen is for Pratchett's Diskworld novels -- he puts many of his jokes into footnotes, which aren't navigable without a touchscreen. If a an eReader was able to navigate to/back-from without a touchscreen, e.g. by DPad and/or buttons, it would render the touchscreen largely superfluous.)

07-14-2012, 07:56 AM	#4
Hrafn Fanatic Posts: 520 Karma: 846170 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: New Zealand Device: Onyx Boox Poke 5, Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e 10.5	Billi: I looked at the 622 but as it is fairly expensive for a 6", with rather less than cutting-edge technology (Pearl-600x800 & Capacitive touchscreen have both been out for a year or more), which shouldn't command any price premium, so I couldn't see the point in paying over the odds for it as an upgrade. To put it another way: if the 622 is my best buy, then my best decision is to wait. (Another factor compounding the downside of the 622 is that virtually nobody sells it. The only place I could find selling it, on a brief check to confirm my price impression, was Amazon UK's Marketplace. None of the main online Pocketbook stores seem to stock it -- they're still selling 612s for around US$200.) frostschutz: You're missing the major selling point of the Wexler -- it is half the weight of the i62HD. That aspect doesn't make it a 'must-buy' for me, but it does keep it in the running (as I'd put approximately equal weighting on that aspect as presence/lack of a touchscreen). (Parenthetically, the main reason I would prefer a touchscreen is for Pratchett's Diskworld novels -- he puts many of his jokes into footnotes, which aren't navigable without a touchscreen. If a an eReader was able to navigate to/back-from without a touchscreen, e.g. by DPad and/or buttons, it would render the touchscreen largely superfluous.) Last edited by Hrafn; 07-14-2012 at 08:18 AM.