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For this question, you should be asking me, since I had the same question as you last month, and I managed to snag both a paperwhite and a Glo for myself while holidaying in Japan 2 weeks back. =)
Yes, I bought 1 of each, and planning to sell of the one that I like less after that. Currently i'm actually leaning towards keeping both.. for good reason.
PW: Yes, the PW has quality issues with the screen. I 've seen 5 units of PW while in Japan, and all 5 have hue problems to some degree. I exchanged my set once, cos the first unit's hue was worse than the one on display at the shop. I saw another person on the plane with a PW, and his had hue issues too. Honestly speaking, I think that this is a big problem for those who are not able to make exchanges easily, cos you might not like the set that you bought, and you're stuck with it. Do consider this fact.
The Glo's light is definitely more uniform than the PW. you probably won't have quality issues with the glo. comparing the 2, I actually think that I would prefer the glo's lighting in the long run, cos I actually got distracted by the PW's hue issues while reading for more than 10 mins. Even though what most reviews say about the PW backlight is true, it does look more uniform at first glance, but over time i found the Glo to be less distracting to the eyes.
About the Glo having a blue hue.. it's true that the color temperature of the glo and the PW are not the same. PW does look more white to the eye. But i hardly think it's a big issue if you are not reading from both devices side by side. With nothing to compare, the Glo will look white too.
The dictionary on the glo isn't all that bad. It's not as fancy as the kindle's and probably not as extensive as the oxford, but so far i'm into my 2nd book, and i only had 1 case of unrecognised word. haven't used the glo's dictionary extensively so can't comment as much.
PW button is not hard to press.. just need to get used to it being on the bottom.
About touch responsiveness. Yes, the glo does have problem registering a simple tap to turn page sometimes. I just use a swipe instead, swipes have little or no problems. But I do agree that the PW is more responsive. I will miss that on my Glo..
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