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Originally Posted by Ripplinger
Or how about this (since the resolution of the few images available is so bad, you really can't tell what's at the top or not). The case and reader and light are all one unit, that's why it seems the case is sold with the reader. The light is one of those thin strip lights that will slide down between the inside of the cover and the back of the reader, and will also charge while you charge the reader, it runs off the reader battery. Even though I like the whiter background of the backlight, I could probably live with that setup.
If wishes were horses...
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You could very well be right ! In the french article that was done earlier this year and alimented much speculation about a follower of PRS-T2 (with or without light), the Sony Manager stipulated that in their experience build in (as built in the display) light did not work well, and that an exterior lighting worked better.
Now if for say 149€ (speculation on my part) you get a PRS-T3 including a cover that itself includes a light which uses the device battery, it is probably not such a bad deal . It is still not a good one, but it would at least be coherent with what , reading that article, seems to be their product philosophy, as well as their pricing politic until now. If they really think that an external source light is superior to an internal one, than it does make sense to price their new device higher than the existing internal lighted devices.
And it is true that there are still some people who tried a lighted device and were disappointed with the effect and came back to a normal device with an external lighting source (clip-on), so those would be satisfied, but, and this is were I think that Sony is wrong in their strategical approach, they are the minority.
I personally much prefer Sony to Kobo, also because they are coherent in what they do and they do well what they do, but the way this cover looks reminds me too much of those cheap (and not exactly good looking) covers you still find on ebay with the integrated light that folds in the back. The front might still look OK, but the back of the cover... whoever designed it deserves to be publicly stoned.