Thread: Paperwhite Second Gen: First Impressions
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Old 10-30-2013, 10:26 PM   #1796
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Originally Posted by jswinden View Post
Wow, the HDX is held on to the case with just magnets? Is that an official Amazon case? Did they add extra magnets in the HDX body to make it work with the case? If so, bad design IMO as that is adding extra weight.
No the the case is the magnet. The HDX has metal in it I guess that attracts it. Yes the HDX is held to the case by a very strong magnet nothing else. The case is hefty!

The front flap is one big magnet. The inside base is one big magnet and the back side is metal. The front flap sticks to the back by a magnet for one hand reading. I thought that part was pretty cool till I try to read with it. There was no where to grip it and it was too heavy to hold with one hand. All of this is coated in polyurethane. Add the weird cut out shape of the front flaps which are the stand part. In Landscape it works okay if the magnet flap sticks together on Portrait it's crooked and you have hold it to look at the screen straight.

It's one of the worse ideas I have seen on a case! Let s hope they do add this to the PW as I love the PW case and wish they make one for the HDX!

The case I now have is very similar to the PW case except the front folds with magnets for portrait stand that works well and it's super light. They make on for the Nexus too! I paid $3 for the first one and bought a second one for $5. The promo is over and they are back up in price. I got the Official Amazon Zip Sleeve coming for when I travel for extra protection. I only paid $10 for it!

The Amazon Paperwhite case is well worth the price! I love it. It feels like a book when I am holding it and I can easily hold it with one hand. The Amazon HDX case is too heavy and awkward and I can't recommend it.

Oh! I saw the new PW2 today at BB! The store demo had some issues. Too many kids pawing at it for me to play with it. I just got over a bug and don't need another one but I did look at it and it was as everyone said Very yellow with grey text. I looked to see if they had a 2012 in stock. I would have bought one but they didn't.
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