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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
What surprises me are the people who have no desire to upgrade. Of course they are probably smarter and richer than I am as I have several ereaders and only need one.
Helen
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I'm the opposite--I'm surprised at how many people upgrade yearly. I'm one who only upgrades when either something breaks, or there's a very clear reason to--for me, that means a MAJOR hardware upgrade, not an incremental one, or in the case of various iThings, when key apps require higher firmware than I can update on the current device. First and second Kindles were in use 2-2 1/2 years each before I bought a new one. (And my first ereader, the K2 in my avatar, is still working as a daily reader in the hands of a friend.)
I'd consider a different brand because I know I can convert my books, but I'm spoiled by the convenience of having 90% of my books in Amazon's cloud. Perhaps I'd feel differently if I were in a place where I could actually handle a Kobo before buying one, but really, Amazon hasn't given me any reason to want to change.