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Got mine two weeks ago to replace an unstable Touch. My first impressions:
Booted it up and there was a brilliant white dot in the black part of the bootscreen. Like a bright star in a black sky. I guess this is what folks call a 'pinhole'. It was not bothersome later at normal viewing light levels. IIRC the PW2 was set at max brightness at first bootup, compounding the problem.
Pop-up footnotes are nice although the old style link didn't bother me. The PW2 is noticeably quicker than the Touch.
The lighting is quite nice although a bit uneven. At low levels (like 6 when I read in the dark) the bottom left corner is shadowed a bit. When I look down into it the LED in that corner is noticeably dimmer. The color (hue?) is even, though.
I am fond of the grayer screens, so my main concern about the paperwhite was that it could be too white and annoy my peepers. This has not been a problem. The characters look like a deep gray rather than black so maybe this reduces the contrast to useful levels for me.
I'm not particularly picky about screens for myself. I am a bit concerned that the bright pinhole would reduce the resale value if I decide to trade up to something else in the future.
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