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Originally Posted by afainber
All manufacturers of e-ink-based devices share the same problem - the technology improves very very slowly. Other than the addition of frontlight, the modern devices are very similar to the ones that were the cutting edge in 2010 (see Sony PRS-650).
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From experience to date, I tend to wear out the page-turn buttons on my eReaders every two to three years. When I look for a replacement I'm hoping for a small, but at least
noticeable, improvement in the new model.
If the new model is something that resembles the Kindle Voyage (improved resolution, flush bezel, and non-mechanical-pageturn buttons that possibly-won't-wear-out-so-fast), then I will be very pleased. If it is something like the D67 or i67 (lighter with slightly improved screen) then I'll be mildly pleased. If it is something like the C67 (same screen in a lighter package), I'll be mildly disappointed.
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Therefore every manufacturer has to add as much new technology to their new devices as he can. The main difference between them and everyone else (except maybe Kobo) that they have the resources and skills to do more with roughly the same screen tech. This is why their screens are the whitest, their backlight is the most uniform etc. If they weren't innovating in every new device, people would not have upgraded and it's already been said that the US e-ink ebook readers market has reached saturation, so encouraging customers to buy new devices is not so easy.
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I would question your assumption here. Amazon (and Kobo) don't develop and manufacture screens,
E-Ink does. Do you have any evidence to back up your assertion that "their screens are the whitest, their backlight is the most uniform etc" (beyond the fact that they tend to use the latest generation of E-Ink's technology). I have not seen any evidence that Amazon's eReader screens are ubiquitously better than those from other manufacturers'
of the same generation.
I would further note that neither Amazon nor Kobo manufacture their own eReaders, they farm that work out to Chinese manufacturers, making the difference between their products and that of other Chinese manufacturers (such as Onyx) even less easy to distinguish.