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Desdinova · 07-03-2015, 06:10 AM

Odd tho.

I recently bought a Aura cause I like the idea of a totally flat, tablet like screen. My wife has my old Glo (I say old, I bought it a month ago to replace a Touch and it was brand new reduced stock so she's lucked out as well - I paid half price for it).

I like the screen. I dont have a problem with it. I don't see any scratches or the ilk.

I switched off the pinch to zoom as I have sausage fingers, and it sometimes clashed with the two finger light swipe.

But all in all its a good reader, so the only think I can think of is economically, the capacitive screen didn't really offer a significant boost that a normal IR screen did

07-03-2015, 06:10 AM	#140
Desdinova Eternal light Posts: 263 Karma: 1088802 Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: South Wales Device: Kobo Glo, Aura, Touch, H2O - now Aura One and Kindle Oasis 3	Odd tho. I recently bought a Aura cause I like the idea of a totally flat, tablet like screen. My wife has my old Glo (I say old, I bought it a month ago to replace a Touch and it was brand new reduced stock so she's lucked out as well - I paid half price for it). I like the screen. I dont have a problem with it. I don't see any scratches or the ilk. I switched off the pinch to zoom as I have sausage fingers, and it sometimes clashed with the two finger light swipe. But all in all its a good reader, so the only think I can think of is economically, the capacitive screen didn't really offer a significant boost that a normal IR screen did