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Originally Posted by Conan46
Yeah, I'm not buying the 'added weight' argument. Especially as Kobo could do it without making their device into a 'brick'  |
My opinion (don't know the facts, just my opinion)
You can't do something special by trying to do everything. Not saying right or wrong, but if your one design goal is to make the reader disappear then you focus on that and saying no to everything else.
Waterproofing would not make much difference. Neither would TTS. You could put in just a bit more battery. Make it just a bit larger screen. The problem is that all of them together add up. It might still end up being a great ereader, but not one that feels weightless in your hand.
Note: I'm not saying I agree with their decision. I would have given up weight to see TTS. I am just saying that their decision was to do everything to build a weightless ergonomic device and to leave out things that detracted from that.
Only the market will tell us whether this goal was as important to premium consumers as waterproofing is to you or TTS to me.