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Originally Posted by Hrafn
I read (comics) on my tablet (Samsung Tab S 10.5) and, although the volume control buttons can be used as page turn buttons, I find them too high up, and too close to each other (and to the power button, given I have to find them by touch) to be particularly useful.
Yes, they are "unorthodox" for eReader page-turn buttons, which are typically placed on the sides of the front of the eReader (sometimes both on one side, or both on both sides, but more typically one on each), and seldom asymmetrically towards the top -- the typical placement being where they are clearly visible, and more easily accessible.
Most smartphone/tablet users seem to mostly use the touchscreen for navigation, leading me to, not unreasonably, have questions over the durability for this type of button, when subjected to hundreds of page turns per day. I have worn out the buttons I used for page turning on my last two eReaders, so this is an issue that tends to concern me.
I would also point out that we have no definitive word that the Kepler Pro is waterproof, only a vague comment on a video that one of the three Kepler models will be waterproof, and the fact that the Pro uses wireless rather than wired audio.
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So an integral part of the rebuttal to my point was that side buttons are difficult to use for page turns... on a device with a ten and a half inch screen?
Is there any possibility that you could become convinced that some people hold six inch screen divides one handed, and that page turns with side buttons only require a slight tightening of their grip?
Clearly there is a level of differences between your perception and my perception that is rooted at the very basic level of how we hold the devices in question.