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Originally Posted by Jimbus80
I'm very tempted to buy an Aura One, but I'd like to hear from other owners with the latest firmware (because I guess the e-reader gets better with every update) any reasons why buying an Aura One is not a good idea.
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It depends on what your priorities are in terms of features and stuff, and therefore what alternatives there are for you.
Some people have had battery drain issues, where the reader isn't holding its charge while asleep. If you need to utilize the full battery capacity in between charges, over several reading sessions, this could be a significant disadvantage to buying this ereader at this point in time.
If the "comfort light" is a major selling point for you, then the fact that seemingly quite a few users are not happy with the quality and consistency of the light should be concerning. Personally, I am quite disappointed with this feature - instead of a nice warm ambient colour, I have a nice distracting green blob taking up half of the screen.
If you're hoping to read PDF books with the larger screen, and if your preferences are like mine, you'll be very disappointed. I find it much easier to concentrate and lose myself in PDF books on my Kindle Voyage than on the Aura One, because the One's handling of this file format is so bad and slow that I spend a lot more effort fighting to navigate with the reader. With the Voyage I have to split each page into three segments and read in landscape mode, but it works quite reliably and responsively, so I get used to it in a short time.
I can't think of any other big problems or disadvantages with this reader. If you are looking specifically for a larger screened reader, you shouldn't be surprised if some people find it harder to hold with one hand than smaller readers. The screen isn't as responsive as other Kobo models or some Kindle models, but that shouldn't be a deal breaker for most people who are looking to purchase an Aura One.