Thread: Next model kobo? Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2
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Old 03-31-2017, 07:21 PM   #112
davidfor
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Originally Posted by koboy View Post
it never stopped them before, never mind it's their loss not mine, if you call a bigger screen and more waterproofing evolving then fair enough each to their own, i suppose some people are obviously more easily pleased than others.
I have made no claims about how the devices were evolving. I made a statement that Kobo have decided not to include the SD card. The most likely reason is cost. The next most likely reason is that they discovered that very few of their customers actually used them.

But, I do consider the waterproofing an evolution in the devices.
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if Kobo didn't want it's customers to have a Micro SD card slot then they shouldn't have given it too them in the first place, after all it was available on quite a few models not just one.
Well a very good reason to put have them in the first place was that when Kobo started, the amount of storage they could put into the device was relatively small. The external SD card slot was needed to have a reasonable amount of storage. Now that they can put much more internal storage, and the overall need for the external slot dropped significantly.

Also, have looked at any recent PC? Did you see a floppy disc drive? If they were so important that the PC makers put them in PCs, why have they been removed?
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the main advantage Kobo had over their main rivals as far as i'm concerned was the Micro SD card slot, now that has gone so it seems forever please explain to ME why i should ever buy a Kobo e-reader again?
There is only one reason for you to buy a new Kobo ereader. And it's the same reason for buying a Kindle, a Nook, a secondhand Sony or any of the other devices that can be used to read ebooks. Because it fits your needs. If the device doesn't fit your needs, DON'T buy it. The currently available Kobo obviously don't and, based on your posts, I doubt any future Kobo will. Maybe it's time to spend time in the other forums working out what is right for you.
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