I'm thinking it might finally be time to retire my well used Aura HD (purchased mid-late April 2013) from everyday service. It's been pretty great once I got used to Kobo differences when coming from Kindle and has seen over 1K books read on it (if all goes well the new device will see similar service). Still works okay (power slider is a little flakey), but would like a Carta screen among other things. Even though I'm here a lot and know quite a bit about devices in general I figure it's never a bad idea to have insight from others who have hands on with the actual devices (I know H2O-2 experience is very limited yet).
Looking at three devices...
- Aura H2O
- Aura H2O-2
- Aura One
Considering the original H2O because of the card slot, but not married to having one. Kind of like the idea of the 7.8" screen on the One, but I've fallen behind on what bugs/issues the device may have. I believe it was having lighting & battery issues?
Some questions that come to mind (that I'm currently researching)...
Not a big user of lighting (probably used it 3-4 hours in 4 years). Do any of the devices have a separate on/off for that like the Aura HD?
Are the devices with capacitive touch (H2O-2, One) having spotting/blotching issues like the capacitive Kindles have had? Also can anyone verify if the H2O-2 is capacitive or IR? (reviews differ)
How much of the 8GB internal memory on the -2 and One is available for actual storage use?
Early reviewers have the -2 as not having a rubberized back like the One, has that turned out to be the case for in hand devices people are starting to get? (not sure if the reviewers got production units or not).