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Originally Posted by wakkaday
what do you guys think?
never really tried audible on an e reader so not sure if i will need 32gb
i have listened to audio books in the car via mp3 but prefer reading myself...
will they reduce for black friday and also that kind of falls under the 30 amazon return policy so i could re-order if the price drops or ask for the difference?
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I will be honest in saying that I haven't keep very close track of Amazon marketing patterns, but ....
IIRC, they exclude any "newly released" items from the Black Friday sales.
or at least only advertise a token savings.
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I suppose it depends on your usage habits.
If you are a person to keep the majority of your collection "on the cloud" with only your interest-of-today on the device . . . .
Then you should not need the extra cost storage space.
On the other hand, if you are a person that ignores your "on the cloud" storage and always want the majority of your collection on the device . . . .
Then you should get the extra cost storage space.
But there is a technical aspect that could well over-ride either of the above two considerations . . . .
(I will try to keep this short and simple for our non-technical readers.)
The type of device that provides storage on the Kindle is subject to wearing out.
It takes a lot of time and use, but it is possible to wear it out.
Picture the storage internals as if they where a loop of film.
Whenever you save something to the device, the film is advanced by one frame and that frame used for the storage.
The frame that was just replaced (the one holding the whatever prior this save) continues around the loop in its fixed position, not to be re-used until all other frames have been used once more.
A loop with 32anything is 8 times longer that a loop with 4anything.
I.E: A used frame gets re-used 1/8 as often - all other things being held constant.
(It is this erase and re-program part of the usage cycle that puts the "wear" on the internals.)
So if your usage would normally wear out a 4anything loop in two to three years (possible, but not likely) than that same pattern of usage will wear out a 32anything loop in 16 to 24 years.
If you intend to buy once and use forever, that is the deciding factor.
And for (what?) a $30 option - one heck of a deal.
You can't get a 24 year warranty on the 4anything storage size part for $30.
I hope I made that understandable without insulting anyone.