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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Given that most people are not able to change the battery and when the battery is done, so is the Reader. That's a wast of good hardware for the sake of a dead battery.
Having a better battery means (for most people) that the Reader will last longer.
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True, but I've owned readers since 2011, none have died of battery death yet. For that matter, my first tablet (Nexus 7 2013) is still kicking along quite well even after years of heavy use.
I put the KA1 in its official cover on the scale, it weighed 13 ounces. I then picked a 260 page hardback off my shelves and weighed it, came in at 15.5 ounces.
So going with heavier and thicker larger readers would potentially put them at weighing MORE than a hardcover book. I'm not seeing too many manufacturers wanting to do that in this day and age! Especially since they really don't have a vested interest in making a reader that lasts forever. I don't see it as a huge issue if I do need to buy a reader every 5-6 years. It's something that can be budgeted for.
There's a lot of pleasure in having a device that can go everywhere with me and not cause my arm to hurt while using it or my knees to hurt while walking around with it in my bag.
I'm willing to give up the possibility of my reader lasting 8-10 years or longer for that. My reader can be replaced, my body cannot.
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