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Old 09-13-2018, 10:12 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by Sirtel View Post
Probably yes, if you don't want a touchscreen. Of course there's no telling how long the battery will last on an older device. Might not last very long.

On the 2017 Kindle Oasis you can turn the touchscreen off while reading. But its price is probably a bit too high if you don't need a larger screen or other bells and whistles.
There's no way to get around having to use the touchscreen to input text on a current device, though. If a physical keyboard is a dealbreaker, I don't see the alternative to secondhand older device, with all the potential problems that implies.

Don't know where the OP is, but if it's the US and s/he'd be satisfied with page turn buttons but having to input text on a touchscreen, I think the GlowLight3 would be a good choice. I also think there's a good chance that the OP would be surprised and pleased by how very much better the reading experience is with higher resolution and a frontlight.

The TL;DR answer is to go someplace where they have display models of any reader at all, to get a feel for how things have changed since the Keyboard came out.
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