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Originally Posted by stumped
if there is not, then manufacturers have concluded there is no market that they can serve, profitably.. probably because there's a lack of 5 inch e-ink screens being produced
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Agreed. The market for small-screen devices has been filled by phones, just as the market for large-screen devices has been filled by tablets.
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However, when Kobo Minis show up on eBay, they sell quickly and get a sell pretty high. There may not be
enough of a market for 5" readers, but there is definitely a
real and continuing interest in them. And the Kobo Mini is not a front-lit reader. I'm guessing a front-lit Kobo Mini might do pretty well in the market. When Samsung first started making Galaxy Notes, they were originally only going to sell them in Europe and they expected them be a niche market. As it turned out, they were the beginning of the big screen smartphone market, and almost everyone ended up following them.