[binaryhermit]

I mean, I'm not opposed to folding devices, but they don't exactly scream affordable or durable, and I'm not exactly someone with large amounts of resources or someone who isn't hard on their stuff, and I fail to see the huge benefit to me.

But I think non-folding devices are here for the forseeable future, like the basic kindle has been for the first 6 plus years of frontlit kindles.

EDITED to add, there are some rumblings about the kindle basic like the ones that happened with the Voyage, there was a report from a not-terribly-reputable ereader blog/retailer a few months ago when the basic was out of stock a few months ago, and now there's a thread on the kindle forums here saying that it's somewhat disappeared from amazon.ca, which appears to be accurate as far as my 'Murican web browsing capabilities can tell. And that wouldn't surprise me too much, to be honest. But until I hear something from a more-reputable site or there are more signs than just being out of stock in one country, I'm not going to put too much credence into those rumblings.