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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
No downtime? From the time the battery dies, to the time you get the "new' unit, to the time you re-download the books....you have downtime.
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Now you're muddying the waters. Firstly, any particular failure is going to have downtime. *However* much time it is (depending on the mode of failure), it's going to be *less* when you get a replacement shipped to you, and then you ship the broken one, rather than *waiting* the whole time for your original to get shipped back.
Secondly, no one was suggesting a complete battery failure... just not holding it's charge for very long. In that case, there's NO downtime, just inconvenience. And furthermore, in the event of complete battery failure, one can still use the device plugged in. Not ideal, I grant, but we're not talking about a lot of downtime, and in any event, replacing the Kindle, which is what you were objecting to, results in *less* downtime in *any* event.
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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
I wouldn't want a "new" Kindle. Its a stupid battery, for crying out loud.
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And now you're switching the argument in mid-stream. This is NOT about K1 vs K2 and the replaceable battery. This is about the extended warranty. The extended warranty covers the battery situation on the K2. Whether or not your K1 user-replaceable battery is superior is irrelevant to that fact.
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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
Now, had amazon just kept the blasted battery replaceable by the user, there wouldn't be a problem, would there?
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Uhh, yeah, there would. I'd still want an extended warranty to cover any other failures for an additional year, as well as cover accidental breakage.
Geeze, grandma, you sure are crabby in your old age.
