To weigh in on the lighting issue, to my eye the light is even on all four of my front-lit Kobos. That said, only one, the Glo, was bought on release; the Aura One and H2O were bought a few months later and the Glo HD on discontinuation. I acknowledge that when using the Comfort Light on my Aura One, it's blueish in the lower left-hand corner, but that doesn't bother me.
I know it's a MMV situation in terms of what you see and how much it bothers you, but for the fussy (and I don't mean that in a pejorative sense, you're entitled to be as fussy as you like when parting with simoleons), it might be a strategy not to buy an early batch. But then, I'm generally not in a rush myself, as I usually wait for some kind of deal before pulling the trigger. There wasn't a deal on the One; the delay was caused by waiting for it to restock.
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