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Old 11-15-2019, 09:23 PM   #30
davidfor
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Originally Posted by ratinox View Post
One reviewer is not significant numbers of consumers. Even a majority of mobileread readers aren't statistically significant.
No, but you implication is that no one wanted waterproof devices. I'm stating that people were asking for them a long time before they became available.
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And I've never drowned a phone, ereader, tablet, notebook or videogame console in my life therfore waterproofing makes no sense.

Of course not.

I'm not saying there's no benefit to waterproofing electronics. My assertion is that Apple made it A Thing as a threat to third party repair first, a beneficial feature for consumers second, and that other manufacturers have followed either for the same reasons or to avoid being seen as behind the state of the art.
So, Kobo jumped on the waterproofed device bandwagon started by Apple when Apple released the iPhone 7 in 2016? That's a really good trick considering Aura H2O in May 2014. That's ove two years before the Apple. Hell, Kobo even released their second waterproof device, the Aura ONE, before Apple released their first.

Add to that, there were waterproof cases available and a company that would waterproof Kindles and other device.

Sorry, but the waterproofed devices are being released because the market wants them. But, stick to your conspiracy theory.
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