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Originally Posted by Cyfranek
I don't think it's scam. The name of this eReader in Europe is PB Touch HD 3 while in Russia there are two versions under different names PB 632 and 632 Aqua. Touch HD 3 is not mentioned. All of them are well described on local (national) websites. So PocketBook could say it's not the same model.
And it's quite the same with other producers. They can put different prices for each region ever for exact the same product (compare Kindle Oasis 3 in Germany and France). You should know that PocketBook readers in Russia are more expensive but I'm quite sure there is 3 year warranty instead of one or two years for other regions. Maybe that's the reason for different price. I don't know it's just a guess.
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The 3 year warranty only applies if I buy it on the same site, it's 2 year if you buy it from a retailer.
My device, when I bought it, clearly said Touch HD 3 on the off-screen. Still does. It says in Russian that it's waterproof. It also apparently came pre-installed with TTS voice packs. When I installed a custom voice pack from the official website today, it gave me access to Voice Synthesis settings where I could see other TTS packs pre-installed. When I closed out of that setting page, it was gone and no longer to be found. That means that those settings exist, but are hidden in the CIS firmware for whatever reason.
Also, bluetooth and sound chips costs are hardly significant these days... How is this a corner to cut and why? I have an incredibly hard time believing that a Swiss company would cut out such inexpensive yet vital components out of a device, not make it
in any way clear which components are missing, and then charge
significantly more. We're talking about a 50 USD price difference between USA and RU. I am not convinced it's not a scam. There's no good reason to cut off/hide features in the same model of a device or blatantly state on the device screen that it's waterproof if it's not.
I have still hopes that there's a way to flash the firmware of the device to change it's localisation. That might solve the issue. Is there such a possibility?