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Originally Posted by Richwood
I still have multiple DX units, both white and DXG. One is from the last batch Amazon offered, a couple of years after the original discontinuing of the DXG. I still like the large format screen, even for regular book reading which is why I also have the 7" Oasis and the 7.8" and 8" screen Kobo readers. Not too heavy for me and I have not used it for PDFs. Not too sure how long it can continue to communicate with Amazon via 3G phone communication and it does not offer wifi. As others state, it is old technology but I like my units. As I recall the DXG had a eink Pearl screen which had a whiter background than the earlier ones and was used for years on the Kindle Basic which still uses a 168 DPI screen, barely higher resolution than the 150 DPI DXG. My batteries still hold a charge for a reasonable time.
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Battery can be replaced relatively easily following the instructions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SoQZ0kD5Zk
We should rather spend 10-15 $ more on a good battery instead of buying a cheap 5-10 $ battery but probably with only 10% capacity left.
I don't use 3G on Kindle DX but I still use WiFi transfer, by connecting DX over USB port to my WiFi HDD enclosure and using enclosure's app on my smartphone or tablet to transfer ebooks wirelessly between HDD/DX and Tablet/Phone (no need for PC or wifi network because enclosure creates its own wifi network).
We can also use any other wifi memory like wifi HDD, wifi dongles etc. with usb host port thereon.