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Originally Posted by Muttly
Also, since they have, apparently, been available since the beginning of they year, don't you think there might be the tiniest chance that someone would have reported on the matter if the batteries were significantly sub-standard?
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Not really, at least not very likely which you seem to be implying, and the reasoning should be obvious.
1) it’s a limited number of markets which cuts potential buyers down.
2) the Aura One didn’t sell well enough in those markets to have depleted the stock. So there’s a limited demand.
3) Kobo isn’t advertising them, they’re on the sites for the markets they’re in but nothing is driving traffic to the product page. Which cuts down on buyers. I’d note that the fact that they’ve been available since the start of this year and I think this is the first post about that being the case would further show a lack of buyers from the forum.
4) on top of all that this forum is a fairly small representation of the wider ereader market. We also tend toward being earlier adopters of new devices. Meaning it’s less likely that those of us who want an Aura One would have waited this long past when it was introduced to get one. Note I said less likely not entirely impossible.
Think of a Venn diagram of all those factors. Someone would have to thread through all of them and even then the Aura one they purchased would have to not be a back up device if their current device broke, nor could it be a secondary device for split reading. Since both those would detract from noticing the battery had issues.