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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
Magic 8 Ball says...Cannot Predict Now.
I think a large screen with a front light would be too costly for most users. $250 is high, especially given the dismal battery life of the Oasis 2. 6-7" screens seem about perfect for the majority of users.
I had the DX, but it was too large, too wide of a screen making too wide of a text column. It was great in theory, but not in actual use for reading novels and regular books.
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To me, the point of the 7” reader these days is as a compromise: big enough for a pleasurable reading experience, but small enough to be portable, which is one reason why I suspect Kindle has maxed out at 7”. If you can run to two, then an 8” and a 6” seem to me to be the best of both worlds. An 8” for a premium reading experience at home, and a 6” that can go into a pocket.
The other reason is that price matters, obviously. I’d put the Oasis in the US at $270, since I really wouldn’t want ads on a premium device. (I can’t justify getting rid of them on Fire tablets). The 8” Kobo Forma costs less than that. I don’t see Amazon shaking up its line to make the Oasis its mid-priced device, and I agree that even the mid-$200s is a lot to spend on a single-use device, especially when for most people they’ve got a substitute device that’s good enough for their purposes. So I’m agreeing that I don’t see Amazon coming up with anything new, but in any case, it’s been content for a long time mostly to let other companies do the market research, whether on warm light, waterproofing, or size. And the bottom line is that once you’re invested in a particular company’s bookstore, you’re probably not going to jump ship.