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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
A new Mini would be a nice point of difference from KIndle, for sure. A shame that something in the 5-5.5 inch range would not have buttons though
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Why not? Existing e-readers shaped like smartphones in the 5"-6" range do have volume buttons on the sides - and the Hisense devices and Onyx Boox Palma have an additional programmable function/e-ink button. The volume buttons are used as page turn buttons. And since they don't really protrude that much and don't require extra space, I don't see why one wouldn't include them.
I also don't really get why modern 6" readers lack page turn buttons. My Kindle 2 had them on each side of the bezel, as did other early 6" Kindle models.
I just won't buy anything that doesn't have buttons.