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Old 04-11-2024, 08:06 PM   #644
Uncle Robin
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Originally Posted by Haesslich View Post
I find the Sage heavy and its battery life is atrocious for reading. I lost 50% in four or five hours reading, and it's heavy to boot. If it's no better than using a tablet to read, battery life wise, I'd argue it fails as an eInk reader.
Not arguing with any of that (although my tablet is MUCH heavier than my Sage), my point is simply that the new device is NOT a "better Sage" because one of the distinctive features of the Sage is its screen size. This one may be a better reader in respect of battery life and weight, but it's not a better Sage.

Many of us were hoping for a better Sage, a device the same screen size that addressed the problems of the Sage. This is definitely not that. Not only is it smaller, its performance as a black and white reader looks A LOT worse than the Sage from the screenshots and comparison photos seen so far. A "better Sage" would not sacrifice screen real estate and screen brightness. I will keep hoping for a device that truly is a "better Sage".

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