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Originally Posted by JSWolf
If you want an easily replaceable battery, you might have to wait until a Kindle is released in 2027/2028. That's when the EU law fully goes into effect and Amazon would have to make any new Kindle with a user replaceable battery in order to sell Kindles in the EU.
However, there's no law that says Amazon has to made such in the US. So you could end up having to buy an EU Kindle.
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True, and I have to say it's better than nothing to have the EU lead in these regards. Hopefully it'll be too costly to have two designs on the market and my Oasis will hang in there until then. It probably will, and that's what's so incredibly frustrating about these unrepairable devices with otherwise unusual longevity (will my Oasis ever really be obsolete for reading a book?).
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Originally Posted by Gardenman
I did not know the new kobo has a replacable battery. Thanks for letting us know.
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For sure, and while I've heard the replacement parts are a bit costly and maybe the overall process could still be improved, it's such a major benefit. Sucks this kind of arm twisting for Amazon is what it takes.