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Penforhire · 10-23-2009, 01:22 PM

I view e-readers as I do portable PC's. They lead a rough life and I would be ecstatic if mine lived 5 years (and voted as that). You can't compare these to TV's that just sit in a corner of a temperature-controlled house. At the same time, I expect to purchase one with a better-looking display much sooner than that. So if I get three years out of my PRS-505 I will still be overjoyed.

Note that "Pb-free construction" means solder joints that will NOT last as long as traditional electronics used to. I know someone who collects old radios and has functional ones that are 40+ years old with no repairs. Don't expect that in our brave new environmentally friendly world. Besides, since when did you have something battery powered whose battery was not crap in a few years? These readers do not have high-end batteries (e.g. Sanyo Eneloop) in them.

10-23-2009, 01:22 PM	#28
Penforhire Wizard Posts: 2,230 Karma: 7145404 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern California Device: Kindle Voyage & iPhone 7+	I view e-readers as I do portable PC's. They lead a rough life and I would be ecstatic if mine lived 5 years (and voted as that). You can't compare these to TV's that just sit in a corner of a temperature-controlled house. At the same time, I expect to purchase one with a better-looking display much sooner than that. So if I get three years out of my PRS-505 I will still be overjoyed. Note that "Pb-free construction" means solder joints that will NOT last as long as traditional electronics used to. I know someone who collects old radios and has functional ones that are 40+ years old with no repairs. Don't expect that in our brave new environmentally friendly world. Besides, since when did you have something battery powered whose battery was not crap in a few years? These readers do not have high-end batteries (e.g. Sanyo Eneloop) in them. Last edited by Penforhire; 10-23-2009 at 01:25 PM.