How reliable is AfterGlow 2?

[Heba]

The only small front-lit ereader I have is Hanvon C18, and it had a lot of drawbacks. For the epub reader, lines end anywhere in the middle of the line, even in the middle of a word! its dictionary was difficult to use, you have to touch precisely at the start of the word and keep moving to the end of the word, which was easy. It is not reliable at all. It's very frequent for its browser to close suddenly. Lately, the device refuses to charge and stops working for days. It used to recover, until once it decided to stop charging for a very long time, and I don't know when (or if) it gonna recover again.

Are any of these drawbacks in AfterGlow 2? What are the other drawbacks?

Thanks so much.

[eb00ker]

I have tested the AfterGlow2 now for 1 week straight and must honestly say:
I'm pretty surprised from it- positively.

They improved a few things which the big brother, the M96, lacked off.
In example:

Pros:
- constant screen refreshes, even in full screen mode.
- with a better display (I suppose...they tweaked a bit)
- touchscreen (downside would be the sensitivity - you have to touch quite hard)
- processor (it got a faster one)
- Android 4.2 (they optimized it much better better than the Version on the M96)

Cons:
- battery drains much faster... (Especially on WiFi)
- touchscreen not sensitive enough (but I wished my M96 had it...)
- no Bluetooth
- little internal space
- no physical volume buttons

All in all, it is a pretty good and reliable eReader I would say.
I didn't notice any mature drawbacks.

[Heba]

Thx, eb00ker

[Keithos]

Originally Posted by eb00ker

I have tested the AfterGlow2 now for 1 week straight and must honestly say:
I'm pretty surprised from it- positively.

They improved a few things which the big brother, the M96, lacked off.
In example:

Pros:
- constant screen refreshes, even in full screen mode.
- with a better display (I suppose...they tweaked a bit)
- touchscreen (downside would be the sensitivity - you have to touch quite hard)
- processor (it got a faster one)
- Android 4.2 (they optimized it much better better than the Version on the M96)

Cons:
- battery drains much faster... (Especially on WiFi)
- touchscreen not sensitive enough (but I wished my M96 had it...)
- no Bluetooth
- little internal space
- no physical volume buttons

All in all, it is a pretty good and reliable eReader I would say.
I didn't notice any mature drawbacks.

Hi eb00ker,

How much faster have you noted "faster" to be? I took delivery of an Afterglow 2 yesterday, and it lost 60% of usable battery in four hours just sitting on my night stand.

[eb00ker]

Originally Posted by Keithos

Hi eb00ker,

How much faster have you noted "faster" to be? I took delivery of an Afterglow 2 yesterday, and it lost 60% of usable battery in four hours just sitting on my night stand.

this is not normal - if it drains that much in standby mode!

I went out of battery maybe after 5 hours using it intensively with fully illuminated screen, WiFi on, browsing the Internet - downloading and installing new apps... but hey guys don't forget - it's an eReader to read... not a tablet to play.

Contact your dealer. If bought from amazon/ ArtaTech then write them here *click*

[ernstlustig]

No need to press harder at the bottom of the screen. Simply press two millimetres above the intended hot spot and everything will be fine.