Sage You and a Sage

[rantanplan]

Originally Posted by DNSB

The battery one friend of mine ordered is the same size as the current battery but is 1500mAh which is a 25% increase over the factory 1200mAh.

Would you mind posting the source where I can buy one?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by rantanplan

Would you mind posting the source where I can buy one?

See message #4 in this thread.

Edit: I've had one person inform me that they tried ordering a battery from AliExpress and shipping to the USA was rather expensive and would be surface only.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DNSB

See message #4 in this thread.

Edit: I've had one person inform me that they tried ordering a battery from AliExpress and shipping to the USA was rather expensive and would be surface only.

I just had a look at the battery on AlliExpress and I was unable to get one shipped to the US.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I just had a look at the battery on AlliExpress and I was unable to get one shipped to the US.

From what one vendor told me, the US dropping the de minimis exemption causes a lot more paperwork making shipping small low value parcels to the US to be more of a pain than they are worth.

[DNSB]

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[gmw]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

With the current Sage on the cusp of tottering into electronic senility, I was wondering how many readers plan to purchase one in 2026. [...]

I'm still reading from a H20v2 with a dilapidated cover (my wife got the Libra 2 we bought more recently). I'd like a new 8" reader, having been very fond of the old Aura One. The Sage appealed to me, but my reader was still doing okay when it came out so thought I'd hold off until a new model Sage was released. I'm still waiting.

Given the price and age of the current Sage, I doubt if I'd buy one even if my H20 gives up the ghost. I notice that Sage is currently showing as "Sold Out" on Kobo (from here in Australia), with no option to put it on backorder, so apparently it is no longer an option anyway.

[JSWolf]

Why is Kobo going backwards instead of forwards?

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Why is Kobo going backwards instead of forwards?

Perhaps their head is on backwards?

[Ref: Death Becomes Her]

[Apollyon202]

Does the Libra Colour have revisions by the way?

I was thinking they’ve made so many units that they want to sell those first before competing with themselves by releasing new BW devices.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Apollyon202

Does the Libra Colour have revisions by the way?

I was thinking they’ve made so many units that they want to sell those first before competing with themselves by releasing new BW devices.

But a BW device is different. Some don't want a color Reader. I don't want a color Reader. I'd prefer a 7 or 8" Reader with no color overlay.

[bluepeter]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

But a BW device is different. Some don't want a color Reader. I don't want a color Reader. I'd prefer a 7 or 8" Reader with no color overlay.

Yes, quite. I've also tried colour e-readers and found the contrast unacceptably poor. Obviously, there are folk who like the colour e-readers, but there's a significant proportion who don't.

I see that the Sage is out of stock at Kobo UK. That leaves a huge gap in the B&W market between the Clara BW (6", 174g, £130) and the Elipsa 2E (10.3", 390g, £350).

There's no way that I'd be willing to pay as much as £350 for an e-reader. But, now that I've bought a lap rest for mine, weight is less of an issue. I'd quite like something a bit larger than the 6" devices that I've been using for the last 14 (I think) years. In the absence of a Libra BW, I was toying with getting a Sage... until I saw that they're OOS.

I suppose that I could get a Boox Go 7 at €250 (they don't seem to have an 8" device), but I prefer the Kobo UI.