Are You Upgrading to Paperwhite 2 (Sept Poll)

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Chi Cygni

Thank you Josie and Anne. I may talk to Amazon CS and see. I have 36 books on it, all indexed. I read quite fast, light is on high. What is the expected battery life on average? Not the 30 min a day for 2 months at level 10 because it does not apply to me at all.

With WiFi off I get two weeks charge. If I leave it on about a week. I leave my light on 8 at all times.

[sparklemotion]

Originally Posted by Blossom

With WiFi off I get two weeks charge. If I leave it on about a week. I leave my light on 8 at all times.

I'd say that is about the same for me, although I keep my light up higher.

I cancelled my pre-order. I really doubt I would use an eInk enough to justify taking a chance on the lighted screen. I rarely use my Kindle Touch as I find reading much more enjoyable on my iPhone and iPad. Maybe I'll reconsider after I read the MR reviews from those who got bad screens last year with the PW1. But for now I'm officially passing on the PW2.

[NullNix]

I'm not pre-ordering for three reasons. Firstly, it's not that compelling an improvement over last year's Paperwhite: secondly, I have a three-year warranty on my existing PW which as far as I can see I cannot carry over: and thirdly, and most importantly, the new PW would come with new firmware, and unless they have finally at long bloody last added hyphenation it's a strict downgrade over the PW1 with JBPatch. But we've been asking for hyphenation for many years and they have never bothered, so it's not likely to happen this time round either.

[Tony1988]

Originally Posted by booklover6

I decided...I ordered one. I'd rather have the Kobo Aura, but who knows when that will actually be shipping! With Amazon, no question!

I think you should have waited. You have plenty of readers to keep you busy. The Aura is much better than its predecessor but the PW2 isn't that huge an improvement. Besides with pinhole light leak reports with the Aura already and I am sure there will be something with the PW2 it may just be wise to wait for all the first adopters to weed out the problems. Especially if one is receiving these things by mail. Different story though if we could get them at the local store.

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by Tony1988

I think you should have waited. You have plenty of readers to keep you busy. The Aura is much better than its predecessor but the PW2 isn't that huge an improvement. Besides with pinhole light leak reports with the Aura already and I am sure there will be something with the PW2 it may just be wise to wait for all the first adopters to weed out the problems. Especially if one is receiving these things by mail. Different story though if we could get them at the local store.

The improvements I am looking forward to are faster processor (it will now be the same as my Glo) better lighting (I hope as good as my Glo) and new screen tech. It will still be plagued with the usual Kindle limitations, but should be better than the original. I will doubtless sell the original sometime this year. I don't need them both.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Tony1988

I think you should have waited. You have plenty of readers to keep you busy. The Aura is much better than its predecessor but the PW2 isn't that huge an improvement. Besides with pinhole light leak reports with the Aura already and I am sure there will be something with the PW2 it may just be wise to wait for all the first adopters to weed out the problems. Especially if one is receiving these things by mail. Different story though if we could get them at the local store.

Oh so the Aura suffers from the same problem the PW1 does. Interesting! I have two pinholes on my PW1 but they so tiny you can't see them unless you go looking. Now others here have gotten pinholes that were much more noticeable and had to exchange their PW1.

[Tony1988]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Oh so the Aura suffers from the same problem the PW1 does. Interesting! I have two pinholes on my PW1 but they so tiny you can't see them unless you go looking. Now others here have gotten pinholes that were much more noticeable and had to exchange their PW1.

Yup. Several people reporting of them already. Its one of the reasons why I have stayed away from the lighted readers. I had thought Kobo was a bit better on it but I guess I was wrong.(though I believe the Aura Hd and Glo had fewer issues than Nook Glo and PW1) Going to stay away from the lighted ones for now and see what happens.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Tony1988

Yup. Several people reporting of them already. Its one of the reasons why I have stayed away from the lighted readers. I had thought Kobo was a bit better on it but I guess I was wrong.(though I believe the Aura Hd and Glo had fewer issues than Nook Glo and PW1) Going to stay away from the lighted ones for now and see what happens.

My PW has no issue what so ever other than those two super tiny pin pricks. I could never go back to an unlit eReader.

[sparklemotion]

Originally Posted by Blossom

My PW has no issue what so ever other than those two super tiny pin pricks. I could never go back to an unlit eReader.

Same here, Blossom. I'm totally hooked on the lighted readers now!

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by sparklemotion

Same here, Blossom. I'm totally hooked on the lighted readers now!

That's why I am getting the new PW So I have two. My other Readers just look yucky muddy to me now.

[aceflor]

Apparently, the non-gloss fixture on the new Aura also brings a sort of pattern on the display which makes it difficult to read under sunlight.....

see here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=129

If there is one thing that the Kindle always delivered, that was very good reading conditions for reading outside, at the beach, in the sunlight and so on.

I am using my readers A LOT outside. We have beach weather here 9 months in the year, so it would be catastrophic for me not to be able to read in the sun (which is the reason why as much as I love my phone and tablet, I still need - and use - an e-reader).

Re the Aura, I have the Aura HD version and although the design of the back is not my cup of tea, the hardware is pretty much faultless (the software is far, far, far from faultless). It's really a pity if Kobo does not manage to do as well on the new Aura, as they obviously know how to produce good hardware.

[elemenoP]

Now I have an ad for the new PW on my PW screen. If only they had put a tiny version of the ad itself on the little PW screen on the ad! Then it could have gone into infinity. Does anyone understand me??

eP

[orange!]

Originally Posted by elemenoP

Now I have an ad for the new PW on my PW screen. If only they had put a tiny version of the ad itself on the little PW screen on the ad! Then it could have gone into infinity. Does anyone understand me??

eP

Yes, eP, you made yourself very clear!

It's like being in a room with a mirror in front of you and a mirror behind you. When you look in the mirror in front of you, you see a reflection of the mirror behind you, which contains a reflection of the mirror in front of you, which...

Well, let's just say it's a recursive reflection.

[xendula]

Originally Posted by aceflor

I am using my readers A LOT outside. We have beach weather here 9 months in the year, ...

Rub it in our faces, why don't you!


Sorry, I couldn't resist