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View Poll Results: What features will the new high-end Kindle have?
Liquavista (colour) display 30 26.55%
Liquavista (greyscale) display 21 18.58%
Physical page turn buttons 50 44.25%
Bigger than 6" screen 52 46.02%
More than 300ppi resolution 30 26.55%
Waterproof 61 53.98%
Solar-power option 39 34.51%
Non-shatter (plastic/metal) screen substrate 24 21.24%
Speakers and/or Microphone 32 28.32%
Text-to-Speech 42 37.17%
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Old 04-17-2016, 07:17 AM   #106
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Simple they use the Pre-Order system & Make them AS Ordered. So Not a matter of them running out. They haven't been made to begin with.
That would also explain why a lot of the pictures on the product page look like renderings or photoshop or are of the Paperwhite.

<------This sheep could afford it but will save her money for something she actually thinks is worth it.

I really expected them to come out with something I would like. This is just so so NOT what I wanted that it's ridiculous.
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Old 04-17-2016, 12:53 PM   #107
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I wonder if you can Lock the thing so its not flipping. I read on my side on bed But I don't read in land scape. So how would that work? The videos just show how to flip it from Right hand to left hand. TM fixed the charging concerns I could use it & Never charge it Like I do my Fire 10. Don't know why I let that stupid case & charging concern me So beyond price the only other thing would be the flipping.
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Old 04-17-2016, 01:08 PM   #108
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I wonder if you can Lock the thing so its not flipping. I read on my side on bed But I don't read in land scape. So how would that work? The videos just show how to flip it from Right hand to left hand. TM fixed the charging concerns I could use it & Never charge it Like I do my Fire 10. Don't know why I let that stupid case & charging concern me So beyond price the only other thing would be the flipping.
Amazon have managed to create a "top of the line" ereader that is both figuratively and literally flipping you off.
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Old 04-17-2016, 04:25 PM   #109
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No reason to expect a Lamborghini to have more luggage space or better off-road capabilities than a Ford F-Series Pickup. The best price to features ratio is usually not found at the high-end :-)

Imagine if a Ford F-150 was your new kindle (Features overload):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2-iJWlA6K4

The Lamborghini Sesto Elemento does none of that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nHgsKEYQEA


Teleread reports that both the Paperwhite (20.5:1) and Voyage (20.8:1) has higher contrast ratio than the Oasis (18.7:1), but they also report that 60 percent more LED might skew the actual perception.
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Old 04-18-2016, 11:44 AM   #110
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I wonder if you can Lock the thing so its not flipping. I read on my side on bed But I don't read in land scape. So how would that work? The videos just show how to flip it from Right hand to left hand. TM fixed the charging concerns I could use it & Never charge it Like I do my Fire 10. Don't know why I let that stupid case & charging concern me So beyond price the only other thing would be the flipping.
I think it only automatically flips between portrait modes unless it's been set to landscape mode. Unlike your typical tablet.
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Maybe when some on does get it ...they post about it in detail & answer this and many more questions. We do have Great reviewers & typist on here
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Old 04-18-2016, 12:32 PM   #112
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Can we send this poll to Amazon, just to help them figure out what direction to go in next... It sure looks like a larger, waterproof Kindle with page turn buttons and TTS would do quite well
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I wonder if you can Lock the thing so its not flipping. I read on my side on bed But I don't read in land scape. So how would that work? The videos just show how to flip it from Right hand to left hand. TM fixed the charging concerns I could use it & Never charge it Like I do my Fire 10. Don't know why I let that stupid case & charging concern me So beyond price the only other thing would be the flipping.
Great question. I do the same thing and hadn't thought about that. Hopefully you can turn off the automatic rotation. It would be very silly of Amazon not to allow that.
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Old 04-18-2016, 06:09 PM   #114
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Can we send this poll to Amazon, just to help them figure out what direction to go in next... It sure looks like a larger, waterproof Kindle with page turn buttons and TTS would do quite well
I vote for sending it to Kobo instead. I give up on Amazon making an ereader I really like. Also, Kobo's already half-way there since they'd only need to add buttons and TTS.
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