New Kindles today

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Does anyone thing the new Kindles will go down in price for the upcoming Prime sale on the 6th and 7th on Tuesday and Wednesday?

not a chance. all the day-one buyers would be furious.
be curious how deep the cuts on the old stuff go. gotta clear it out. today you can buy a basic 2024 for the same price as the new one.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

It's not via email, but a green Upgrade notation on the product page, with the upgrade price next to that.

I don’t have any upgrade button on any new kindle page.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by latepaul

The terms say "Recycling your old device is optional and not required to take advantage of this offer." but they also say that you can only use the offer once per customer anyway.

It expires 18-Nov. This is from Amazon UK.

I have two 2012 Paperwhites, a Voyage and an Oasis and still don’t see anything.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by rantanplan

Most of the covers I got recently just have a back shell and they have a cutout for the power button, which I love. But yeah, the button should just be on the right side.

My covers have a power button hole, but it is harder to reach, being close to the hinge.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

I'm speculating but that may be why you're not seeing the discount for an upgrade. I wonder if there's anyone who, like you, used the discount back then, but is now also seeing the discount to upgrade.

I suspect that too.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by theducks

I am with you. But, are we the mainstream user?
I hear To heavy, too thick, I don't use headphones/buds. Even, not enough storage???

And I look at my devices, all with months (OK, Years) of reading content and I only us 5G of the 32 of storage (Calibre is where I KEEP all books and stats. ). (Note: I don't have graphic rich content or audio books. I use an old phone, with a cracked screen , for audiobooks.

We're definitely in the minority. In fact, this forum is also in the minority because it doesn't represent the average ebook reader. We can voice our concerns and preferences, but in the long run, we'll be ignored by the manufacturers.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Does anyone thing the new Kindles will go down in price for the upcoming Prime sale on the 6th and 7th on Tuesday and Wednesday?

No way. What Amazon will do is slash the prices of the previous models back down to the list price (or a tad bit lower) they were selling for before the price hikes of late August. The average consumer will think they're getting a real bargain because they knew nothing about the price hikes.

Deceptive marketing wins the day.

Here's a current example:

Kindle Kids 2024

• $130 -- Jan ~ late Aug (Amazon's regular price)
  
• $85 -- late Jun (Prime Day) = $45 savings
  
• $180 -- late Aug (Amazon raised prices on many tech devices)
  
• $123 -- late Sep ~ present (Prime Big Deal Days) = $7 savings

Because Amazon raised its prices, the net savings is really only $7.
.

[cellaris]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

No way. What Amazon will do is slash the prices of the previous models back down to the list price (or a tad bit lower) they were selling for before the price hikes of late August. The average consumer will think they're getting a real bargain because they knew nothing about the price hikes.

Deceptive marketing wins the day.

I don’t think there’ll be any misleading marketing. The prices in the run-up to the launch have been on a par with the offers available before the price rise. We’ll see some good deals on previous-generation models and some good deals on the latest Scribe models. A Kindle Scribe 2024 (64 GB) for €260 seems like a great deal to me. I bought the Kindle Colorsoft a couple of days ago for €140.

We might see some deals on one of the new models for Black Friday.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by cellaris

I don’t think there’ll be any misleading marketing. The prices in the run-up to the launch have been on a par with the offers available before the price rise. We’ll see some good deals on previous-generation models and some good deals on the latest Scribe models. A Kindle Scribe 2024 (64 GB) for €260 seems like a great deal to me. I bought the Kindle Colorsoft a couple of days ago for €140.

We might see some deals on one of the new models for Black Friday.

I edited my post to add an example. Take a look.

[cellaris]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I edited my post to add an example. Take a look.

On Amazon Spain (and elsewhere in Europe), this is certainly not the case. Discounts of around 50 per cent off current prices are equivalent to the discounts that were applied to prices prior to the price rise.

[nana77]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

We're definitely in the minority. In fact, this forum is also in the minority because it doesn't represent the average ebook reader. We can voice our concerns and preferences, but in the long run, we'll be ignored by the manufacturers.

Sometimes I guess it's not even the "average ebook reader", but just what the "technology" pushes up... E.g. Kaleido's, Carta 1200/1300... now the 4,5" size (just not to read on a phone...).

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by theducks

It says you do NOT need to remove the (factory) cover to charge. It probably has holes in the cover or contacts that link to the reader. That would have been a huge oversight.

Looking at the Page-Turn cover which also uses the pogo pins to connect, the images of the cover does not show any way to connect to the pogo pins for charging without removing the cover.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Looking at the Page-Turn cover which also uses the pogo pins to connect, the images of the cover does not show any way to connect to the pogo pins for charging without removing the cover.

Your pics put the listing wording in a poor light. I no longer live in the area or I could drop into Lab126 (I have been there many times for 'desktop relocation' work. ).

[Frogm4n]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

IMHO, Readers should have stayed with IR Touch. That would mean no extra touch later and it works well. I've used IR on Sony Readers and Kobo Aura H20.

The problem you have would not exist with IR touch. Plus, the screen would look better.

I agree. I still favor my old Sony PRS-350 due to having both IR touch and physical buttons along with an exceptionally clear screen.. I don't like the button placement for page turns but at least they exist.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Looking at the Page-Turn cover which also uses the pogo pins to connect, the images of the cover does not show any way to connect to the pogo pins for charging without removing the cover.

Surely they sell a separate cover stand for just this situation