new device announcement?

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by Apollyon202

I'd like a BW Libra / Sage / Forma with durable, Mobius screen and user replaceable, standard batteries.

A Mobius screen is to allow a more flexible chassis. While it doesn't crack easily, it's likely lower life than a glass substrate. Also likely lower yield, thus more expensive.

Careful what you wish for.

[sherman]

The Forma had a Mobius screen. Mine is still going strong, and I haven't exactly babied it. Not even using a case for it.

I would love a Forma 2. Just give me another one with newer screen and faster CPU. For me, the size/weight of the Forma is perfect. The Sage was at best a side grade unfortunately.

[compurandom]

Originally Posted by Apollyon202

I'd like a [...] and user replaceable, standard batteries.

What are "standard batteries"!? Perhaps you want AA batteries? (shudder)
Or worse, cr2032. Neither of these options have good capacity even ignoring weight issues.

Usually you get either waterproof or user replaceable batteries.
Hard to have both, especially with small batteries.

[Apollyon202]

Originally Posted by compurandom

What are "standard batteries"!? Perhaps you want AA batteries? (shudder)
Or worse, cr2032. Neither of these options have good capacity even ignoring weight issues.

Usually you get either waterproof or user replaceable batteries.
Hard to have both, especially with small batteries.

No, I meant the standard, rechargeable lithium-polymer batteries that most devices have and not some proprietary headache.

I don't care about the waterproof feature because it's utterly useless. For how many people that is actually useful? For like 1 out 100? Why not durable screens instead? How many posts there are on the internet with broken screens? Hint: a lot.

Waterproofing is just a tool to make the repairability hard, so you cannot change the battery easily, so even if you managed without breaking the screen, it still forces you to a buy a new device instead. A lot of people cannot charge their device properly, and the battery wears out in a few years. Manufacturers are just increasing the mountains of piles of global e-waste by making almost impossible to replace the batteries at home. Paper books were never actually waterproof, but we still managed it for hundreds of years. So yeah, I don’t care about the stupid waterproofing and other useless features that give no benefit to actual book reading in a device that was made primarily for book reading.