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Old 09-17-2014, 09:27 PM   #76
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It's Pricey, so are the accessories. It looks great though. Is the carta eink screens so expensive? Trying too figure out the price increase
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Old 09-17-2014, 09:30 PM   #77
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It's Pricey, so are the accessories. It looks great though. Is the carta eink screens so expensive? Trying too figure out the price increase
Amazon no longer has any real competition, therefore they can now set a price that makes a profit rather than subsidizing them as thy have always done prior to now.
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The price saddens me. Also not in Canada yet.
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Old 09-17-2014, 09:33 PM   #79
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Amazon no longer has any real competition, therefore they can now set a price that makes a profit rather than subsidizing them as thy have always done prior to now.
That could indeed be part of the price increase. Also, the market for eink screens is smaller, and die-hard fans of eink will invest in a better device, even if they have tablets or phones.

I couldn't resist and ordered one.
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Old 09-17-2014, 09:38 PM   #80
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And whoever keeps saying it has a screen that is flush to the bezel is wrong. Look again carefully, there is a recess from the bezel down to the screen.
That would be Amazon saying that, they say it in a few places on the product pages.
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Old 09-17-2014, 09:38 PM   #81
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And whoever keeps saying it has a screen that is flush to the bezel is wrong. Look again carefully, there is a recess from the bezel down to the screen.
Well, since it's Amazon who is saying it, I doubt that they're wrong.
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Old 09-17-2014, 09:40 PM   #82
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199 for a eink that doesn't even do aubiobooks, and only 4 gb of space? I don't think so.
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Old 09-17-2014, 09:40 PM   #83
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Preordered and am showing a cost of under $60 with "deferred payment". I am not sure what that means. I know I once got offered a "purchase now and pay in installments" offer on the Paperwhite2 when just browsing -- I passed on it since I didn't need another at the time.

Does anyone else see that? I didn't deliberately opt in, but if it's an installment thing with no interest, I don't mind it.
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Old 09-17-2014, 09:41 PM   #84
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Well, since it's Amazon who is saying it, I doubt that they're wrong.
And yet that image you attached clearly shows a recess! Either Amazon is confused, or their photos and drawings are incorrect, or worse, there is a gap under the cover glass above the eInk layer.

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Old 09-17-2014, 09:43 PM   #85
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The Verge has a preview of it:

http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/17/63...e-announcement

and so does Engadget:

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/17/a...kindle-voyage/
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Seems that the sensor on the top right is for your eyes it will adjust brightness automatically to your Eyes (I'm guessing pupil dillation)
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The hardened glas (I'm guessing Gorilla) has Micro etchings that will make it feel more like paper and will reduce glarie.
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And yet that image you attached clearly shows a recess! Either Amazon is confused, or their photos and drawings are incorrect.
Flush as in there is a single piece of glass that covers both the screen & bezel like the Kobo Aura, at least that's what I'm getting from it.
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