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I don't really see the point of the charging cover. I have a 2 year old paperwhite and I charge it about once every two months. That being said, I really like

by vdnkh 11y ago

I don't really see the point of the charging cover. I have a 2 year old paperwhite and I charge it about once every two months. That being said, I really like the new design. Glad they're embracing physical buttons.

shogun21 11y ago
I don't know anyone who's ever said "I wish the Kindle had a better battery life."
- Haul4ss 11y ago
  The long life of the Kindle battery sometimes comes back to bite me. I'm terrible about remembering to bring a charging cable with me when I travel, and when I do get the low battery warning it's usually three minutes after I sit down for some serious reading. I have to charge so infrequently, I'm never prepared to do so.
  - noja 11y ago
    But when do you travel without a usb charger?
    - chrisan 11y ago
      Guessing he is not an Android user. I use iOS devices so I will have a USB charger but not one that fits my kindle from time to time (as there is just the 1 by my bed I will forget to take) Thankfully people tend to forget chargers and (so far) I haven't had a problem dumpster diving at hotel's lost and found :)
  - ascagnel_ 11y ago
    If I'm traveling, I bring one of these [0] cables. It handles both lightning (for phone) and micro USB (everything else). [0] http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00XINCAJA/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1460597991&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=micro+usb+lightning&dpPl=1&dpID=41QDaiaMMRL&ref=plSrch http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00XINCAJA/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=...
- AdmiralAsshat 11y ago
  Funny, my girlfriend actually had to call Amazon to complain that her Paperwhite was dying after roughly two or three days of moderate use following the last update. And that was keeping it in airplane mode. Rebooting it seemed to help, although I'd say she still has to charge it about once a week.
douche 11y ago
> Glad they're embracing physical buttons Re-embracing, more like it. I forget how old mine is, but it's from before the basic Kindles went to touchscreen. The side-mounted page flipping buttons are just about perfect. Throw in battery life of like six months of hard use on airplane mode and the non-glare screen that you can read outside on the beach in full sun, and it is just about a perfect e-reader. I just wish they would resurrect the DX concept. I'd like to have a thin, light Kindle that was approximately letter-sized, for textbooks, programming books, etc. It'd probably also be a great fit for somebody like my dad, who's eyes are going bad - you can crank up the font size on 6" kindles, but then you only get a handful of words on a line.
- wlesieutre 11y ago
  Nook Simple Touch had page turning buttons too. Mine's on its deathbed and I'm loathe to replace it with a newer touchscreen only device. If you ask me, half the point of ebooks is that you can turn pages with your hands under a blanket or a cat flopped on your wrist.
- vdnkh 11y ago
  Yeah, re-embracing is correct. Lack of physical buttons on my paperwhite is a pain because the OS starts to severely lag after a few weeks of usage and turning the page can sometimes take 2-5 seconds. I've actually been looking around for a smaller kindle that's easier to keep in my pocket for traveling.
- dingaling 11y ago
  There is a 13.3" eReader due from Onyx in the next few weeks. http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/onyx-boox-13-3-inch-e-reader-has-a-march-release-date http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/onyx-boox-13-...
- ddeck 11y ago
  >The side-mounted page flipping buttons are just about perfect I completely agree. I've had a Kindle 3 keyboard with the physical page-turn buttons for nearly five years and although the new models might have sharper screens, the lack of physical buttons is an deal killer for me. They also seem to have gone backwards with the form factor. The 3 screen is nearly flush with the bezel, which slopes away to the buttons at the edge and feels great in the hand. I've handled the newer versions and they're thicker and feel more clunky and cheap. When you can replace the screen for $20 (replaced once) and the motherboard for $4 (replaced twice), it's kind of hard to justify upgrading, even after you break both by sitting on it.
0xffff2 11y ago
2 months seems really long to me. I have to charge my Kindle weekly. That said, I'm still not exactly unhappy with charging a device once a week.
geoelectric 11y ago
The charging cover is there because the change in design has reduced the battery capacity by 2/3. The cover brings it up to parity (and 50% beyond) with the Paperwhite/Voyage line. Making it mandatory lets Amazon advertise "months" instead of the somewhat more accurate "2 weeks" if you compared to the others without the cover being included. Their spec days are 30 minutes a day on WiFi with the light up, I believe (iow, they model reading in bed), so what you should actually be hearing is something more like "21 hours for the old one, 7 hours for the new one but 30 hours with the charging cover on." It's a pretty big step down. That said, I've still pre-ordered an Oasis even though I have a Voyage already. The ergos on this look much more suited to my reading style. The Voyage is by no means heavy, out of the case at least (the official leather case is a brick, unfortunately) but the thin bezel means I either put fingerprints on the screen or can't really get a solid grip on it without cramping my hand and causing some shake. The Oasis looks like it's taken a page in ergonomic design in particular from cameras and will be much more steady and sure to hold. That has to translate into a better reading experience. I'll probably end up using the cover as what amounts to a leather charging dock.

by vdnkh 11y ago

shogun21 11y ago

I don't know anyone who's ever said "I wish the Kindle had a better battery life."

Haul4ss 11y ago
The long life of the Kindle battery sometimes comes back to bite me. I'm terrible about remembering to bring a charging cable with me when I travel, and when I do get the low battery warning it's usually three minutes after I sit down for some serious reading. I have to charge so infrequently, I'm never prepared to do so.
- noja 11y ago
  But when do you travel without a usb charger?
  - chrisan 11y ago
    Guessing he is not an Android user. I use iOS devices so I will have a USB charger but not one that fits my kindle from time to time (as there is just the 1 by my bed I will forget to take) Thankfully people tend to forget chargers and (so far) I haven't had a problem dumpster diving at hotel's lost and found :)
- ascagnel_ 11y ago
  If I'm traveling, I bring one of these [0] cables. It handles both lightning (for phone) and micro USB (everything else). [0] http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00XINCAJA/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1460597991&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=micro+usb+lightning&dpPl=1&dpID=41QDaiaMMRL&ref=plSrch http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00XINCAJA/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=...
AdmiralAsshat 11y ago
Funny, my girlfriend actually had to call Amazon to complain that her Paperwhite was dying after roughly two or three days of moderate use following the last update. And that was keeping it in airplane mode. Rebooting it seemed to help, although I'd say she still has to charge it about once a week.

douche 11y ago

> Glad they're embracing physical buttons Re-embracing, more like it. I forget how old mine is, but it's from before the basic Kindles went to touchscreen. The side-mounted page flipping buttons are just about perfect. Throw in battery life of like six months of hard use on airplane mode and the non-glare screen that you can read outside on the beach in full sun, and it is just about a perfect e-reader. I just wish they would resurrect the DX concept. I'd like to have a thin, light Kindle that was approximately letter-sized, for textbooks, programming books, etc. It'd probably also be a great fit for somebody like my dad, who's eyes are going bad - you can crank up the font size on 6" kindles, but then you only get a handful of words on a line.

wlesieutre 11y ago
Nook Simple Touch had page turning buttons too. Mine's on its deathbed and I'm loathe to replace it with a newer touchscreen only device. If you ask me, half the point of ebooks is that you can turn pages with your hands under a blanket or a cat flopped on your wrist.
vdnkh 11y ago
Yeah, re-embracing is correct. Lack of physical buttons on my paperwhite is a pain because the OS starts to severely lag after a few weeks of usage and turning the page can sometimes take 2-5 seconds. I've actually been looking around for a smaller kindle that's easier to keep in my pocket for traveling.
dingaling 11y ago
There is a 13.3" eReader due from Onyx in the next few weeks. http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/onyx-boox-13-3-inch-e-reader-has-a-march-release-date http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/onyx-boox-13-...
ddeck 11y ago
>The side-mounted page flipping buttons are just about perfect I completely agree. I've had a Kindle 3 keyboard with the physical page-turn buttons for nearly five years and although the new models might have sharper screens, the lack of physical buttons is an deal killer for me. They also seem to have gone backwards with the form factor. The 3 screen is nearly flush with the bezel, which slopes away to the buttons at the edge and feels great in the hand. I've handled the newer versions and they're thicker and feel more clunky and cheap. When you can replace the screen for $20 (replaced once) and the motherboard for $4 (replaced twice), it's kind of hard to justify upgrading, even after you break both by sitting on it.

0xffff2 11y ago

2 months seems really long to me. I have to charge my Kindle weekly. That said, I'm still not exactly unhappy with charging a device once a week.

geoelectric 11y ago

The charging cover is there because the change in design has reduced the battery capacity by 2/3. The cover brings it up to parity (and 50% beyond) with the Paperwhite/Voyage line. Making it mandatory lets Amazon advertise "months" instead of the somewhat more accurate "2 weeks" if you compared to the others without the cover being included. Their spec days are 30 minutes a day on WiFi with the light up, I believe (iow, they model reading in bed), so what you should actually be hearing is something more like "21 hours for the old one, 7 hours for the new one but 30 hours with the charging cover on." It's a pretty big step down. That said, I've still pre-ordered an Oasis even though I have a Voyage already. The ergos on this look much more suited to my reading style. The Voyage is by no means heavy, out of the case at least (the official leather case is a brick, unfortunately) but the thin bezel means I either put fingerprints on the screen or can't really get a solid grip on it without cramping my hand and causing some shake. The Oasis looks like it's taken a page in ergonomic design in particular from cameras and will be much more steady and sure to hold. That has to translate into a better reading experience. I'll probably end up using the cover as what amounts to a leather charging dock.