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Oh, pity, I thought that was about hardware. (I keep buying up the good old Amazon Kindle 5 (with the hardware keys) on ebay and other sites - I lose it all the

by FabHK 8y ago

Oh, pity, I thought that was about hardware. (I keep buying up the good old Amazon Kindle 5 (with the hardware keys) on ebay and other sites - I lose it all the time, and don't want this annoying expensive newfangled stuff with touch screen that frequently switches to some random page).

criddell 8y ago
I have a touchscreen Kindle that's a few years old now and I've never had the problem where it switches to a random page. My next Kindle will probably be the Oasis model as it has hardware buttons for page turn. It's an expensive upgrade, but these things tend to last me a long, long time.
- FabHK 8y ago
  > switches to a random page Yeah, I should have been more precise. I meant "randomly switches to the next or previous page", and of course it's not random either, it's because a fly landed on it (seriously happened to me regularly in some regions), or a drop of sweat fell on it, or the scarf gently brushed over it (different locations, obviously), etc. Also, it's just nice when I can hold it in the middle (not only the edge) without it switching page. The hardware side buttons were perfectly fine, and (as the other poster observed) are now a ridiculously expensive premium feature! Unfortunately, a used Kindle 5 is now sometimes offered more expensively than it used to cost new. > tend to last me a long, long time Yes, they do - lamentably I tend to lose them. That's why I'm stacking up on the old one :-)
mcjiggerlog 8y ago
Oh god I couldn't agree more. The new base Kindle costs more than what I paid for my Kindle 4 nearly 10 years ago, and is in my opinion far worse. Hardware keys are now apparently a premium feature and you now need to spend nearly 200 euros more to have them. All I want is an updated version of Kindle 4 with an added backlight (sidelight?). Can anyone recommend any alternative e-readers that have hardware page turners and a backlight that costs at most around 100 dollars?

by FabHK 8y ago

criddell 8y ago

I have a touchscreen Kindle that's a few years old now and I've never had the problem where it switches to a random page. My next Kindle will probably be the Oasis model as it has hardware buttons for page turn. It's an expensive upgrade, but these things tend to last me a long, long time.

FabHK 8y ago
> switches to a random page Yeah, I should have been more precise. I meant "randomly switches to the next or previous page", and of course it's not random either, it's because a fly landed on it (seriously happened to me regularly in some regions), or a drop of sweat fell on it, or the scarf gently brushed over it (different locations, obviously), etc. Also, it's just nice when I can hold it in the middle (not only the edge) without it switching page. The hardware side buttons were perfectly fine, and (as the other poster observed) are now a ridiculously expensive premium feature! Unfortunately, a used Kindle 5 is now sometimes offered more expensively than it used to cost new. > tend to last me a long, long time Yes, they do - lamentably I tend to lose them. That's why I'm stacking up on the old one :-)

mcjiggerlog 8y ago

Oh god I couldn't agree more. The new base Kindle costs more than what I paid for my Kindle 4 nearly 10 years ago, and is in my opinion far worse. Hardware keys are now apparently a premium feature and you now need to spend nearly 200 euros more to have them. All I want is an updated version of Kindle 4 with an added backlight (sidelight?). Can anyone recommend any alternative e-readers that have hardware page turners and a backlight that costs at most around 100 dollars?