Looking for the best premium e-reader

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by ottischwenk

No - it is a fact that they are just so cheaply or poorly built that the ignorant hardly notice it

Again, that's your opinion, not a fact.

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Again, that's your opinion, not a fact.

All of my 7 Kobos creak with some pressure (Tolino too) - that's certainly not premium.
Of all my devices there are 3 defects, everything under 7 Kobos - I was able to exchange 2 defective Tolinos (Kobo products).
It's a technical bungle to use an old and slow SD card as storage - that's a fact.
It's cheap stuff Kobo put in their devices
Do vou want more technical details?

At least I know why I don't get annoyed with such stuff anymore and prefer to pay a few more

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by ottischwenk

All of my 7 Kobos creak with some pressure (Tolino too) - that's certainly not premium.
Of all my devices there are 3 defects, everything under 7 Kobos - I was able to exchange 2 defective Tolinos (Kobo products).
It's a technical bungle to use an old and slow SD card as storage - that's a fact.
It's cheap stuff Kobo put in their devices.

None of the several Kobos I have owned has creaked or has had any other defects. So your opinion, based on your personal experience, is just an opinion. Other people have different experiences and different opinions.

[CommanderCute]

Thanks for all your answers and input.

I ordered today the new Boox Page e-reader. A friend of mine has the Leaf 2 and I read that the Page is the direct successor.

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

None of the several Kobos I have owned has creaked or has had any other defects. So your opinion, based on your personal experience, is just an opinion. Other people have different experiences and different opinions.

You're overlooking the technical facts.
And that's not an opinion - they can be proven

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by ottischwenk

You're overlooking the technical facts.
And that's not an opinion - they can be proven

But your opinion that Kobo readers are not premium is an opinion, not a fact.

[JSWolf]

A lot of Android based devices are cheaply made. And a lot are well made. You just have to be careful when buying anything Android that you don't get the cheap junk.

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

But your opinion that Kobo readers are not premium is an opinion, not a fact.

Kobo devices are not premium - I demand at least better technical quality (no SD scrap) and above all no (cheap) plastic housing (in my opinion).

[afv011]

Originally Posted by ottischwenk

No - it is a fact that they are just so cheaply or poorly built that the ignorant hardly notice it.

This also applies to Tolino

You keep pushing your opinions as fact and discarding everybody else's as rubbish.
You seem to be pushing this ereader pretty hard, makes you wonder if you have an agenda.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by afv011

You keep pushing your opinions as fact and discarding everybody else's as rubbish.
You seem to be pushing this ereader pretty hard, makes you wonder if you have an agenda.

Or a stake in the company.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by ottischwenk

Kobo devices are not premium - I demand at least better technical quality (no SD scrap) and above all no (cheap) plastic housing (in my opinion).

For my part, I absolutely hate aluminum casing. Cold, slippery and uncomfortable to hold. Never again. Plastic may be cheap, but it's much, much nicer to hold in my hand.

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Or a stake in the company.

Unfortunately not

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by afv011

You keep pushing your opinions as fact

But it is so - there is technical evidence for it.
The built-in SD cards can withstand at best 300 write processes per cell - then they are defective.
Only someone who doesn't use the device very much will stay fine longer.
With a large library and a lot of browsing through other books, it can't last long.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by ottischwenk

But it is so - there is technical evidence for it.
The built-in SD cards can withstand at best 300 write processes per cell - then they are defective.
Only someone who doesn't use the device very much will stay fine longer.
With a large library and a lot of browsing through other books, it can't last long.

And yet there are several posters here who read every day and have used one and the same Kobo device for 5 years or more.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by ottischwenk

But it is so - there is technical evidence for it.
The built-in SD cards can withstand at best 300 write processes per cell - then they are defective.
Only someone who doesn't use the device very much will stay fine longer.
With a large library and a lot of browsing through other books, it can't last long.

I think you are out by an order of magnitude. Also the mapping can change. An SD card isn't much different to a flash chip on a gadget. It simply also has a serial to parallel interface.