Originally Posted by grazman:
“Well, i think i've decided not to buy one of these and wait until next years kindle release. The amazon.co.uk site customer reviews are pretty much what the .com site is saying. Lots of bad reviews, 1, 2s and 3 stars - all saying things like uneven lighting, dark blotches on the bottom of the screen like theatre lights, greasy screen picking up fingerprints very easily, pink and blue colours on the screen. The thing that dissapoints me most though is the false advertising. They are clearly showing on the amazon website a picture of a e-reader with a bright uniform white screen when clearly that is not what you recieve. For £100+ that isn't acceptable IMO.
I know that nearly everyone on this message forum has said that the uneven lighting at the bottom doesnt bother them but it does bother me alot and looks like it bothers alot of other people to on the .co.uk and .com websites so i think Santa will have to bring a new kindle next year for me instead.
I hope they fix the problem for the next generation of kindles and also release a colour version.”
I think if you ordered one and used it for a couple of days you would soon change your view that it bothers you. It's really not very noticeable during normal use.
And I'm not sure it actually is fixable without introducing further issues. Either it needs additional LED's which would lower battery life so that the gaps between are smaller or it would need the LED's to be situated deeper so the light has spread out before it gets to the viewable area which may then mean that the light get weak at the top.
Suspect in testing the slight issue at the lower portion that you quickly forget about when reading proved the best solution
Originally Posted by geordielady:
“Amazon have not hid the fact of the blothes at the bottom of the screen their own video demonstarating the light clearly shows them. I have no uneven lighting, apart from the bit at the bottom the rest of the screen is perfect with even lighting and I have no colour bits either so its clearly not a problem with everyone.
I do agree about the screen, changing it from a silk feel to a rough feel was wrong and its hard to clean.”
What are you doing that is seeing you need to clean it. While I'm sure there are fingerprints on mine the fact its not a gloss screen isn't showing them. And it's usually an issue for me and its my biggest annoyance with my iPad as I seem to spend way too much time cleaning finger prints off it. In fact on my paperwhite its the back of the device that's having fingerprint issues more than the screen
Originally Posted by geordielady:
“I do agree with a lot of what you say and in fact amazon should never have allowed it to be sold with the LED light issue. but my view is if you buy an item like this you have to do your homework before buying, for me whether it be a kettle or a big screen tv I always check it out before buying and it appears many have not done this and are not happy.
For me its better then I though and I will be keeping mine, the issues with battery life plus the reading progress not working properly are still small issues for me.”
I think it would last the stated time if you stick to the 30 minutes a day with Wifi off that Amazon use for all their battery figures (and on the paperwhite the light set at 10)
Certainly I got 10 days out of mine with wifi left on, with it doing an initial index of all the books, reading for atleast 2 hours each day and the light being anywhere from 3 to 20 depending where I was reading at the time.
On my reading time alone it would suggest 40 days if I reduced it to 30mins a day so that's only 16 days short of Amazons stated time without turning wifi off.