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It’s a fantastic purpose-built E Ink reading equipment that lets me read dozens of books without a recharge.
If you have your Kindle nearby, pick it up and examine the bottom edge.
The newest Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (left) and last-generation restarting
Next to the USB-C port is the shiny little power button.
There is nothing wrong with this button.
This means most of the weight of the ereader is resting on that little power button.
The newest Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (left) and last-generation restarting
This invariably happens during the most important passage of a 400-page book.
I cry out in surprise as I realize my mistake.
Misplaced
I also feel that Amazon has made a mistake.
Why is the power button there?
I’m not the only one asking this question.
It’s quite easy to find a fewReddit threadsaddressing the question.
None, though, are quite right.
No more accidental presses.
But I hate covers.
I’m a travel-light kind of guy, and I attempt to shed anything that adds any unnecessary weight.
Keith joked that they needed to get me a cork cover which would be a lot lighter.
And that’s when Keith opened up about the real reason for the button placement.
Put another way, Amazon obviously has no intention of moving that power button any time soon.
Put yet another way: have you thought about buying a case?
