Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've owned 5 Kindles now. The first one the battery would no longer charge. The second one I dropped and the corner turned black which interfered with reading. The third one I had sitting on the bed and accidentally leaned on and it separated from the frame and wouldn't work anymore. And this one is the fourth one. I've since ordered a "used like new" Kindle like my second and third one because I hate this one so much I won't use it anymore. Let me explain one thing. I love new electronics. While everyone is complaining about how it used to work fine I'm excited to see what they changed because more than not, I love it. Not so this Kindle. First off I can't even begin to express how cheaply made this Kindle is. It's light alright. Because it's made out of cheap, cheap, cheap plastic. I can just envision it cracking with the slightest bang. I thought the idea of the touch screen was a great idea. And no more typing on the tiny keyboard on the bottom that was designed for little mouse feet? Wonderful. Uh.....no. While the keyboard is fantastic the problem is with the touch screen in general. There are no longer tabs on the side to turn your page forwards and backwards. Instead page turning is done by lifting your finger and tapping or swiping a certain area on the Kindle. Half the time it's unresponsive and doesn't turn the page. The other half it's either turning it in the wrong direction (and yes, I am smart enough to tap it in the correct spot). I can't express how frustrating and annoying this is. And if you're like me and read in bed, I lay on my left side and hold the Kindle with my right hand. When they had the tabs on both sides, backwards and forwards was equally accessible. Now, if you have the Kindle in your right hand and want to go back a page you must reach all the way across to the other side of the page to tap the small area designated for turning the page back. On the other hand (literally) if you're on your right side and turning with your left, you have to reach across to tap the area to move forward and try and avoid the area designated for backwards. And half the time you're turning the page in the wrong direction. And if you are like me and like larger print, you are constantly lifting your thumb to tap the page to turn it. It also randomly changes your font. And God forbid you need to lay it down during use and you happen to touch the screen or your cat walks on it. When you come back to read it's either highlighted a word and the dictionary is up or it's changed your font or you're on a page that you didn't leave it on. I just plain hate it. I see the new Kindle now has page sensors on the side similar to the original ones. I must assume from this that I am not the only one who hates this design. I was thinking of purchasing one of those but they don't look "ready for primetime either". There are a multitude of complaints that they had a two-toned colored screen. And the "touch screen" on this one reminds me of an old Pantech phone I had that was supposed to have a touch screen like a smartphone. No, no, no. Not even close. It's not responsive like a touch screen should be. It lags and is super frustrating. So I just spent 79$ on this piece of garbage and I really don't want to invest another $200 in something else that will aggravate the hell out of me. So now I ended up buying an old Kindle for $83.00. Not happy with this at all. UPDATE: I contacted Amazon and got a full refund with no hassles. I'll be sending it back shortly. And I got my new "old" Kindle today and am soooo happy. What a relief. I just hope it lasts until Amazon can figure out that we don't want to do gymnastics to turn pages and would like to be able to actually touch the screen of our Kindle to lay it down without it spazzing out.