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Originally Posted by cct1
Been watching for this since the Aura H20 came out. I really think the Voyage is a swing and a miss. It'll sell to the hardcore, but it's a premium reader in the smallest size. IMHO, a premium reader is more about the reading experience, not portability. The small size factor is nice, but to be honest, I'd rather keep my old Kindle Basic, with page turn buttons, and great screen--yes, the resolution is lower, but with no touch technology of any kind, I still prefer it to the Paperwhite 2 screen, and it's simply not worth the money to get the nicer screen of the Voyage (I would like a lighted e-ink reader, but the Voyage is overrpriced for what it is, and the PW2 frontlight is less than impressive).
My perfect Ereader (I read on tablets, but much prefer e-ink, especially for longer reading sessions) would have an at least 6.8 inch screen (7.0 would be even better), high resolution, solid lighting (the paperwhite light was never all that good IMHO, the Voyage I'm sure will be better), buttons for page turning, and great battery life. The waterproof thing isn't that big of a deal. If I'm going somewhere where my reader may get beat up, I'm taking my cheapest one anyway (my Kindle basic), and that wouldn't be the H20, if I owned it.
The Aura H20 gets 4/5, and the new Kindle gets 4/5. It'll be a tough decision, but the screen size of the H20 will probably be the clincher. Had the Kindle come out with the 6.8 inch screen, I would have pre-ordered it yesterday, even at that price point. I prefer the Amazon ecosystem, but the perfect size of the Kobo will probably be the deciding factor. If side by side reviews put the Kindle way ahead of the Kobo, I'd rethink that. Time will tell.
Instead of pre-ordering I'll be waiting for side-by-side comparisons, and then make a final decision, but if I had to decide today I'd get the H20.
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This is about where I stand--I was intrigued by the Voyage, but I'm also intrigued by the h2o. I'm glad to see Amazon bothered with a higher end reader because the paperwhites don't interest me except as a backup reader. The Fire's don't interest me because if I want a tablet, it won't be that one...
Interesting. Frankly there's more interest in it than I expected. I would like to see an h2o next to the voyage. If only I could get Amazon and Kobo to just send me units to compare on my blog.
