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aceflor · 10-30-2014, 07:45 AM

Well, for me it allows me to read without my glasses. Granted, this will last only a few months because my sight is decreasing and that's it, so at a certain point I will need the glasses again, because there is no way I want to read with a bigger than normal font size and have to turn page every 4 sentences. But that's just me.

As I said before somewhere here, no, it is not worth a difference of 90 EUR (in Germany). 80 $ ? Nah. 50 $ ? yes. I think Amazon went overboard this time, and do ask me about the covers. I got an origami plastic for 39$ and although it is great, it is also vastly overpriced. But, and that's what is important in the end, I don't regret getting both the Voyage and the case. I don't feel cheated, if that's what you are trying to guess. The Voyage is a premium product, if you don't need/want the bells and jingles, the PW2 does an excellent job too. But the definition and the contrast is definitely better on the Voyage. Anyone having had one next to a PW2 in the hand will confirm that.

The Voyage is not a product replacement for the PW2 in the Kindle range, it is a separate product placed in the premium segment. The strategy seems coherent to me. You don't have to get a Voyage to have a good quality e-reader, the PW2 does this very well. I don't understand the outcry, sincerely. We all still have a choice.....

10-30-2014, 07:45 AM	#757
aceflor Wizard Posts: 3,472 Karma: 48036360 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: where the sun lives, or so they say Device: Pocketbook Era, Pocketbook Inkpad 4, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Scribe	Well, for me it allows me to read without my glasses. Granted, this will last only a few months because my sight is decreasing and that's it, so at a certain point I will need the glasses again, because there is no way I want to read with a bigger than normal font size and have to turn page every 4 sentences. But that's just me. As I said before somewhere here, no, it is not worth a difference of 90 EUR (in Germany). 80 $ ? Nah. 50 $ ? yes. I think Amazon went overboard this time, and do ask me about the covers. I got an origami plastic for 39$ and although it is great, it is also vastly overpriced. But, and that's what is important in the end, I don't regret getting both the Voyage and the case. I don't feel cheated, if that's what you are trying to guess. The Voyage is a premium product, if you don't need/want the bells and jingles, the PW2 does an excellent job too. But the definition and the contrast is definitely better on the Voyage. Anyone having had one next to a PW2 in the hand will confirm that. The Voyage is not a product replacement for the PW2 in the Kindle range, it is a separate product placed in the premium segment. The strategy seems coherent to me. You don't have to get a Voyage to have a good quality e-reader, the PW2 does this very well. I don't understand the outcry, sincerely. We all still have a choice..... Last edited by aceflor; 10-30-2014 at 07:51 AM.