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After reading for a couple of hours here is my initial assessment. At times you can notice a slight color deviation at the top but on mine it is very mild. At times I look at the screen and it is as perfect as some of the online reviews you see, no shadows, a clean/clear light throughout the entire screen, and a definitely darker and crisper text than the Paperwhite 2.
You probably need to have both side by side to appreciate the difference in text. Is it an earth shattering difference? No but nonetheless I think most people would appreciate the higher quality of the Voyage.
I understand why some do prefer the warmer Paperwhite screen and again there are times the top portion of the Voyage has almost a faint pinkish hue but the thing is my Paperwhite 2 at times has a faint yellow or cloudy hue at the top/middle. But the odd thing is the Paperwhite 2 looks more like a real book than the Voyage, perhaps mirroring the imperfections of paper.
Which makes the $100 dollar difference all the more troubling, if the Voyage did not have that top color deviation it would be the perfect reading device and worth the extra money, that said I'm still not sure which one I will go with.
After seeing both I understand both sides, the people who say it can never be perfect and they stop noticing any gradient differences and the ones who can't tolerate it.
If Kobo was in the store where one could try it, that could be a way to go for those who can't accept it but the customer service and lack of the Amazon storefront is probably a high negative for most.
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