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Originally Posted by Josieb1
I wonder if they are going to phase out the Voyage and just keep the Paperwhite and the basic. If they've decided the abandon premium Fires it might be the same for ereaders.
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The two markets are different, competition-wise.
Tablets are a deflating bubble whereas the ereader bubble popped back in 2010. And tablets face competition from all sides at the high end from all sorts of players who think that just because Apple can charge $500 for a media consumption tablet, they can, too. (Hint: nope. Not that many buyers for that anymore.)
The Voyage, on the other hand, is alone out there. And still better than even the PW3. It doesn't actually need refreshing, just a firmware update.
The only clue we have is that the firmware update is running late, which suggests either a low priority (in which case it'll go the way of the DX) or that they're adding more new features beyond KFX support.
It may be there isn't a big enough market for premium ereaders to do yearly models or even to sustain one model (like with the DX). It may be they'll upgrade the software and leave it as is for another year or until they run out of stock.
Whatever they do, though, will be based on Voyage sales alone.
(Not looking terribly good right now...)