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BobDyl · 04-13-2016, 01:28 PM

I'm the target market for this device. I have bought the newest, top of the line Kindle every generation going back to the beginning. But ... I have a rueful smile on my face at just how awful this iteration is - I'm hoping Amazon lowers the price of the Voyage (again) because I would pick a second one up to have a brand new backup for my current one. In any case and FWIW:

- Doesn't Amazon know that half the fun of the Kindle is debating case options on Mobile Read for months and years on end? An included cover? - FAIL

- The cover isn't really a cover. If I'm interpreting the images correctly, the cover only covers the thin part of the back of the Oasis. OK, so when I lay my $290 Oasis down on a dirty table (or rock ledge, or sand, or whatever) a good chunk of the actual device is exposed to be scratched up. Sorry, that's not really a cover - FAIL

- A highly distracting, asymmetric design on a device intended to "disappear" when being used. Decades of screen design and refinement have proved that there's no market for asymmetric screen designs. Hence our boring yet invisible rectangles - FAIL

- More problems with asymmetry: one, when reading at night and rolling over from one side to the other, your going to have to flip the damn thing so the screen rotates and the buttons are on the top side. Also, the cover isn't going to work as a stand. How in h*ll is this better than the Kindle Voyage with the elegant Origami cover? - FAIL

- Yet more problems with asymmetry: the damn thing is square, even less pocketable that the current versions - FAIL

- One last problem with asymmetry: it's really and truly fugly - FAIL

- Losing haptic buttons. I know, I know, there are thousands of pages on mobile read lamenting the loss of the physical buttons but I really believe they got it right with the Voyage's (symmetrical) buttons. Utterly silent when reading at night next to your partner, adjustable haptic feedback, highly responsive. No more clicking for me, thank you - FAIL

- Price - FAIL

- Same size screen, resolution as the Voyage and no waterproofing - FAIL FAIL FAIL

So of course I preordered one (just kidding).

Please take all this with a grain of salt, I'm sure some will love this device and defend it to the death ... at least until the 9th generation comes out fixing all the problems of this one. I'm going to buy that one for sure!

04-13-2016, 01:28 PM	#230
BobDyl Member Posts: 14 Karma: 2010 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle Voyage	Epic fail I'm the target market for this device. I have bought the newest, top of the line Kindle every generation going back to the beginning. But ... I have a rueful smile on my face at just how awful this iteration is - I'm hoping Amazon lowers the price of the Voyage (again) because I would pick a second one up to have a brand new backup for my current one. In any case and FWIW: - Doesn't Amazon know that half the fun of the Kindle is debating case options on Mobile Read for months and years on end? An included cover? - FAIL - The cover isn't really a cover. If I'm interpreting the images correctly, the cover only covers the thin part of the back of the Oasis. OK, so when I lay my $290 Oasis down on a dirty table (or rock ledge, or sand, or whatever) a good chunk of the actual device is exposed to be scratched up. Sorry, that's not really a cover - FAIL - A highly distracting, asymmetric design on a device intended to "disappear" when being used. Decades of screen design and refinement have proved that there's no market for asymmetric screen designs. Hence our boring yet invisible rectangles - FAIL - More problems with asymmetry: one, when reading at night and rolling over from one side to the other, your going to have to flip the damn thing so the screen rotates and the buttons are on the top side. Also, the cover isn't going to work as a stand. How in h*ll is this better than the Kindle Voyage with the elegant Origami cover? - FAIL - Yet more problems with asymmetry: the damn thing is square, even less pocketable that the current versions - FAIL - One last problem with asymmetry: it's really and truly fugly - FAIL - Losing haptic buttons. I know, I know, there are thousands of pages on mobile read lamenting the loss of the physical buttons but I really believe they got it right with the Voyage's (symmetrical) buttons. Utterly silent when reading at night next to your partner, adjustable haptic feedback, highly responsive. No more clicking for me, thank you - FAIL - Price - FAIL - Same size screen, resolution as the Voyage and no waterproofing - FAIL FAIL FAIL So of course I preordered one (just kidding). Please take all this with a grain of salt, I'm sure some will love this device and defend it to the death ... at least until the 9th generation comes out fixing all the problems of this one. I'm going to buy that one for sure!