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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl
My initial impressions are similar. I think my Kindle Voyage is a more premium device than the Oasis. I miss the light sensor and the haptic buttons. I also like the origami style cover better. However I've only spent a few hours reading on it so maybe my assessment will change with more time.
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I saw one live myself at my friend's house. I had my Voyage with me in order to compare. I cannot believe the money they are asking for that device. I agree that the whole R&D may have cost a lot but the leather cover (I saw the Merlot one) is crap, it really feels more like cardboard than anything else, the contrast of the display was evidently better on my Voyage, and the display also had color clouding. I admit that the form factor and the haptic are nicer than I expected, but not that fantastic either, and the price difference to the Voyage seems even more exaggerated to me after having had one in my hands.
My friend was bitterly disappointed and his Oasis is going back to Amazon. He likes the form factor and the lightness, and the buttons, he hates the cover feeling, and he is furious at the display quality. Amazon offered him a replacement.. in September. That added insult to injury for him I guess, so the device is going back and he is not ordering a new one. I tried to have him order a Voyage, but he was so furious at Amazon that I'll let that lay still for while before trying again.