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Originally Posted by Elagost
I'd not contemplated the used market, but if the original aura is that good, then that might be a good option too. I think I would miss the clarity and contrast from the Voyage too much though. Do you have a more modern alternative to compare it to?
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The original Tolino Vision is basically the same, hardware-wise, as the original Kobo Aura, but with a home button (so slightly longer). But it has the E-Carta screen (212ppi, not the 300ppi that the Voyage has, still pretty good). Software-wise there is a good bit of difference between the original Kobo Aura and the original Tolino Vision, but the devices themselves were both made by Netronix.
Here's a comparison.
https://goodereader.com/blog/electro...-the-kobo-aura
Note the Tolino Vision is almost exactly the same size (length and width) as the Voyage — that means the Kobo Aura is
really small.
Kobo Aura specs ...
150 x 114 x 8.1 mm — 173 grams
Tolino Vision specs ...
163 x 114 x 8.1 mm — 178 grams
Kindle Voyage specs ...
162 x 115 x 7.6 mm — 180 grams
Tolino Visions (since there's been four of them) come up used on eBay fairly regularly. A quick summary of the differences — all have the same dimensions and basically the same build, the 1 had a bronze back color (all with flush screens). All used the E-Carta screen (1 & 2 had the 212 ppi, 3 & 4 had/have 300ppi "hd" screens). Up until the Vision 3 HD, they all had 4 GBs of memory (the 3 HD & 4 HD has/have 8 GBs). The original Vision was the only one with an SD card slot. It was also the only one that didn't have the "tap2flip" feature and it wasn't waterproof. The 2 added tap2flip and waterproofing, lost the SD card slot. The 3 HD went up to a 300 ppi screen and higher memory. The 4 HD added the color-changing feature (for night reading), otherwise the same as the 3 HD. (The 2, 3 & 4 are very slightly lighter than the 1, probably because they lost the SD card slot.)
It might not be a bad idea to try out a used Tolino Vision even if you eventually want to get the Vision 4 HD. If you don't like the Tolino firmware then you could re-sell the Vision on eBay.
Vision 1 for $30 plus postage (you could probably offer $25). This is a good seller, I've bought stuff from them before.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tolino-Visi...ox!76131!US!-1
Vision 3 HD for $80 (including shipping). I don't know anything about this seller, but he appears to have a good reputation.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Tolino-Visi...YAAOSwZ4Rb7wMq
Until recently there were more Tolino Visions on eBay. A couple of Vision 2s recently sold (I bought one).
(Sorry to ramble.)