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Originally Posted by cd2013
Makes sense. Unfortunately not all devices can be jailbroken; my Voyage has too new a firmware. If I were to buy a new Paperwhite, I believe I'd have no way of knowing , before buying it, if the firmware is 'old enough' to allow jailbreak.
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Lol, I stocked up on PW3 Manga from Woot after someone reported it came with jailbreakable firmware. Stocked up on the PW4s, too, as soon as the jailbreak was discovered.
As interesting as the Voyage and Oasis 2 are, lower chances of jailbreakability is the primary reason why I haven't bought either.
Quick guess, the PW4 32GB LTE models are the least popular and has the highest likelihood of coming from older stock. It probably still ships with older, jailbreakable firmware and I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case even a year or two from now. Granted, quite pricey. Buying from authorized retailers instead of Amazon direct would probably get you older stock, too. Iirc, the PW4 I got from Target Cyber Monday shipped with 5.10.0.1 when even my pre-order from Amazon from weeks earlier came with 5.10.0.2.