I bought my Aura One Limited Edition a little over a year ago. It was direct from Kobo, shipped from Canada. So they have sold a version of the Aura recently.
My Kindle Voyage was getting long in the tooth and starting to get flakey. I love the Aura One and when it comes time to replace it I hope there is a Kobo model of a similar form factor.
BTW, a big part of this thread is an example of the reason I don't spend so much time on online forums these days. Three pages of "I said/no you said..." Of course it was minor compared to the Boeing vs Airbus airliner wars and I run for the hills when somebody says "Qualcomm vs Intel modems"