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Old 09-24-2014, 04:31 PM   #1
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Ahead of the curve...I think
When I bought my Kindle Touch, Amazon came out with the Paperwhite about a month later. Gee, thanks, Amazon.

Just bought the Voyage, to be delivered mid-December.
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I cant figure out what Voyager has that makes it worth $199...
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It's a starship
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But really it has alights... so does the PW they are $119.. It has more storage ... So does the K3 its sold for $139 ... It has Touch for page turning... well don't they all have that now? Did I miss something?

O IF Spock inc I Buy it
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Sometimes cool just speaks for itself

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Exactly so. But 12 months is better than one. Actually, I was going to get a paperwhite (the USB connector on my touch is hinky, it will charge but it won't connect for transfer) but Amazon said hey, James, look at this. And offered terms, only 20% down and four months on the balance.
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When I bought my Kindle Touch, Amazon came out with the Paperwhite about a month later. Gee, thanks, Amazon.

Just bought the Voyage, to be delivered mid-December.
In the words of former president Bill Clinton "I feel your pain." This is why I keep one eye on amazon's upgrade cycle. I do not advise people to buy an kindle between June and September, the new ones are to come out soon.
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But really it has alights... so does the PW they are $119.. It has more storage ... So does the K3 its sold for $139 ... It has Touch for page turning... well don't they all have that now? Did I miss something?
It has buttons for page turns, the first Kindle with built in lights to do so. For some, page turn buttons are very important.

It has 2 to 3 times more pixels on the screen. That means the fuzzy pictures and maps on old Kindles will now be sharp and teeny tiny.
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It's a starship
It's still over-priced considering the mileage.
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[For Spock!] & I Agree Too many miles

Reimagined page turns—PagePress enables you to turn the page without lifting a finger

That sounds like touch to me. Hate Touch!
I would like to see what its like in the dark.

I don't see speakers or even a hookup for headphones...yes or no?
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Reimagined page turns—PagePress enables you to turn the page without lifting a finger

That sounds like touch to me.
No, they aren't real physical buttons, they're sensors, but there are differences between these and touchscreens. They're supposed to be pressure sensitive which is not a normal feature of capacitive touchscreens, but more importantly:
1) You do have to lift a finger on a touchscreen if you want to read what's underneath that finger. And you have to do it over and over again, which really can be a pain for folks whose hands are healthy and youthful
2) with page turning off the screen, fewer fingerprints end up on screen, and some of us are pretty ocd about that. I'd just as soon use dpad nav like the K4 nontouch and never ever touch the screen, but less is still better.
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David its not touching the screen that bothers me... tho yea at some point the prints get annoying. It when I fall asleep and in my sleep brush the screen the pages turn! & I lose my place! So this is touch but on the side [I think]
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You don't have to understand what makes the KV worth $199, the market right now has indicated lots of people want to buy it for that price.

If you don't want it, it's not for you and it doesn't matter.

And the PagePress feature fulfills the exact same role as a page turn button, it's on the bezel and it has to be pressed to work. Of course it sounds like touch, buttons sound like touch too.
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