Amazon Kindle Voyage

I use a voyage as well. Wish it had USB-C, because that's the only device I use regularly that still has micro USB. Apart from that it's great, books won't get any better with an upgraded ereader.

Before I swapped to Kobo I jailbroke my Kindle Voyage and installed Koreader on it. It was amazing. I would have kept the voyage for longer but the micro-usb was killing me. That's the only reason, the battery was still holding on, it had turning page "buttons" (better than nothing) and an amazing screen.

I'm glad I only just deDRMed all my kindle books. The option to download was already gone with the latest paperwhite but I still have a voyage so I used that. Next ereader wil be a kobo, also because they have page turn buttons. This is a big deal for me. I'd have bought a Libra 2 already but they only sell the colour version now and that has greatly reduced contrast. So I'm waiting to see if they come out with something better. I don't care about colours but I do care about contrast.

I _loved_ my Kindle Voyage for its adjusting backlight and glass display. I wish it were less destructible! I upgraded to a Paperwhite (2021) when the Voyage's power button broke. Water resistance is nice, but having to get the "signature" edition for a light sensor and an easily scratched plastic display is quite disappointing.

I loved my voyage then I lost it for week and splurge bought an 8gb paperwhite that I could read in the hot tub. I just use the paperwhite now. The voyage sits as a backup to the scribe which backs up the paperwhite and goes along for note taking

I am running a kindle voyage (2014). It is the perfect size for male jeans pocket carry, PPI is above 300 and battery works. Most important! The yoga cover is great for laying on either side, so I can toss and turn in bed and keep reading. Literally no e-reader I have seen since has a symmetrical stand-cover that can be used sideways both ways. As for Kobo, I just looked the other day and saw they have some great prices for e-readers that have similar features, plus they advertise being completely repairable! And you're not in the Amazon ecosystem. My only gripe years ago was the don't rendering on side loaded books wasn't as good as Amazon, and that Calibre couldn't De-DRM Kobo books as well as Amazon. I think the game has changed a bit, though, and I haven't tested anything in a while. If Kobo books are crackable, my next e-reader will likely take me away from Amazon. I want that USB-C in my life.

I used to have a Kindle Voyage, it was a really neat device. Amazing screen, capacitive buttons to turn pages. The cons it had, and the reason I sought to replace it where the lack of water proofing and the micro USB port. The software was a bit of an issue as well, but with calibre you could reasonably transfer books that weren't from Amazon. Once I hacked the voyage and installed Koreader in it, damn, it completely gave new life to the device. But ultimately the hardware had become lacking, particularly the charging port. In my search for a new reader I bought a Chinese reader (onyx poke 3). Android based, quickly I realized android was not the right operating system for my use-case and the battery sacrifice of the OS was not worth it. Also, the screen just wasn't as good. I read online it's because of some extra layers that are put on modern eReaders to make them more accurate to the touch or something. I think you would never notice unless you had precisely a Kindle Voyage (which had and probably still has the best looking E reader screen). In any case, I ended up buying a Kobo Clara 2E. Waterproof, USB C and (a new requirement for me) compatible with Koreader. Seemed to fit the bill, and it did. The screen is not flushed and there's no buttons which means reading in the bathtub is not the most ideal but still, it's serviceable in this regard. And the screen looks just as good as my Kindle Voyage. So it's pretty close to perfect. Also the screen is not super big which is…

I also have a relatively old kindle(the voyage) replacing the battery is easier than newer models due to the lack of waterproofing. It only took me a few minutes to do, I really recommend it as batteries are cheap and my battery life woes are now gone.

I love my Kindle Voyager, but I probably wouldn't use it for any books that are heavy on graphs or mathematical notation-type graphics. The formatting can get a bit weird, and sometimes it's just too small to properly fit what it needs. It is my go-to reader for fiction, however, and I wouldn't be without it. For the aforementioned more "textbook"-like material I go with my iPad Pro.

I also started with the first model - full physical keyboard and great physical buttons on the side. Than I switched to paperwhite - and although now I had back-lighting I really missed physical buttons. Now I have voyage - they returned "buttons" - with haptic feedback but I've discovered that the new screen that's flush with front panel really just enables easy swipe to change pages - works even better.

That's just not true. The screens on average have gotten better but not by that much. Still to this day, people will say that the Kindle Voyage still has the best screen of an e-ink device and well it came out just over 10 years ago.

The Voyage was a neat device, though its haptic buttons pale in comparison to real buttons. There are a lot of options outside of the Kindle, but if you want to stay in the Amazon ecosystem, you might be in for rough times.