Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Voyage contrast evaluation

1. Appearance

On the whole, the Kindle has always had a certain continuity in its design, so the Kindle voyage with the Kindle Paperwhite at the beginning of the 2 is quite different. In industrial design, two Kindle products are quite tough, and Apple's focus on fashion is completely different. It may be that Amazon wants users to focus on reading and ignoring the positioning of their products.

On closer inspection, the Kindle voyage has some intimate improvements. For example, the Kindle Voyage's screen and border have been completely done, and the entire fuselage is covered with Corning glass, and the advantage is that it protects the screen to the fullest extent possible.

Long time to use E-ink screen E-book reader friends may or more will be less than the problem of screen pressure, because the e-ink screen is too fragile, a little squeeze will lead to screen leakage, the final display is scrapped, so in the Kindle Paperwhite 2, The user has to configure the heavy protection to protect the screen from being squeezed. But the Kindle voyage will not have such trouble again, after our test, the fuselage front cover all over the glass panel to the next, can maximize the security of the screen, so, the Kindle voyage users can be assured to abandon the thick protective sleeve of the obsession, ease of daring to use.

In detail, the Kindle Voyage is also slightly thinner than the Kindle Paperwhite 2, measured in about 1.5mm of the gap. There is a clear difference in feel. Meanwhile, the Kindle Voyage is 29g lighter in weight than the Kindle Paperwhite 2, and for users who have been reading for a long time, a little weight difference can lead to a completely different reading experience.

　　2. Screen

If pure text reading, two products in the reading experience is not very different, after all, the text content need not be too high resolution. However, if you want to have a perfect comic reading experience on Kiindle, the Kindle voyage will be better. Although the screen size of the two product is also 6 inches, the Kindle Paperwhite 2 has a screen pixel density of only 212ppi, while the Kindle voyage to the Apple Retina Retina Standard, 300ppi.

Kindle Paperwhite 2

Kindle Voyage

Through the above two pictures we can clearly feel that on the Kindle voyage, the reality of the picture will be more clear, more details. Meanwhile, the Kindle voyage with no backlight, and the screen is closer to pure white. By contrast, the Kindle Paperwhite 2 's screen is a little yellowed.

The introduction of the backlight is a major improvement in the Kindle Paperwhite 2, through the backlight display, the ebook finally get rid of the source of trouble, although this approach is contrary to the eyes of the original intention, but for the quilt reading a group, it is extremely necessary. In the backlight display of this link, the Kindle voyage also has a certain improvement, the first introduction of the automatic adjustment function, the user does not need to manually adjust the brightness of the light source, can automatically adjust to the environment according to the most appropriate light source display, very convenient.

　　3. Entity key

The return of entity keys is also a major innovation in the Kindle voyage. Perhaps many people miss the original Kindle K3 physical key Touch, in the Kindle Voyage machine body, although not a full keyboard, but the two sides of the entity button can let the user out of the trouble of sliding page.

As shown in the picture, press the bar on both sides of the screen to do the next page, and press the top two dots, you can go on the paging operation. Users can be a long time single handheld, without a large movement of the fingers to achieve the perfect page. This is great for the Kindle Voyage's evolution.

　　4. Back

The Kindle Voyage is also vastly different from the Kindle Paperwhite 2. The Kindle Paperwhite 2 has a more rounded back design. The Kindle Voyage may have been designed to match the official release of the collapsible protector, highlighting the edges and corners of the back design, and the contrast between the different materials, which seems to have a strong sense of technology.

Meanwhile, the Kindle voyage also adjusts the power button from the bottom of the Kindle Paperwhite 2 to the back side, which is obviously more convenient for the right-handed user.

In terms of software, the two Kindle is almost identical in its experience, keeping Amazon's official sense of use.

　　5. Summary

The Kindle voyage has evolved significantly in backlight adjustment, weight and the flip of solid keys, while higher resolution makes reading a happy thing. Of course, the resulting higher price is also inevitable controversial. For simple reading, 899 yuan Kindle Paperwhite 2 can satisfy all the needs of people who love books, but if you have a deeper obsession with comics, or simply want to be more assured of the protection screen, then pay more than 600 yuan, buy the Kindle Voyage is also definitely the right choice.