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Wow, I had no idea e-ink had come so far.

Has the latency improved any?

Yes, though I couldn't find good numbers with some quick searching. If anyone finds a good source please share. FWIW, my new Kindle Voyage seems to turn pages about 10x faster than my second generation Kindle.

The page refresh speed has definitely increased on kindles, but the Amazon press releases always seem to attribute that to better processors rather than better panels.

I still find the latency just that bit to much on my Kindle PaperWhite. Love the tones, texture, and battery but the latency is just a killer for me. I guess I'm too impatient.

My Kindle paperwhite can change pages a bit faster than I could turn them, plus it's lit so I can read at night without a light over my shoulder. That said, I'm eagerly awaiting my oasis!

Kindles are still B&W - I'm curious about the colour displays.

I'm excited for what it will do to textbooks

Indeed. A textbook-size color Kindle would be glorious.

The only reason I prefer paper books is because ebooks, in my opinion, are unusable for technical material and documentation. Diagrams, equations, big tables, are a no-go today (that is, unless you buy an iPad Pro and read PDFs, but then you have the screen glare issue).

Serious question: what caused you to purchase a Voyage vs. an Oasis or regular Paperwhite Kindle?

I have almost every model of the Kindle (got rid of the DX, but have the rest still) and definitely like the Voyage over the paperwhite. The responsiveness and the overall crispness is better IMHO. I still really like the Paperwhite, but if you use them side by side you'll see a definite difference IMHO.

A friend's recommendation. The benefits are small but I spend a lot of time reading so the extra cost is tiny amortized.

I read 10x more paper books than eBooks (scanning is impossible on eBooks) but it's really nice to have the Kindle sometimes.

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