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I have two kobo ereaders...i love them but the kobo vox is very delicate. i bought it to have a more up to date version of the kobo. about a week into owning it i dropped it on carpet and the screen cracked in three places. it still works but its a pain. ive gone back to using the older one.
I was so excited when the Vox came out, I had my husband go out that day and buy it for me for Christmas!
Since then, I have found a number of issues that make me wish I had continued my search.
1) The Vox charger is short - I have a daughter who likes to use my Vox. Quite often it will need a charge when I go to use it, and the cord is so short that I can't plug it in to the outlet behind my bedside table and still use it.
2) The charger is not universal. The Vox requires a more powerful charger than your standard Micro USB charger. For the longest time they were completely unavailable, but I believe you can now purchase one from their website if you lose it.
3) It is slow! The Vox is trying to exist somewhere between eReader and tablet. As a result, you get a very heavy eReader that is much slower than your average tablet. I was hoping to enjoy some apps on the Vox, but they run so slow that it makes it not worth the hassle.
Plus Points:
My daughter loves that she can have stories read to her by the Vox.
I do appreciate the lit back screen very much.
All in all, I wish i had waited and bought an iPad mini.
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