Kindle Voyage 6" 4GB Wi-Fi E-Reader

I can't believe all these 4-5 star reviews. There are some pluses, but some of features that caused me to want a Kindle Voyage simply do not work. Here are my pros in cons in several categories.Backlighting/Auto brightness and Nightlight controls. Big cons, no pros. This was a big reason I chose the Voyage over other Kindles and they simply do not work. I had to turn off the Auto-brightness and Nightlight because they are worse than zero - they prevent reading. Auto brightness works the opposite of how you need it too. In bright sunlight you need no screen light, and in darkness you need screen lighting to read. Auto brightness does the opposite so if it is on and I go into a dark room, the screen turns so dark you cannot see it at all, whereas in bright sun, the light is turned up. Even the manual brightness settings are backwards. It says "In brightly lit rooms, use a high setting." [more backlighting] and "Use a low setting for dark rooms." The Nightlight controls are suppose to slowly lower the brightness in a dark room to reduce eye strain. On this Kindle, the screen get too dark to read and then spontaneously get brighter again - and it can cycle multiple times. The only way to read in a dark room is to turn off Auto-brightness and Nightlight function. Worthless.Screen image quality: Pro. Except for the worthless lighting issues above, the screen sharpness and clarity is excellent. This is the primary advantage over other PaperWhite Kindles, although some may not see a big difference in a few more pixels. Comparing to a tablet - I bought the Kindle Voyage primarily to read outside in sunlight since my iPad is not useful for that. For this use it works well and definitely an advantage over tablets. I can see the screen color shift from bottom to top, especially if I cover the middle of the screen, but I can live with it.Battery life: Pro - this is a real advantage of Kindles over other tablets and phones, but is not an advantage of the Voyage over other Kindles.Fonts: Con This Kindle Voyage offers the standard fonts but does not seen to have the "Publishers's font" choice. I have numerous books that offer the publisher's font choice on a Kindle-for-iPad app and the font is not available on Voyage for the same books. It is not big deal, but weird that this feature is missing on Amazon's top-end mono Kindle product.Form and screen size: Pro or Con. This is a personal preference so just know what you are getting. The Kindle Voyage is smaller than I expected. Pro: It is lightweight and easy to hold. Con:(1) it is too wide to go in a shirt pocket or pants pocket like a phone and (2) the screen is much smaller that a tablet. A direct comparison (in size, not features) between the Voyage and an iPhone 6 Plus for example, the screen size the about same height 4-13/16 vs. 4-12/16 but is about 30% wider (3-9/16 vs. 2-11/16). Both the Voyage and and a phone offer reading area much smaller than a paperback book. The added width make the Voyager nearly impossible to carry in a pocket, but does not add a lot of reading space compared to big phone (i.e. "phablet"). An iPad size tablet is not pocket-able either but provides much more reading space - about the size of a standard book page. Bottom line - you have to decide which is important - if you do not need to read in bright sunlight, you will probably be happier with a tablet like iPad. If you want to carry your reading in your pocket you will probably prefer a big phone like the iPhone 6 plus or Samsung Galaxy The Kindle is somewhat cheaper but also lacks many of the features of a smart phone/tablet, so it is not really apples-to-apples comparable, but the bottom line is that there better choice UNLESS you want to be able to read in bright sunshine, which is where the Kindle excels - but again, does not require a Voyage and a Paperwhite will work well.The PagePress buttons: Worthless. I thought the PagePress buttons on the bezel would be a nice addition but they really do not add value. Simply tapping the screen is really better for me than the PagePress. The PagePress works as described, but they are small (about an inch) and too low on the side (below where I would naturally hold the Kindle). Using them reduces comfort because the low position and the need to keep my thumb in one place to be on the button. I find myself just using the tap-the-page method for page turns, so I will probably turn off PagePress to avoid the sometimes accidental page turns. Bottom-line: nice idea, poorly executed.So why did I give it only one star? The lighting issues (and the color shift for some people) show that this Voyage is not perfected. Some of the other added features don't add much value. I paid over $230 for the version without ads but it does not work as advertised and is not worth that price. Shame on Amazon (where I buy a LOT of stuff) for putting out a product before is it ready. I cannot recommend it.