I got one of these when they first came out, and am about to return it. The colors are not as bright as I had hoped, and even in greyscale mode it's pretty dim. The screen also had a defect (sort of like a dead pixel; it shows up in night mode as a bright glimmer).

My daughter loved it since she reads graphic novels and comic books. But when she found out it doesn't work with her Kindle books, that killed it for her. Rumor is that Amazon is going to come out with a color ereader in 2025, perhaps with an ACeP screen. [1] I think those are brighter but slower on page turns.

I'm glad Kobo is innovating, and look forward to seeing what v2 looks like (and Amazon's first offering). In the meantime...I'm sending this one back. The return process was surprisingly manual and consumer-unfriendly. Even though it says you can send it back within 30 days for any reason, they were telling me that the busted pixel didn't qualify. I had to call back to get someone who would put the RMA through.

1: https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/amazon-to-launch-next-ge...