Video comparison - Aura Kobo vs Kindle Paperwhite - Eeevolution

Into Aura Kobo and Kindle Paperwhite have many things in common. In addition to being more advanced readers on the market and both have 6-inch screens, the consecration of over lighting technology introduced last year and now at last ripe, firm and free of defects. There are very good ebook reader, the best in their category, the ones you choose and advise. I got to try it for 10 days and here are some considerations that can help you decide what’s right for you.

Into If you love beautiful things, if you design and build quality are critical in choosing a product, then take Kobo Aura. It is not only smaller, compact and manoeuvrable Kindle Paperwhite, but it has better finishes, it is better built, has more modern lines and in general is more polished. Kindle to need a redesign. And that’s without mentioning the display thread and the button to turn off the light, in the model Kobo and absent in the Amazon. Not much else to say, Kobo has spoiled most of its eReader, Amazon has recycled the design of the 2012.

Into Kindle Paperwhite has a few more points in the cleaning of the screen. The resolution and pixel density are identical, as well as the capacitive touchscreen panel used. Kobo uses a classic E-Ink Pearl while Kindle has the exclusive on the new E-Ink Paper, whiter and contrasted, but that’s not the point. The difference in cleaning makes the additional layer that allows Aura to have the display flush with the frame, as anti-reflective, well-researched, it is still a layer that separates our eyes E-Ink panel, it is inevitable to see it ruin a bit ‘the sharpness of characters. I did some macro photos to make you understand what I mean.

Paperwhite has a cleaner display

Into It ‘a difference that is barely noticeable in the use of every day, but that is still present and visible to the naked eye. The novices not even notice it, but I assure you that a trained eye will make the case. There is another side effect caused by the additional panel: at the edges, all around the text, you create slight shadows on the screen. It ‘something that can also delight. At the bottom creates a little ‘the effect of porous paper newspapers or old books, but I do not think it’s something you want. Kindle Paperwhite, on the contrary is crisp, clean, plus the slight advantage of contrast by E-ink paper. When they are side by side, they note.

Let Into lighting. E ‘at high levels. Kindle has solved the problems with the nuances seen in the previous model: we now have a white, true Paperwhite and also has a higher brightness. Kobo has made the shade less blue, more greenish-yellow and red, thus resolving the effect seen on LCD Kobo Glo. It ‘s the same illumination of the excellent Kobo Aura HD. The quality of both systems is the best on the market. There is a winner because they are pretty much on par. You could say that Aura allows you to completely disable the LED by pressing the dedicated button lets Paperwhite while always a thread on, but these are details.

Visibility in full only: virtually identical

Into Both offer an excellent reading experience: they have fast processors, touch sensitive and snappy, now capacitive therefore perfect to underline or highlight words or passages of a book as well as for the pinch to zoom in the PDF. From this point of view there is no difference between the two. But Kobo Aura is more comprehensive in scope software. If you want an ebook reader that does more things, more flexible and versatile, Aura is to be preferred.

Into On the other hand it has a user interface more complicated to use, with multiple sections and menus, and also something to be reviewed (I speak in the video comparison). This makes me not recommended for an inexperienced user or to a person not comfortable with the technology. To understand: if you use your smartphone, tablet pc and you will have no problems moving around in the UI designed by Kobo, but if your relationship with phones and computers is almost forced, if you have 4 icons on your desktop, and woe betide anyone who touches them, take the new Kindle. The reader Amazon has a cleaner interface, lighter, bug-proof (while Kobo occasionally papers) and also a new step by step tutorial that explains how the reader. It ‘easy to use, that’s all. I would recommend it to my mom because with three movements (forward, back, home) does it all.

differences of lighting and Store

Into The advantage of Kobo is in the format support CBZ, CBR and ePUB, in the presence of microSD reader (very useful for comics, you can put a 32GB card and forget about it) and better management of PDF. Unlike Paperwhite, Aura remembers the zoom level (but not the position) and allows you to change the page even while you’re zooming. They are basic things but Paperwhite Kindle does not. Both do not reach perfection, they are quite awkward to use with PDFs (and Aura has no reflow), but between the two that Kobo is more flexible. Just as it is more complete when it comes to formatting and customizing text, with millemila combinations of font, spacing, thickness, margins, spacing, size and alignment that can help you find the desired combination.

Into Again, integration with Pocket is better than that permitted by the Send to Kinlde. Do not miss a shot, it syncs seamlessly, I is not ever receive a web page saved in the browser or having trouble formatting the text. All these things, however, with Send to Kindle are on the agenda. Pocket on Aura is like the Kobo app for Android or iOS: great.

reading experience and options

Into Buying a Kindle means to be safe even in regard to the after sales service and constant updates over time. Kobo eReader is investing a lot in the field, but in small company like ours is hard to compete with Amazon. Personally I have nothing to reproach after sales service Kobo, but you only need a Google search to read cases of people who think differently. Even the recent abandonment of Kobo Touch, buggy software and no longer fixed, is an example of what I mean.

Into The Amazon shopping experience is also more consistent than Kobo, as well as the services offered by the cloud, synchronization, and archiving free, and many other little things that I prefer not to elaborate not to bury Kobo. Aura has nothing to do with this. It ‘an ebook reader from the exquisite technical point of view, is the model that I recommend you try if you are looking for a non-Kindle reader, and that is what you should choose to upgrade your Glo. I am an Amazon user, I have books and documents stored on their computers, and I love their approach to care. But Kobo eReader Aura is an excellent, and that is that on balance wins this comparison. Let me know what you think.

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