Kindle Paperwhite Vs Kobo Aura Comparison Table
Form Factor
Both Kindle Paperwhite and Kobo Aura have excellent Build quality. Kobo Aura features a soft-touch quilted back and is available in five colors. while Kindle Paperwhite comes in an attractive black finish and features a soft-touch-painted back panel. Those who are looking for compact form factor and portability in an eReader are likely to go for Kobo Aura, which is definitely lighter, thinner and smaller than Kindle Paperwhite.
Display
Both Kindle Paperwhite and Kobo Glo offer similarly sized 6-inch E ink displays and make use of the best E-ink technology as available in the market. Compared to Kobo Aura, Kindle Paperwhite offers a comparatively better contrast, darker text and more pixels due to its 300 PPI display. Note: Kobo Clara HD ($129.99) offers 300 PPI display
Built-in Lighting
Both Kindle Paperwhite and Kobo Aura feature built-in lighting, eliminating the need for purchasing lighted eReader covers or other external sources of lighting. The lighting in Kindle Paperwhite feels very much a part of the overall display, it brightens the background and improves the contrast. The only disadvantage is that the lighting on Kindle Paperwhite is designed to be always ON and it cannot be turned OFF, while Kobo Aura allows you to turn off the lighting at any time.
Touch Screen
Both Kindle Paperwhite and Kobo Aura feature a capacitive touch screen as found in popular touch-screen tablets. In terms of user experience, there is not much of a difference between the two as both eReaders make use of responsive Capacitive touch screen technology.
Storage
We believe that storage is not an issue considering that the standard 4 GB storage is good enough for 3,000 books and most of us are not likely to exceed this mark.
Battery Life
The Battery life of Kobo Aura is rated to last a month with WiFi off. Kindle Paperwhite has a better stated battery life of about 2 months with WiFi turned off and lights on.
Supported File Formats
Kobo Aura supports the widely available EPUB format, this means that you can buy books from anywhere and read them on Kobo Aura.
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