![]() ![]() The Aura One’s frontlight has more shadowy areas at the bottom of the screen, and it also has a subtle gradient but it goes from top to bottom so it’s a little less distracting to the eye.įrontlights can vary a lot from one to the next, however, and Kobo might be using different color LEDs in the Aura One these days than the one I got over 2 years ago, so consider this more of a general guideline than something that’s set in stone. The Kobo Forma has a darker area along the side with the buttons, which gives it a gradient look, and you can also see some PWM flicker in the video but you can’t see it in person. The Forma’s light is also a lot dimmer at the lower settings.īoth frontlights have flaws. They have completely different colors at both ends of the lighting spectrums. FrontlightsĪside from the design, the main difference between the two is the color of their frontlights. They also made it so paging forward goes down the page of a PDF in landscape mode instead of going to the next page. Second, they finally added the option to read ebooks in landscape mode. The Forma adds a couple of new features but Kobo will probably add them to the Aura One with a future firmware update, making this part of the comparison irrelevant.įirst, they added a full page option to the Forma so you can remove the header and/or footer from appearing. The software features are mostly the same on both devices. ![]() It’s not a big deal but it requires tapping things more than once sometimes. The Aura One’s touchscreen accuracy is slightly off. One notable advantage for the Kobo Forma is a better touchscreen. Overall performance seems largely the same between both of them. It uses an 8-inch E Ink screen and the Aura One has an 7.8-inch screen.īoth have 300 ppi, but the Forma’s screen has plastic backing and the Aura One’s has glass so that makes the Forma’s screen lighter and more durable.Ĭonsequently the Kobo Forma weighs 33 grams less than the Aura One (197 grams vs 230 grams).īoth are waterproof (IPX8 rated) and both have the same amount of storage space. ![]()
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