[Sharkus]

Originally Posted by FJames

The bigger screen is definitely the primary advantage of the Aura, just as the glow light is the main advantage of the Glo over the Touch. 0.8" doesn't seem like a lot, but it adds significantly more text to the page, making it almost equal to a paperback book page. It also allows the home screen to show more, and the web browser is a bit more effective. Unfortunately the down-side is that it makes the whole device proportionately bigger.

The Aura screen has a higher resolution than the Glo, just as the Glo has a higher resolution than the Touch. But really I doubt that most people would notice, aside from photos rendering a little better.

According to Kobo the screen on the Aura is harder and more resistant to scratches and dings. But I don't know anyone who has dared to test that.

Some people think the glow light on the Aura is a bit better. It can be adjusted all the way down to a very low light level for comfortable reading in the dark, lower than the Glo. It doesn't appear blueish. It has no visible edge light leakage (although it's not perfect - mine is very slightly darker along the right side and at the top right corner).

The Aura has 2x the battery capacity, which helps if you are using the glow light a lot. Unfortunately that makes it thicker and heavier (about 1/3 heavier than the Touch or Glo).

The Aura has 2x the memory, 4 Gbytes instead of 2 Gbytes. But I doubt most people would care unless they are storing something other than books (comics have been mentioned).

The processor in the Aura may be slightly faster than the Glo, which is a bit faster than the Touch. Nobody seems to be sure though.

On the down-side, aside from the extra size and weight, the Aura takes a step backward by using a slick hard-plastic case instead of having the soft quilted back and matte surface of previous models.

Personally I doubt I would trade a Glo for an Aura if I were just using it for reading text ebooks.

A nice summary, and as said, I'm still in two minds about wether to upgrade. I have had about a total of 5 minutes using an Aura, and most of that was spent outside of the reading experience, which is where I would spend most of my time, and I read just books, ie; not comics.

The back change is interesting, it is I believe meant to resemble folded / creased paper (pretty sure Pamela and / or Damian make reference to it in this video), and the Aura is meant to be a little bit of a departure from our normal eInk devices, something a little special.