Wow, a new gossip thread. Finally.
The Aura 6" receives an upgrade to become water, dust, and shockproof (IP67 certified) and the screen is replaced by a Carta screen with the same resolution. Not much improvement for a reader that is available on the market for only just one year.
The Aura HD is available on the market much longer and has
- outdated design (which does not comfortly fit in the general design of the other the models)
- thick (11,7 mm/0.46 inch)
- relative heavy (but not necessarily uncomfortable)
- not very fast (when compared to other readers but this does not necessarily make the device uncomfortable to use)
- responsiveness: input lag and not always very precise
To me it is very clear which reader should be upgraded (first).
And Amazon is rumoured to release a new PaperWhite with a
- high resolution screen (300dpi)
- 6" screen
This new PaperWhite looks more attractive to me than the coming Aura H2O.
The current PW is already faster than all available Kobo readers. My 2 cents is that this gap will become even bigger.
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Originally Posted by leftright
… that the basics of touch screen command execution hasn't been mastered by most ereader manufacturers, and this is a feature of the UI which should be exactly right, not just good enough, but perfect, guess those teenagers writing code think otherwise.
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Most ereader manufacturers? What about all manufacturers? But definitely includes Kobo.
But I do agree with you that it is mostly a software/firmware issue as most manufacturers use the same hardware components and many other manufacturers master responsiveness issues better. Not only do they have a lower input lag but are also more precise. The trouble here is that it varies from model to model. Picking a reader just by brand name won't do.
But anyone who uses a Kobo reader (or reads about Kobo readers on fora, blog, tests or elase) does no that software and firmware development is not one of Kobos strenghts.
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And yes, that is an understatement.)