Thread: Kobo is developing a 7.8 eReader
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Old 08-10-2016, 10:26 PM   #301
davidfor
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Originally Posted by haydnfan View Post
No that's wrong. They are releasing two ereaders, an 8 inch and a 6 inch.
Actually, no-one has any real idea what Kobo are releasing or when. Kobo have asked for FCC clearance for two readers. But, whether they are released at the same time we don't know. Kobo haven't released two new devices at the same time since the Glo, Mini and updated Touch were released. Early last year, it looked like they were going to release the Glo HD and the Touch 2, but the latter wasn't released until much later in the year. It's completely possible that one of the devices will come out "soon", and the other will come out early next year.

The evidence suggests the 7.8" device will be out soon, but I haven't seen anything more for the 6" device.
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So one is named edition one and the other edition two. That is all.
No, one is called the "Kobo Aura One" and the other something like "Kobo Aura Edition 2". The former seems to be the 7.8" device, and the latter seems to be the 6" device. With the size and name like "Kobo Aura Edition 2", it sounds like it is a direct replacement/update for the "Kobo Aura" (6" device with no modifiers). There seems to be even less information about this device than the "Kobo Aura One", so we have no real knowledge of what it is.
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