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Well, I bought the Aura Edition 2 today and it's a very nice little ereader.
I was able to check the Kindle Paperwhite 3 and the Kindle Basic side-by-side in a store and I didn't think the 300 ppi difference was that great. I could certainly see the greater sharpness when looking close up, but at a normal distance the Basic text actually looked bolder and darker so I guess that's the trade-off. I really don't know why Amazon doesn't offer a weight option for Kindle fonts... they are a bit too thin for me.
So I was happy enough that the Edition 2 missing the 300 ppi wasn't that big a deal.
The build and design of the Edition 2 is really nice. Excellent fit and finish, no creaks. It has 'normal' plastic (like on the white Mini) rather that the rubberised type on a lot of other Kobos (such as my Touch) so it's very fingerprint resistant, both on the back and front. It's also very compact and noticeably smaller than my Touch. A 300 ppi screen in that case would have been killer, but it's still more than good enough for me with the 212 ppi and it does come in cheaper that the Paperwhite.
Very happy with it.
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