Thread: PocketBook 740
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Old 02-02-2018, 04:47 PM   #15
j.p.s
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Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
Gotta love all the quoting each other these pages do. Especially, the comments about the narrow frame allowing the device to be "about the size of a 6-inch device" and "only slightly larger than the 6-inch models"

So here are the sizes of a few other ereaders for comparison:

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6" devices
Kindle Voyage     162 x 115 x 7.6mm
Kobo Aura 2       159 x 113 x 8.5mm
Nook Glowlight 3  176 x 127 x 8.8mm

6.8" devices
Kobo H2O 2        172 x 129 x 8.8mm

7.8" devices
Kobo Aura One     195 x 138.5 x 6.9mm
Tolino Epos       209 x 140 x 8.2mm
Pocketbook 740    195 x 136.5 x 8mm
Even by comparison with the Nook GL3 and it's massive bezels, my humble opinion is that the Pocketbook 740 fails to be "about" the size of a 6" device. Height wise, it would saying my 162cm (5' 4" inch) neighbour is about the same height as my 195cm (6' 5") son. The GL3 would be the equivalent of a 5' 9" inch person while the H2O2 would be the equivalent of a 5' 7" person and the Aura 2 coming in at a stubby 5' 2.5" inches.
All good points, but width is more important to me than height, and the 7.8" Pocketbook 740 is a few mm narrower than the 7" Kindle Oasis 2.
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