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Originally Posted by mobama

As I said earlier: When one app/reader shows you the same amount of text on a 6.8" screen as another app/reader on a 6" screen with the same font faces and sizes, this is a difference that would make me prefer the latter app/reader to the former. Hardware-wise I would still pick the reader with 6.8" screen, particularly if the resolution does not suffer, but I would want to install another reading app there.

The reviewer actually stated that there was the same amount of text on the two screens. But, the reviewer also had the Kobo set to use large margins but had the Kindle set to use the smallest margins. If he had used the smaller margin options on the Kobo, he would have gotten more text. He also compared a kepub with whatever was on the Kindle. If he had used an epub like he did for most of the rest of the review, again, he would have had more text on the Kobo.

We evidently judge reviews by different standards. I'd blame him if he specifically set the device up to show it in worse light, but not for failing to set it up to show it in best light.

Nobody reviews "all the features". Every reviewer reviews the features that seem important enough to test, and when they review many devices and they do it often, a pattern of preferences emerges. I have looked through many series by the same reviewer and of others to compare. Many reviewers don't even set two devices side by side, even though they may talk (approvingly or disapprovingly) about other devices while having a single one to show. On youtube, this particular reviewer is as competent and objective as it gets.

Nate is a professional reviewer and commentator of eReaders and related topics. It is his job to do this. If this was a review on a generic tech site by generic tech reviewer, then I would have ignored the discrepancies in the review. And I'd have assumed that Amazon sent out the better review script than Kobo. But, then again, I probably wouldn't have watched it. But, coming from an eReader reviewer, I expect a different standard.

Just to be clear, one of the things I am complaining about is what started this. In the review, for the Kindle he showed how to adjust the margins and made a comment that they were useless. But, he had the Kobo set to a larger margin than the Kindle and didn't mention they could be changed. And at the time he demonstrated the Kindle margin changing, he actually had the Kobo reading settings displayed and didn't demonstrate the margin changing. And based on this review, you decided the margins on the Kobo device was ridiculously big and didn't realise they could be adjusted. Which means the omission in the review was pretty bad.

If you don't like his review, find a better one. Based on my own research, I am confident that you cannot find anything better. You will have to make a better one yourself.

And that is the problem, there aren't any better. To be honest, I mainly look at reviews of Kobo devices to see how wrong they got it. Though I look at the comparison review to get a better idea of the different sizes of the devices before I get to see one.