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Old 11-18-2018, 03:12 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by MGlitch View Post
not quite

The paperwhites are both 6" screens, both carta, both using relatively the same physical footprint, etc. The added features to the new paperwhite are waterproofing (doesn't change much with the way it's done), audiobook support (old paperwhite already had text to speech so the speakers were there), and the screen is capacitive instead of infrared (which is hardly a new technology even for Amazon).

The Kobo Forma is a larger screen, rather different physical layout as well as internally.

So the things that could actually cause issues aren't there in the Paperwhite, because Amazon hasn't changed them. While Kobo has changed things with the Forma.

And there's nothing for you to 'buy' here, the specs are there for anyone to see in black and white.
I thought the new Paperwhite added another LED?
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