Thread: Forma Anyone just got a forma?
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Old 03-15-2020, 02:47 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Quoth View Post
It was the approx €100 higher cost than a Libra put me off a Forma. I hardly ever use the "front light" on either of my Kobos or the Kindle PW3. Purchased Argos Ireland. North American imports add 23% VAT on price INCLUDING shipping. Over €150 (inc Shipping) can also involve Customs Duty, (VAT charged on that too!).
So I stick to under €23 inc Shipping for non-EU. Brexit isn't actually done till 31st December 2020.
You get a lot more screen real estate for that extra £100. But also in my case a very unreliable power button, which I bypass with a sleep cover.. and sometimes it is slow to invert the screen when rotated.
I bought both but am reading on the forma, will probably lend the libra to my son. He uses my old aura hd so when that dies he may get the libra

On a sample of 1 of each, the libra seems better made to me.

Inverting the screen makes little difference to noticing the edge band , for me. I experimented both ways around. Currently I am having the thick edge with the buttons on the left..
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