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Originally Posted by HDestruct
Hey guys, I'm relatively new to this forum. Been exploring for a while and now I'd like to ask a question.
It's pretty frustrating when I read reviews of best eReaders and almost EVERY single review keeps saying that Amazon Kindle is superior over Kobo. I was surprised. Why?? Isn't a Kobo just as good as a Kindle? What is the reason why almost all reviewers find Kindle better than Kobo? I'm perplexed.
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In the tech world there's rarely such a thing as "best". The best device is the one you prefer; the one that does what you want it to do.
I have Kindles, Kobos and Nooks. I personally prefer Kindles. Their feature selection fits me well and they're stable and relatively bug free and they're connected to the store where I buy my books.
For simply reading, forgetting all the other qualities, my Nook Glowlight 3 gives me the best experience overall. It doesn't have many features but it has most of the ones I care about. It's screen has the best contrast by far. Unfortunately it's a bit buggy and finicky and a lot larger than other 6" readers.
The Kobo feels better in my hand, more comfortable to hold, lighter in weight and it has a lot of the features I like, although not as many as the other two. It's also a bit buggy but not as buggy as the Nook. It's screen is kind of muddy although the newer Kobos have much better screens than mine.
For me the best compromise is the Kindle but the truth is I'd be perfectly happy with any of these as my only reader if I could only have one. They're all excellent and the differences are more about my tastes than anything in the devices themselves.
Lately though I've been doing most of my reading on my phone. I'm enjoying that. I use the Moon+ Pro app and it gives me the best of everything. I haven't really decided that I won't be using my ereaders anymore but it's been a while since I have. Maybe someday I'll decide.
Barry