Thread: A couple questions about Paperwhite and Oasis
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Old 10-08-2020, 06:54 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by azayn View Post
Well the Libra lacks some of the premium touches that the Oasis has: plastic vs metal body, indented screen, inferior frontlight. Maybe it would be more appropriate to compare the Oasis to the Forma as it's their top of the line unit. The Libra seems to straddle an odd place somewhere between the Paperwhite and the Oasis.
Are you comparing the Libra without the light issue to an Oasis 3? The Oasis costs more then 20% more then the Libra. The software on the libra is better and the integration with Calibre is excellent. The eBook management of the Libra is very good and the Oasis eBook management is meh. Kobo supports most of their older Readers. For example the PW1 and PW2 are not supported with new firmware. Kobo devices made around the same times are still supported with new firmware.

Overall (IMHO) the Libra has more going for it then the Oasis.
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