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Old 10-06-2021, 07:22 AM   #57
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Originally Posted by rcentros View Post
From the Forma to Sage about 44 grams difference (i.e., about a 22.5% increase in weight — or somewhere between a fifth to a quarter in additional weight). That's fairly significant but even more significant is the change in Kobo's focus. With the Forma Kobo emphasizes how light the reader is — "lightweight" and "lighter than air" in the Forma blurb. And people bought it because of that. Now the Sage is going to be (at best) average, but nearer the top of the weight range for 7.8" to 8" readers. Inkpad 3 (7.8") is 210 grams (lighter than the Libre 2, which is 7") and the Inkpad 3 Plus (7.8") is 225 grams, just 10 grams heavier. Heck I noticed a significant difference between my PocketBook Basic Lux (180 grams) and my PocketBook Touch HD3 (155 grams). This is definitely a change from getting lighter to lighter to lighter and then change direction and jump to heavier. (I'm guessing the Mobius screen caused issues that Kobo no longer wanted to deal with.)
You may be right about the Mobiius screen and Kobo's reluctance to admit they had a problem. I don't have a Forma, but that attitude really pisses me off.

I also don't have a Pocketbook Inkpad X, which also (I think) has a Mobius screen, but I haven't heard about any problems with that larger screen. Only problems with the firmware and the reader's poky performance issues. But one thing I DO like about Poketbook's attitude is that it's an ebook reader made for people who like to read.

I don't want to take notes and fiddle around with doodling all day long drawing circles, squares, rectangles, and cute little faces. Dammit! I want to read!

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