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I see the Sage as a conceit by Kobo that they are at the limit of e-reader technology, in terms of their ability to move the core competencies of an e-reader forward. It seems as though they're shifting strategies towards competing with tablets by making more versatile devices (stylus, audiobooks).
I'm wondering whether companies like Onyx and Boyue have taken a bigger bite out of the e-ink market than I would have guessed because the Sage seems like an answer to that segment of their competition.
I find it disappointing that this is the direction the market is moving, but unfortunately it seems like the screen tech is the bottleneck on innovation. It doesn't seem as though we're going to see the big leap like we did from Pearl to Carta and screen size is no longer an obvious move forward.
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