10-06-2021, 04:41 AM | #46 |
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With the Forma, the button should not be much of an issue. If you have a sleep cover, you put the Forma to sleep when the cover is closed and wake it when the cover is open.No need to have to press the power button.
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10-06-2021, 04:43 AM | #47 | |
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10-06-2021, 05:01 AM | #48 | |
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10-06-2021, 05:08 AM | #49 |
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I use all my readers without a case, except for the Oasis, which has a coverless case (because of the metal back). I weighed my Oasis yesterday. It's exactly the same weight in its case as the Sage without. So it's not so bad, as I would read the Sage without a case.
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10-06-2021, 05:27 AM | #50 |
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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.)
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10-06-2021, 05:28 AM | #51 | |
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10-06-2021, 05:30 AM | #52 | |
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For the stylus, I'm pretty sure that someone has used a non-Kobo stylus with the Elipsa. If that is the case, I would expect that it will work with the Sage as well. Don't ask me which stylus it was, as I wasn't paying that much attention. The Elipsa also supports Bluetooth keyboards and remote controls. Again, this will probably extend to the Sage. |
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10-06-2021, 05:50 AM | #53 | |
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10-06-2021, 05:53 AM | #54 |
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You cannot compare the Sage to the Libra H2O. The Sage compares to the Forma. The Libra 2 compares to the Libra H2O.
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10-06-2021, 05:57 AM | #55 |
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I didn't even know that the stylus is BT.
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10-06-2021, 06:20 AM | #56 |
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10-06-2021, 07:22 AM | #57 | |
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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! Last edited by Dr. Drib; 10-06-2021 at 07:30 AM. |
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10-06-2021, 07:35 AM | #58 |
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I noticed that the Sage has a significantly more powerful processor:
Quad Core @ 1.8 GHz While the Libra 2 only lists: 1 GHz I'd suspect this to be a 2 core device. This explains the difference in price for the Sage and the weight. |
10-06-2021, 07:41 AM | #59 |
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I want the Sage. Have to see what Santa and the birthday boy brings
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10-06-2021, 08:24 AM | #60 | |
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