Is the extra price worth it?

["Username"]

Hello. I'm interested in 2 ereaders, the pocketbook era and the Kobo Libra h20. The problem is that the Pocketbook is ~100$ more expensive than the Kobo. Also the pocketbook is sealed, but the kobo is used. Is the difference in price worth it

["Username"]

The kobo is ~60$ but the pocketbook is ~185$. Yeah, that isn't a 100$ difference, but it's close to it

[Hellmark]

For those, the Kobo is going to hard to beat for the price. It is an older unit and discontinued, but you're going to get one hell of a bang for the buck.

For me the big con of the Kobo is that the Libra H20 uses a MicroUSB connector for charging and hooking up to a computer, whereas the Pocketbook Era uses USB-C. Kobo didn't switch to USB-C until the Libra 2.

[kacir]

I am a big fan of PocketBook and I think that you shouldn't consider the price critical if it is something that you will be using every day for many, many years.

But in this case I can't see myself choosing PocketBook ;-). They both have 7" screen with the same [high] resolution and are top of the pack models for their manufacturers.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by Hellmark

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For me the big con of the Kobo is that the Libra H20 uses a MicroUSB connector for charging and hooking up to a computer, whereas the Pocketbook Era uses USB-C. Kobo didn't switch to USB-C until the Libra 2.

There is no practical difference.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by Quoth

There is no practical difference.

It’s going to be a very long time before I’m done with micro-usb chargers.

[salamanderjuice]

Originally Posted by Quoth

There is no practical difference.

Except one is reversible, more robust and used by new things including laptops. Some of the Boox readers at least support USB 3 speeds and so are much faster for file transfers.

It's a better connector and one less cable to pack for trips.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by salamanderjuice

Except one is reversible, more robust and used by new things including laptops. Some of the Boox readers at least support USB 3 speeds and so are much faster for file transfers.

It's a better connector and one less cable to pack for trips.

When I was using my Kobo Aura H2O or any of my past Sony Readers, I never found them too slow via USB.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by salamanderjuice

Except one is reversible, more robust and used by new things including laptops. Some of the Boox readers at least support USB 3 speeds and so are much faster for file transfers.

It's a better connector and one less cable to pack for trips.

It's dubious that C is more robust than a decent micro or mini. I've not had a problem, except with cheap cables and most local sold USB-C cables only do USB 2.x

USB 3.0 can do 5 Gbps. USB 2.0 can do 480 Mbit/s, or 53 M bytes/s. Seriously Onyx does significantly more than 53 M Bytes/s?

Also you can get cables with tethered adaptors as well as separate adaptors. Really I don't care if an ereader has micro, mini or C type connectors. If the socket or plug isn't obvious in orientation I put a line of white or black on.

Also I have a four USB 3.x speed HDDs. One has USB-B connector with extra part for "USB-B USB 3.0", one has a USB-A (9 pin USB 3.0) socket and uses a back to back USB 3.0 USB A cable, one uses a mini-USB USB3.0 (extra part) and one has a captive cable with USB 3.0 USB-C plug.

I've ereaders that use micro, mini and USB-C. None are USB 3.0. The higher speed charging on Kobos with USB-C use only 4 wires, so a suitable Qualcomm compatible USB-A port (4 wire, not USB 3.0 9 wire) charger works.

Ditto on phones and tablets.

The audio, video, network, power in/out modes, charging modes, USB 2.x / USB 3.x options are a minefield on USB-C. You have to test each gadget, adaptor and USB-C cable and PC port to establish what works. The makers and sellers mostly don't say.

Very many things with USB-C connectors have the same internal circuit as if they had micro USB.

I've now stupid power tools that need specific USB-C chargers. They don't charge on any of my regular chargers for USB-C. I think only my Chromebook charger works.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Quoth

It's dubious that C is more robust than a decent micro or mini. I've not had a problem, except with cheap cables and most local sold USB-C cables only do USB 2.x

USB 3.0 can do 5 Gbps. USB 2.0 can do 480 Mbit/s, or 53 M bytes/s. Seriously Onyx does significantly more than 53 M Bytes/s?

Also you can get cables with tethered adaptors as well as separate adaptors. Really I don't care if an ereader has micro, mini or C type connectors. If the socket or plug isn't obvious in orientation I put a line of white or black on.

Also I have a four USB 3.x speed HDDs. One has USB-B connector with extra part for "USB-B USB 3.0", one has a USB-A (9 pin USB 3.0) socket and uses a back to back USB 3.0 USB A cable, one uses a mini-USB USB3.0 (extra part) and one has a captive cable with USB 3.0 USB-C plug.

I've ereaders that use micro, mini and USB-C. None are USB 3.0. The higher speed charging on Kobos with USB-C use only 4 wires, so a suitable Qualcomm compatible USB-A port (4 wire, not USB 3.0 9 wire) charger works.

Ditto on phones and tablets.

The audio, video, network, power in/out modes, charging modes, USB 2.x / USB 3.x options are a minefield on USB-C. You have to test each gadget, adaptor and USB-C cable and PC port to establish what works. The makers and sellers mostly don't say.

Very many things with USB-C connectors have the same internal circuit as if they had micro USB.

I've now stupid power tools that need specific USB-C chargers. They don't charge on any of my regular chargers for USB-C. I think only my Chromebook charger works.

I have a multi-plug USB cable that has a slow speed USB-C cable. I use it for when something with USB-C cannot handle high-speed charging.