![]() There is 4GB of internal storage and the majority of your content will be held in the cloud. Underneath the hood is a 1 GHZ processor and 512 MB of RAM. The retail packaging also makes reference to 300 PPI, so this should aid you if you are looking to buy the latest edition and can’t really tell what model you are looking at. The only change on the hardware is very subtle, the Kindle logo on the front is piano black, while the older edition had it in pure white. ![]() When it comes to the visual aesthetics the new Paperwhite is virtually indistinguishable from the 2nd generation model. It has a e-ink Carta display with a resolution of 1430×1080 and 300 PPI. The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 3 came out in 2015 and is getting a bit long in the tooth. Auto brightness is optional and can be completely turned off, you don’t need to use it if you don’t want to. The comfortlight has an automatic setting that does not use an ambient light sensor, instead of relies on the time of day and your time zone to automatically configure itself. If you turn both the front-lit display and the Comfortlight on, all of the LEDS work in concert and it provides a really bright and vibrant reading experience. It has even light distribution thanks to the 8 white LED’s and the Comfortlight PRO system has 7 orange LED’s. The Clara HD has a front-lit display that might be one of the best ones Kobo has ever released. Speaking of Pocket the Kobo experimental browser also has Pocket integration, so you can save Pocket articles directly on the e-reader, instead of exclusively relying on the plugins for Chrome or Firefox. In order to conserve memory you have a number of options in the settings menu to automatically delete books from the device when you are finished reading them and you can do the same thing with Pocket articles. Kobo has suspended expandable storage a few years and there is no Micro SD on the Clara HD. Underneath the hood is a 1GHZ Freescale Solo Lite processor, 512MB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage. The back of the Clara has a neat perforated design that makes it easy to hold and a high degree of grip. There is a USB port and power button on the bottom and the rest of the sides have nothing on them. The screen is not flush with the bezel, but there is a small dip. The Clara HD features an E-Ink Carta HD display with a 300 PPI display. Can the Clara compete against one of the most popular e-readers in the world with the lighting system alone? The Kobo model has a competitive advantage with its Comfortlight PRO display, which allows you to configure the color temperature of the front-lit display, to mute the bright white light. The Kobo Clara HD sells for $129 so it’s a little cheaper than the Paperwhite, but the latter frequently goes on sale for $89-$99.The Kobo Clara HD and Amazon Kindle Paperwhite are two e-readers that cost the same amount of money and have a fair bit in common. The Kindle Paperwhite starts at $119 but the one without ads is $139. Page turns are the same speed and sometimes the Kobo is a bit faster to open a menu or the dictionary, and sometimes the Kindle is faster. Overall speed is about the same between the two. The Kobo also has twice as much storage space as the Paperwhite with 8GB. Kobo also has a more advanced estimated reading time indicator, and they’ve got a feature that keeps track of your reading activity. The Kobo has some settings the Kindle lacks, like offering different tap zones and being able to set page refresh frequency. It’s also possible to wirelessly send library books to the Kindle Paperwhite. The Kindle has some extra features like X-Ray, instant translations, Word Wise, Goodread’s integration, landscape mode for ebooks, VoiceView to read books and menus aloud, and there’s a vocabulary builder. They both have the same 6-inch 300 ppi E Ink Carta screen, both have capacitive touchscreens, and both share many of the same software features. While not adjustable, the frontlight is a bit more uniform on the Paperwhite the Kobo’s design is susceptible to a bit of frontlight bleed with the 13 lights to the Paperwhite’s 4.
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