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Amazon Kindle 7 Ebook Reader
Amazon Kindle 7
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Amazon Kindle 8 Ebook Reader
Amazon Kindle 8
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Amazon Kindle Voyage Ebook Reader
Amazon Kindle Voyage
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Kobo Aura Edition 2 Ebook Reader
Kobo Aura Edition 2
Available colors
Editiorial reviews
5
3.4 out of 5
4 user ratings
5 stars
0 %
4 stars
75 %
3 stars
25 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
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11
3.9 out of 5
7 user ratings
5 stars
28 %
4 stars
71 %
3 stars
0 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
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9
4.4 out of 5
4 user ratings
5 stars
75 %
4 stars
25 %
3 stars
0 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
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6
6 editorial reviews
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User rating
40
4.0 out of 5
40 user ratings
5 stars
35 %
4 stars
32 %
3 stars
27 %
2 stars
2 %
1 stars
2 %
45
3.8 out of 5
45 user ratings
5 stars
26 %
4 stars
40 %
3 stars
22 %
2 stars
6 %
1 stars
4 %
45
4.0 out of 5
45 user ratings
5 stars
31 %
4 stars
37 %
3 stars
28 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
2 %
48
4.0 out of 5
48 user ratings
5 stars
33 %
4 stars
39 %
3 stars
20 %
2 stars
6 %
1 stars
0 %

Display

Touchscreenyesyesyesyes
Colourno
N/A
no
N/A
Screen size6.0 in6.0 in6.0 in6.0 in
Screen resolution600 x 800 px800 x 600 px1440 x 1080 px1024 x 768 px
Shades of grey161616
N/A
DPI167.0 dpi167.0 dpi300.0 dpi212.0 dpi
Screen technology
N/A
N/A
LED
N/A
Pixel density
N/A
N/A
300.0 ppi
N/A

Technical details

Supported book file formats
  • AZW
  • AZW3
  • DOC
  • DOCX
  • HTML
  • MOBI
  • PDF
  • PRC
  • TXT
  • DOC
  • HTML
  • MOBI
  • PDF
  • TXT
  • AZW
  • AZW3
  • DOC
  • DOCX
  • HTML
  • MOBI
  • PDF
  • PRC
  • TXT
  • EPUB
  • HTML
  • PDF
  • RTF
  • TXT
Supported image formats
  • BMP
  • GIF
  • JPG
  • PNG
  • BMP
  • GIF
  • JPEG/JPG
  • PNG
  • BMP
  • GIF
  • JPG
  • PNG
  • BMP
  • GIF
  • JPEG/JPG
  • PNG
  • TIFF
Supported video formatsNot supported
N/A
Not supported
N/A
Built-in memoryyesyesyesyes
Memory size4GB4GB
  • 4GB
  • 4GB
N/A
Memory card readernononono
Compatible memory cardsNot supported
N/A
N/A
N/A
Book capacity
N/A
N/A
3000
N/A
RAM size
N/A
N/A
1024.0 mB
N/A

Design

Colour of productBlack
  • Black
  • White
Black
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Red
On/off switch
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A

Dimensions

Height6.65 in6.3 in0.3 in6.26 in
Width4.69 in4.53 in4.53 in4.45 in
Depth6.65 in0.36 in6.38 in0.33 in
Weight6.74 oz5.68 oz6.63 oz6.35 oz

Audio properties

Speakersnononono
Audio 3.5mm inputnononono
Supported audio formatsNot supported
N/A
Not supported
N/A

Features

Menu languagesENG
N/A
N/A
N/A
Operating systemLinuxProprietary OSProprietary OSProprietary OS
Qwerty keyboard (buttons)nononono
Qwerty keyboard (screen)yesnoyesyes
MP3 Playerno
N/A
no
N/A
Input method
N/A
N/A
Multi-touch
N/A
Adjustable text
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Amazon whispersync
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Built-In dictionary
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Digital library access
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Lighting
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Web browsing
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A

Connectivity

Wi-Fiyesyesyesyes
Wi-Fi standards
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • Wi-Fi 4
N/A
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • Wi-Fi 4
N/A
3G (UMTS)nononono
AC adapter includednononoyes
Headphone outno
N/A
no
N/A
Bluetoothno
N/A
no
N/A
USByesyesyesyes
USB versionUSB 2.0
N/A
USB 2.0
N/A
USB typeMicro-USB B
N/A
Micro-USB
N/A
Total USB ports111
N/A
USB powered (only mha USB)yesyesyes
N/A

Battery

Battery charge time4.0 h
N/A
3.0 h
N/A
Number of batteries required1111
Rechargeable battery (enclosed/integrate)yesyesyesyes
Battery life
N/A
N/A
1008.0 h
N/A
Battery type
N/A
N/A
N/A
Li-Ion

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