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Amazon Kindle Voyage Ebook Reader
Amazon Kindle Voyage
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Barnes & Noble NOOK Ebook Reader
Barnes & Noble NOOK
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Kobo Aura Edition 2 Ebook Reader
Kobo Aura Edition 2
Available colors
Editiorial reviews
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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27
3.4 out of 5
7 user ratings
5 stars
0 %
4 stars
71 %
3 stars
14 %
2 stars
14 %
1 stars
0 %
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6 editorial reviews
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User rating
45
4.0 out of 5
45 user ratings
5 stars
31 %
4 stars
37 %
3 stars
28 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
2 %
41
4.0 out of 5
41 user ratings
5 stars
34 %
4 stars
34 %
3 stars
29 %
2 stars
2 %
1 stars
0 %
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

Touchscreenyesyesyes
ColournoN
N/A
Screen size6.0 in6.0 in6.0 in
Screen technologyLEDE Ink
N/A
Screen resolution1440 x 1080 px600 x 800 px1024 x 768 px
Pixel density300.0 ppi
N/A
N/A
Shades of grey1615
N/A
DPI300.0 dpi
N/A
212.0 dpi

Technical details

Book capacity30001500
N/A
Supported book file formats
  • AZW
  • AZW3
  • DOC
  • DOCX
  • HTML
  • MOBI
  • PDF
  • PRC
  • TXT
  • EPUB
  • PDF
  • EPUB
  • HTML
  • PDF
  • RTF
  • TXT
Supported image formats
  • BMP
  • GIF
  • JPG
  • PNG
  • BMP
  • GIF
  • JPG
  • PNG
  • BMP
  • GIF
  • JPEG/JPG
  • PNG
  • TIFF
Supported video formatsNot supportedNot supported
N/A
Built-in memoryyes
N/A
yes
Memory size
  • 4GB
  • 4GB
2GB
N/A
Memory card readerno
N/A
no
RAM size1024.0 mB
N/A
N/A
Compatible memory cards
N/A
microSD
N/A
Maximum memory card size
N/A
32
N/A

Design

Colour of productBlackBlack
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Red
On/off switchyes
N/A
N/A

Dimensions

Height0.3 in6.5 in6.26 in
Width4.53 in5.0 in4.45 in
Depth6.38 in0.47 in0.33 in
Weight6.63 oz6.95 oz6.35 oz

Audio properties

Speakersno
N/A
no
Audio 3.5mm inputnoyesno
Supported audio formatsNot supportedNot supported
N/A

Features

Operating systemProprietary OSAndroidProprietary OS
Input methodMulti-touch5-Way Controller
N/A
Qwerty keyboard (buttons)no
N/A
no
Qwerty keyboard (screen)yes
N/A
yes
MP3 Playerno
N/A
N/A
Adjustable textyesyes
N/A
Amazon whispersyncyes
N/A
N/A
Built-In dictionaryyesyes
N/A
Digital library accessyes
N/A
N/A
Lightingyes
N/A
yes
Web browsingyes
N/A
N/A
Menu languages
N/A
Multi
N/A

Connectivity

Wi-Fiyesyesyes
Wi-Fi standards
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • Wi-Fi 4
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • Wi-Fi 4
N/A
3G (UMTS)noyesno
AC adapter includedno
N/A
yes
Headphone outno
N/A
N/A
Bluetoothnono
N/A
USByes
N/A
yes
USB versionUSB 2.0USB 2.0
N/A
USB typeMicro-USB
N/A
N/A
Total USB ports1
N/A
N/A
USB powered (only mha USB)yes
N/A
N/A

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