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PocketBook Touch vs PocketBook Touch Lux

4.49 in
6.81 in
PocketBook Touch Ebook Reader
PocketBook Touch
4.51 in
6.89 in
PocketBook Touch Lux Ebook Reader
PocketBook Touch Lux
Available colors
Editiorial reviews
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2 editorial reviews
Pocketbook Touch: Just Another Ebook Device? When our favourite distributor AlTech took on a new line of products from Pocketbook and sent me one of the top models, the Touch, I had to wonder where the market for e-book readers is going to take us in the coming years. With the proliferation of large smartphones and tablets, some of them as cheap as dedicated e-book readers, will there still be a market for the likes of Pocketbook Touch?Read more
The Touch HD 3 e-reader is one of the best mid level devices that Pocketbook has ever released. It has a very interesting design with the brushed aluminum and manual page turn buttons. The big selling points is the audio functionality, a color temperature glowlight system, Bluetooth and is the fact it is completely waterproof. The Pocketbook line of e-readers does not lock you into a walled garden and plays nice with the majority of ebook formats out there, such as PDF, EPUB, DJVU, FB2, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, RTF, PRC, TXT, CHM, HTM, HTML, MOBI, ACSM. Pocketbook pays a license feeRead more
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During the SID Display Week in Vancouver BC, we got our hands on one of the new e-readers that Pocketbook announced a few weeks ago. The Pocketbook Touch Lux is the new kid on the block, and we go hands-on to check out what this device brings to the table. The Pocketbook Touch Lux features the same HD E Ink Pearl display found on the Kindle Paperwhite and Kobo Glo. The exact resolution is 1024×758 and has a front-lit display, which is optimal for reading in the dark. It also has 256 MB of RAM, 4 GB of internal memory, andRead more
The Pocketbook Touch Lux 5 is brand new e-reader that has just come out and it features a six inch capacitive touchscreen display with a front-light and color temperature system. This device competes against the Kobo Libra and the Kindle Paperwhite. Hardware The Pocketbook Touch Lux 5 has a 6 inch E INK Carta HD capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 1024×758 with 212 PPI. It has a front-lit display with 8 white LED lights and a color temperature system with 8 amber LED lights. Underneath the hood is a dual core 1 GHZ processor, 512MB of RAM andRead more
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User rating
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Display

PocketBook TouchPocketBook Touch
PocketBook Touch LuxPocketBook Touch Lux
Touchscreenyesyes
Screen size6.0 in6.0 in
Screen resolution800 x 600 px1024 x 758 px
Pixel density166.0 ppi212.0 ppi
Shades of grey1616

Technical details

PocketBook TouchPocketBook Touch
PocketBook Touch LuxPocketBook Touch Lux
Supported book file formats
  • DOC
  • DOCX
  • DJVU
  • HTML
  • EPUB
  • MOBI
  • PDF
  • PRC
  • RTF
  • TIFF
  • TXT
  • FB2
  • Zip
  • CHM
  • DJVU
  • DOC
  • DOCX
  • EPUB
  • FB2
  • FB2.ZIP
  • HTML
  • PDF
  • PRC
  • RTF
  • TCR
  • TXT
Supported image formats
  • JPEG/JPG
  • PNG
  • BMP
  • TIFF
  • BMP
  • JPG
  • PNG
  • TIF
Memory size2GB4GB
Compatible memory cards
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • Secure Digital
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
Maximum memory card size32GB32
Processor speed800.0 MHz800.0 MHz
RAM size128.0 mB128.0 mB

Design

PocketBook TouchPocketBook Touch
PocketBook Touch LuxPocketBook Touch Lux
Colour of product
  • Black
  • Grey
  • White
Silver

Dimensions

PocketBook TouchPocketBook Touch
PocketBook Touch LuxPocketBook Touch Lux
Height6.81 in6.89 in
Width4.49 in4.51 in
Depth0.37 in0.37 in
Weight6.88 oz6.98 oz

Audio properties

PocketBook TouchPocketBook Touch
PocketBook Touch LuxPocketBook Touch Lux
Audio 3.5mm inputyesyes
Audio featuresText to SpeechText to Speech
Supported audio formats
  • MP3
  • BMP
MP3

Features

PocketBook TouchPocketBook Touch
PocketBook Touch LuxPocketBook Touch Lux
Operating systemLinuxLinux
Input methodMulti-touchMulti-touch
Adjustable textyesyes
Built-In dictionaryyesyes
Web browsingyesyes

Connectivity

PocketBook TouchPocketBook Touch
PocketBook Touch LuxPocketBook Touch Lux
Wi-Fiyesyes
USB typeMicro-USBMicro-USB A

Battery

PocketBook TouchPocketBook Touch
PocketBook Touch LuxPocketBook Touch Lux
Battery typeLi-polymer
Lithium Polymer
Battery life (page views)80008000

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