This review focuses on three backlit e-book readers - Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight, ONYX BOOX i62ML Aurora and Amazon Kindle Paperwhite. Today we’ll decide which device is the best e-book. Let's start by describing the common virtues of all three books.
1) Screen backlight. Of course, everyone has a soft and high-quality built-in screen backlight, which is adjustable. All three models have exactly the built-in backlight, without additional flashlights or bulbs.
2) Infrared touch screen. All these e-books have it (it is the highest quality of existing options).
3) A six-inch screen is neither an advantage nor a drawback, since this is the size used by all leading manufacturers. The reader is convenient to read and carry, so it is so popular that even the best e-book reader is equipped with it!
4) E-ink screen. This indisputable advantage of electronic books makes them capable of displaying text, graphics and other objects, as on paper, spending electricity only when turning over.
Now let's move on to their differences among themselves:
1) Screen contrast. Aurora ranks first on this point, leaving competitors far behind. The Kindle has half the contrast, and the Nook is slightly less than the Amazon Kindle.
2) Screen resolution. Aurora and Kindle have Pearl HD screens (1024x768), while Nook Simple Touch has a resolution of 800x600.
3) The amount of RAM. If you do not pay attention to conventions, electronic books are the same computers, only laptops. Therefore, the amount of RAM significantly affects performance. Kindle and Nook have 256 MB of RAM, while Aurora has half the size (128 MB of RAM). Nevertheless, this is not a hindrance to ONYX's brainchild - it swallows large files with appetite.
4) The amount of internal memory. It's the other way around - Aurora has 8 GB, the rest - 2 GB. But do not be sad - Amazon claims that 1,100 books will fit in the Kindle, Barnes & Noble, that its electronic production book Nook Simple Touch will contain 1,000 books, and 4,500 books will “enter” the Aurora. Nevertheless, it seems to me that 1000 books are a sufficient amount even for an avid reader. The following paragraph of the review is intended for those who are not enough.
5) Support for memory cards. "Aurora" and "Nuk" allow you to expand the amount of limited internal memory using an external microSD card (unlike "Kindle"). If you really need the best e-book, user reviews are what you should read.
6) Multi-touch. In this case, Nook looks a little faded compared to competitors, while the ONYX BOOX i62ML Aurora and Amazon Kindle Paperwhite have the ability to smoothly change the font size with a slight movement of the fingers in different directions.
7) Supported file formats. The largest number of formats is supported by the ONYX brainchild - 25 pieces. With Kindle, you will see four formats, and Nuka six. Nevertheless, after flashing NST is able to show any existing format thanks to programs on the Android operating system.
8) Price. In our country, this is one of the most important parameters when buying, even if it is the best e-book. Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight has the lowest price - around 150 cu, Amazon Kindle Paperwhite - not much more - 160 cu The most expensive reader of the considered ones, Aurora, has a price of 250 cu, which, in my opinion, is unreasonably high.
9) E-books (reviews). The impressions of all these products are about the same, most of the negative reviews describe the shortcomings of all existing E-book models in general.
In conclusion, I want to say that an e-book is a purely individual matter, so choose what is closer to your heart. Happy shopping, let you have the best e-book!