One useful addition is the ‘Natural Light’ setting. There’s no auto-brightness, so you’ll have to alter that manually, but this isn’t a feature you’d normally expect on an e-reader at this price. The lighting system in the Clara HD is good – it’s evenly spread across the display and can go both really light and really dark. Instead, it features a front-light system that brightens the display and makes it possible to read in the dark. However, the fact that it’s an E Ink panel also means it isn’t naturally backlit. Text looks crisp, and since this is an E Ink display, there’s no risk of suffering eye-strain like you do if reading for hours on an LCD. The 300ppi, 6-inch Carta E Ink screen matches the Kindle Paperwhite for specs and for quality too. The design of the Kobo Clara HD might be strange, but at least the screen is a pleasure to read on. I could comfortably hold the device one-handed for a two-hour train journey – something that isn’t so easy to do with the bulkier Kindle. It’s about as tall as a Samsung Galaxy S9 phone, only a lot wider, and it’s super-light at just 166g. This is one of the most compact e-readers around, and it’s dinky enough to comfortably slip inside my coat pocket. What the Clara HD does have over the Paperwhite is its size. Add an IP rating here and it would instantly offer something that the similarly priced Kindles are lacking. The Clara HD also lacks any sort of waterproofing, which until the latest generation of the Kindle Oasis was one of Kobo’s unique features.
It lacks the grip and durability of the rubbery matte plastic of the Paperwhite, or even the cheaper Kindle, and feels like it would pop off if the device were accidentally dropped onto the floor.
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It becomes greasy and sweaty on being held for long periods, plus the pattern itself is just odd. The rear is a weird textured plastic that both looks and feels horrible. Flip it over, however, and you’ll see exactly why Kobo shouldn’t have veered from the ‘safe’. On the front, the design is about as generic as you can get. The screen is recessed into the body and there’s a distinct lack of page-turning buttons. This is a fairly standard black plastic rectangle, with a micro-USB port for power and a squishy power button flanking it. The Kobo Clara HD rarely strays from the predictable – except in areas it probably shouldn’t.
While pricier e-readers, such as the Kindle’s £249 Oasis, have attempted to be a little more exciting with their designs, the majority have stuck to a fairly generic blueprint. However, its compact build does warrant investigation. The Kobo Clara HD costs the same as the Kindle Paperwhite, which instantly makes it a tough sell. But a few competitors remain, churning out devices that they hope will compete with the Kindle Paperwhite, Oasis and Voyage. The same can’t be said, however, for images: the Clara HD displays photos at a much higher resolution.Amazon’s position of dominance at the top of the e-reader market is clear to see. While reading the same book on both devices over the course of a week, I didn’t note any difference in the sharpness of text. The Clara HD packs a six-inch, 300-ppi Carta E-Ink display, just like the Paperwhite does. Add to that the textured plastic back, and the Clara HD is a comfortable hold, even one-handed, for long periods of time. With its trim dimensions (6.2 x 4.33 x 0.3 inches) and 5.85-ounce heft, the Clara HD is a featherweight compared to the Kindle Paperwhite. The Clara HD definitely wins on hardware. Whether you should buy it-or dump your Kindle Paperwhite for it-is a more complex question that we’ll wrestle with as you keep reading. Boasting a number of needful features that the current generation Paperwhite can’t match, the Clara HD is a superior device in almost every way. The casual observer could be forgiven for mistaking one for the other, as they share similar dimensions and the same display size.īut Kobo’s done something with the Clara HD that Amazon hasn’t bothered to do with its Kindle Paperwhite in some time: innovate. Rakuten Kobo’s Clara HD e-reader ($130 from Rakuten Kobo) costs $10 less than its main competitor, the ad-free version of the Kindle Paperwhite (reviewed here and available, of course, from Amazon ). Rakuten Kobo Clara HD E-Reader: Superior To The Kindle Paperwhite, Except For One Thing PCWorld | October 2018
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