The Paperwhite’s frontlight has more of a neutral tone that tends to give it a more natural paper-like look. The color of the warm light looks fairly similar on both devices, but the cool colors are quite different. Frontlightsīoth devices have nice evenly-lit frontlights and both have dual-colored frontlights with the option to use a cool color or a warm color or a combination of the two.

It’s also more reflective than Kobo’s indented screen, and it’s more fingerprint prone. Under bright lighting enough light can pass through the front layer to make the difference negligible, but in lower light the front layer adds a subtle fuzziness to the text. Text stands out more, like it’s on top of the screen, whereas the Paperwhite seems like the text is behind the screen.īasically what I think it comes down to is the added flush front layer on the Kindle Paperwhite limits how much light can pass through. With bright ambient lighting it’s hard to see a difference in the darkness of the text when comparing both devices, but in lower lighting conditions the Kobo Libra’s screen clearly looks better. With the frontlights turned off on both devices, the Kindle’s screen has a noticeably lighter background, whereas the Kobo has more of a darker gray tone. In some lighting conditions the Kindle’s screen looks better and in other lighting conditions the Kobo Libra’s screen looks better. People keep asking which one has a better screen and better contrast, but I have a hard time answering that question because it seems to change.

The Kindle Paperwhite has a 6.8-inch E Ink screen with a flush front layer and the Kobo Libra 2 has a 7-inch screen with an indented front. I’m just going to cover the main points in this comparison because it takes too much time to cover every minor difference, so make sure to check the full reviews for more information about each device. The Kobo Libra 2 has a rotation sensor and page buttons the Paperwhite has a flush front screen and it adds support for dual band WiFi, and the Signature Edition has wireless charging and auto-brightness. Each device has a few unique features the other doesn’t.

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