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Quality: 5
Value for money: 4
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Brand: Rakuten Kobo eReader Store
Designed to inspire you with every read, Kobo Sage delivers every feature Kobo offers in one sleek package, plus Bluetooth® wireless technology so you can listen to Kobo Audiobooks*. The luxurious 8" HD flush E Ink Carta 1200 touchscreen delivers superior performance and depth of contrast, with zero glare. Take your Kobo Sage experience even further with elegant, custom designed accessories. Kobo Sage SleepCover** and new PowerCover** were purpose-built to provide protection and a premium experience. And with Kobo Stylus** compatibility, you can dive further into your favourite read by capturing your ideas on-the-go and saving them to other devices with Dropbox Support. Enjoy the peace of mind that comes with having every feature at your fingertips, and knowing you'll have our best, most immersive reading experience.
GTIN: 681495008476
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While a bit pricey, you absolutely get what you pay for. And you get what I have long awaited from Kobo - an e-reader that solidly beats the Amazon Kindle line, even the Oasis models. I've owned around a dozen different models of Kindle, and enjoyed them - but always had some minor (or major) gripe about them - too small of a screen, too slow on refresh, lack of customizable fonts... the list goes on. The Sage, however, blows them all away. It's amazingly fast, comes standard with 32GB of storage (my library of almost 1000 books runs flawlessly on it), has a huge screen, the backlight is nice and even across the whole surface, waterproof, the interface is smooth and fonts crisp. About my only gripe, and it's minor, is that the buttons for page turns are a little hard to press. But aside from that, I cannot believe how great this reader is. Oh, and lest we forget, sideloading books on the Kobo line is the best. Calibre can put the books onto the device and auto-create all of your Collections and Series! I've missed this since the jailbroken days of the Kindle Keyboard. Now, when loading up the Kobo, it will automatically place all my books in their folders. That, alone, is worth a 5-star review, to me. I am now a convert to Kobo and not looking back at other e-readers. When my wife's current reader dies (hopefully not for some time), she will also be getting one.
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
Wow! After over 10 years of front lit ereaders on the market, I find it remarkable that the concept of eve lighting has not been mastered. Although I like this product, it doesn’t seem worth the price paid. Battery life is atrocious, again, something that should have been mastered by now. Why is the battery life on an eReader about equivalent to that of an iPad?
Quality: 4
Value for money: 3
It’s fine. It does all the things they say it does. But except for the feature of being able to write on it, it’s not any different (to me) from their lower end products. In particular I do not like that the “comfort light” is brighter and less adjustable in tone than my old Kobo; I also feel that the surface is more computerized-seeming and less like e-ink, which is a disappointment for me. All in all? Save your money. Go for the cheaper ereaders.
Quality: 5
Value for money: 4
great with calibre web
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5
Disappointed, Used a few time, strictly reading. Battery drains about 9% per hour of reading, no WiFi, audio or stylus. My Libra H2O lasts much longer. Just arranged to return the Sage.
Quality: 4
Value for money: 5
Neat device but it is very slow considering that it has quad core processor. Flipping comics pages takes 2 seconds and forget about zoom and scroll. Battery does not feel great either. Hope developers can optimize performance.
Quality: 4
Value for money: 3
This was my 5th kobo. Currently use elipsa and sage. Usual easy setup with fantastic reading customization. Only issue at this point is that the sage is a battery hog. Worst battery performance of any kobo.
Quality: 5
Value for money: 5