There have been quite a lot of changes in the e-reader market in the past few years. Amazon Kindle is not dominating the market anymore as there are many competitions from other brands like Nook or Sony. Price range of e-readers is now from just $50 to $180, so consumers have more choices even with low budget.
This post will compare the best three e-readers on the market, which are Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight and Sony Reader PRS-T2.
Kindle PaperwhiteBy Amazon
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Nook Simple Touch with GlowLightBy Barnes & Noble
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Reader PRS-T2By Sony
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Description |
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| The new Amazon Kindle Paperwhite is renovated with higher resolution, higher contrast touchscreen, innovative built-in light and 8-week battery life. The built-in light provides perfect reading experience in all lighting conditions. | The Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight is basically a backlit version of the Nook Simple Touch that was released later 2011. It keeps all similar internal and exterior specifications adding the aforementioned backlit E-ink display. Besides, the device’s weight is lighter by 7%. | The PRS-T2 is a Sony e-reader coming with a touch-sensitive 6-inch E-Ink Pearl display. It has six built-in dictionaries, and reads ePUB and PDF documents natively. |
Design |
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Height: 6.7 inches
Width: 4.6 inches Thickness: .36 inches Weight: .47 pounds Primary orientation: Portrait Color: Black Speakers: No |
Height: 6.5 inches
Width: 5 inches Thickness: 0.47 inches Weight: 0.43 pounds Primary orientation: Portrait Color: Black |
Height: 6.88 inches
Width: 4.38 inches Thickness: .38 inches Weight: .37 pounds Primary orientation: Portrait Color: Red, White, Black |
Display |
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| Screen size: 6 inches
Pixel Density: 212 ppi Screen shades: 16 grayscale levels Technology: E-Ink Touchscreen type: Capacitive Multitouch: Yes |
Screen size: 6 inches
Pixel Density: 167 ppi Screen shades: 16 grayscale levels Technology: E-Ink Pearl Touchscreen type: IR |
Screen size: 6 inches
Pixel Density: 167 ppi Screen shades: 16 grayscale levels Technology: E-Ink Pearl Touchscreen type: IR |
Software |
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| Operating system: Other
Notable apps: Web browser, Dictionary File support: Kindle, TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP |
Operating system: Android
Text-to-speech: No File support: ePub, PDF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP |
Notable apps: Dictionary, web browser
Other notable apps: Evernote, Facebook File support: ePUB, PDF, TXT, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP |
Storage |
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| Internal size: 2 GB
External storage: No |
Internal size: 2 GB
External storage: Yes External type: microSD Max. external size: 32 GB |
Internal size: 2 GB
External storage: Yes External type: microSD Max. external size: 32 GB |
Connectivity |
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| Wi-Fi: Yes
Wi-Fi support: 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b
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Wi-Fi: Yes
Wi-Fi support: 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b
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Wi-Fi: Yes |
Ports |
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| Data connections: Micro USB | Data connections: Micro USB | Data connections: Micro USB |
Battery |
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| Removable: No
Battery Life: 8 weeks (wireless off) Charging Time: 4 hours |
Removable: No
Battery Life: 8 weeks, GlowLight off Charging Time: 3.5 hours |
Removable: No
Battery Life: 42 days Charging Time: 2 hours |
Availability |
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| Status: Available
Release date: Oct. 1, 2012 Price: $119 with Wi-Fi, $139 with no ads; $179 with 3G |
Status: Available
Release date: May 2012 Price: $119.00 |
Status: Available
Release date: Aug. 16, 2012 Price: $129.00 |
| Order (Amazon) | Order (Barnes & Noble) | Order (Amazon) |
What is your choice?
Each of them has its own advantages and you could find difficulties in the decision. I don’t really like the Sony Reader as it is more expensive and battery life is shorter. The only advantage I found in the Sony reader is its weight, this is the lightest among the three e-readers.
Therefore, I recommend you to go with either Kindle Paperwhite or Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight. Although the cheapest Kindle Paperwhite edition has the same price as Nook, you could find it annoying because the e-reader will come with ads and the adapter is not included. Therefore, we can say that the Kindle Paperwhite is $20 more expensive. However, it is worth your money with higher resolution and excellent built-in light. The Kindle Paperwhite’s edge lighting is much more impressive and readers absolutely have no eyestrain. Kindle Paperwhite is clearly the winner, so I will go with it.
That is just my opinion. Which e-reader do you prefer?
TnTonly says
Oct 5, 2012 at 3:38 amWhen considering buying an eBook reader, the thing I care the most is its software functionality, as most eBook readers now are more comfortable to grip and hold than a paperback. The display is not a problem either, since most of them now have matched the quality of earlier Amazon Kindles, even the newest one. If you’re heavily dependant on Amazon Kindle service, Amazon Kindle is the obvious choice for its display quality. Otherwise I wouldn’t recommend it because the Kindle doesn’t have much apart from its service, and PDF reading on the Kindle is terrible.
Tuan Do says
Oct 5, 2012 at 10:00 pmActually I don’t think Kindle has much competition on the market. The screen and built-in light are very brilliant, I tried the backlit screen on Nook Simple Touch but it looks like the lights are not displayed uniformly across the screen.
The only con with Paperwhite is that there are no hardware page turn buttons and it is inconvenient sometimes.
Juan says
Oct 5, 2012 at 5:13 amall there tablet not available at my country, maybe if this type tablet will sell like a hot cake if they want to sell it at my country
Tuan Do says
Oct 5, 2012 at 9:47 pmWhy, Juan?
Those ereaders have been available for a while. Probably they don’t sell them officially but you still can buy from someone shipping from the US.
PrIyAnGsHu says
Oct 7, 2012 at 4:40 amYou can purchase it from eBay or any other US seller.
Randall says
Jan 16, 2013 at 8:25 amAmazing how passive reviews and comments are about Amazon’s policy ignoring ePub and easy public library and public literary database access (I.e. nonAmazon) access.