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Compare Kindle Paperwhite, Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight and Sony Reader PRS-T2

Updated on Oct 6, 2013 by Tuan Do

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.

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Kindle Paperwhite

By Amazon

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Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight

By Barnes & Noble

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Reader PRS-T2

By Sony

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Description

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

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

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

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

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

Wi-Fi: Yes 

Wi-Fi support: 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b
3G: Yes (access is limited to Wikipedia and book purchases for 3G edition)

 

Wi-Fi: Yes 

Wi-Fi support: 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b

 

Wi-Fi: Yes

Ports

Data connections: Micro USB Data connections: Micro USB Data connections: Micro USB

Battery

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

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

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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?

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Comments

  1. TnTonly says

    Oct 5, 2012 at 3:38 am

    When 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 pm

      Actually 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.

  2. Juan says

    Oct 5, 2012 at 5:13 am

    all 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 pm

      Why, 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 am

        You can purchase it from eBay or any other US seller.

  3. Randall says

    Jan 16, 2013 at 8:25 am

    Amazing 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.

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