Kobo Sage

Really enjoying my Kobo Sage after putting it through its paces for the last week and a half or so. I was looking for an ergonomic alternative to the Kindle Oasis, as I think not having a USB-C port is atrociously dated, and wasn't about to put up with that. At a quick review, the Sage does everything I want it to. Fantastic screen, adjusts between blue and orange lighting automatically, it feels sturdy and stable, well-made. The buttons and grip allow for me to use and read while doing all sorts of things, and the foldable cover is wonderful for propping up and looking at while occupied with both hands. The store is perfectly serviceable, though I've just been side-loading my existing ebooks through Calibre, which is an absolute breeze. The big thing people ask about is battery life. There was a slight known issue with battery life, and I feel that it has been resolved to a very acceptable level. The overall battery capacity is a little less than desired, so I knocked a star off, but it should be wonderful for those who are simply using this as a reading device. Update the firmware, fully power cycle a couple of times, and I'm now getting several days of reading out of it, probably 3+ hours per day, before getting low. Keep bluetooth and wifi off unless needed, and you'll be fine. My understanding is that annotations and writing will significantly reduce battery life, so please keep that in mind - I would not recommend this for writing. Pros: Ergonomic and high-quality feeling Screen brightness and quality are very high The side-grip is an absolute godsend, compared to normal ereader models. I love it just like the Oasis. USB-C (yay) Minor gripes: Sometimes the screen rotation is a bit slow. I suspect the gyroscope is slightly lower quality, but it doesn't take much beyond a firmer tilt to fix, so this is a non-issue for me. The only other problem I've run into has only happened once, so I can't yet say if it's a problem or just a minor but that occurred, but the screen did stop responding once, along with the buttons, and I had to turn it off and on again to resolve. Expensive Ultimately, I'm quite happy with the purchase, and would happily buy another, assuming that this one stands the test of time.

I love this E-reader. Now that I have a new job I can splurge a little and treated myself to buying a reader. And it's everything I hoped for and more. The font customization is excellent, you can install additional ones downloaded online. The right font for you will make reading MUCH MORE enjoyable and not tiresome, trust me. I downloaded the Atkinson Hyperilegible font set, and it's just soooo smooth for your eyes. I decided to plow through the Game of Thrones series to be my Kobo's hazing, and trying to read those books in the published font just feels tedious and punishing when I can finally pick and choose. Obviously font sizing, margins, line spacing, it has everything to make it just right for you. I got this over the Kindle because I have a library card and can just load stuff for free from there if needed. It has its own bookstore too if you need. But, I just download EPUB files from annas archive website - google it, not sure if links are allowed in reviews. Theres a huge reddit compilation of where to source any type of reading material and audiobooks you'd want. You can load the Kobo through a connected online drive like google or overdrive, etc. its 32 GB, and unless you cram it with hundreds of audibooks, I have no idea how many books you'd need to run out of space on this. Not that most people would ever need, but I wonder why they didn't put in a SD card slot too. Theres ample room on this nicely sized device. The dictionary function is awesome, I had no idea how much of an extensive vocabulary GRR Martin employs. All you do is hold down the word - and voila, no internet required. Obviously you can change the color intensity from bluer to redder depending on the time of day or your lighting. And the battery last very very long if you keep the wifi turned off. If on, it curiously kills the battery within the same day, even on standby it just drains it. But you don't need it apart from storing more files. I havent tried udiobooks, not that I really cared for that, i typically listened to those on my phone on walks, or long car rides, etc. But, being a bit of a niche brand I suppose, finding covers and screen protectors at least on amazon is very limiting. Maybe by design since its a Kindle world. I found only ONE screen protector option here that was shipped from Germany. At least you know that's quality and is designed to actually last you, making up for the steeper price. It charges fairly quickly. Basically, it does all you need a reader to do. Which helped eliminate my annoyance of holding heavy books and traveling will be a breeze now without lugging anything around. I can read at night with ease. I should have gotten this years ago. And don't worry about it being future-proof or whatnot, Just get it if you're on the fence. These are readers, there's not that much innovation going around for what you need it to do. Unlike phones every couple of years, which are proper handheld computers vs a very specific function in mind device.

The Kobo is a fine e-reader and in many ways, is superior to my previous Kindle Oasis. Having a large screen size is a big plus, brightness is adjusted with a simple swipe of the finger, and font size can be adjusted with a pinch of two fingers on the screen. As others have pointed out the battery life could be better and it requires charging about once a week. The buttons will sometimes stick and fire off several pages at a time (I use a screen tap to avoid this). There are limited accessories, as well. That said, I prefer the reading experience on the Kobo; its screen size is like reading an oversized paperback instead of a typical paperback book. Most importantly, the ability to borrow library books seamlessly with the Kobo makes it a huge money saver. No more monthly fees or hard cover prices for an e-edition of a novel! That alone makes the Kobo Sage worth it.

Build Quality Solid, premium feel in hand. The Kobo Sage is built like a tank without being heavy. The magnesium alloy frame and rubberized back offer a great balance between sturdiness and grip. It feels far more robust and high-end than most e-readers, including the Kindle Oasis. Reading Experience Absolutely soothing on the eyes. The 8" E Ink Carta 1200 screen offers fantastic contrast and sharpness. The ComfortLight Pro with adjustable brightness and warm light reduces eye strain, making long reading sessions a pleasure. It doesn’t just let you read — it invites you to keep reading. Dropbox & Google Drive Integration Game-changer for productivity. Once you experience syncing your PDFs and eBooks directly via Dropbox or Google Drive, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it. Seamless cloud integration makes personal document management far more fluid than Kindle’s email-based system. Overall Experience vs. Kindle Far, far, far superior to Kindle. From UI customization to open file support (like EPUB and CBZ) and the freedom from Amazon’s ecosystem lock-in, Kobo Sage outclasses Kindle in every meaningful way. It’s not just an e-reader — it’s a reading companion built for serious book lovers and professionals alike. Button and speed: Soft clicking button show no sign of easy wear. Note taking -- not yet tried. Confused in Kobo Stylus 2 or Metapen M2.

I got the Kobo Sage for a great deal at fifty percent off MSRP, but the device is still overpriced. The Kobo Sage promises to be the best of both worlds: a Kobo eReader with integrated OverDrive and a notetaking e-Ink device. Unfortunately, it only does each of those half as good as other eReaders in the Kobo line up. Why? Cons: 1. The battery life is abysmal. With or without the front light on, *reading a book* for 20 minutes will see you lose nearly 10% of battery life. That's unheard of for any e-Ink device If you take notes while reading, you can lose 20%. Keep the charger on standby! 2. The buttons are placed too far a part, so I cannot use them to change the page with one hand, even though the device material should give a good grip. 3. The touchscreen is occasionally not responsive when turning pages. 4. After downloading the most recent firmware, 4.33.19611, the device has less crashes and less "Cannot export notebook" errors, but one wonders why they released such a buggy device to begin with. And why the firmware still doesn't entirely solve the battery drain issues. 5. Although you can put the system language into Japanese, French, Turkish etc., my version won't allow the text of Notebooks to auto-recognize those language's texts. Is it because the device comes preloaded with a Wal-Mart Rakuten Kobo splash screen? I'll never know. Very disappointed. 6. Dictionaries are very limited. 7. If you are a tinkerer, you may not mind the workarounds to get the Kobo Sage to operate in your preferred language, dictionary, menu-style. I don't want to be a tinkerer, so this is a con. I *can* tinker--but I don't enjoy a Saturday afternoon tinkering with Python, terminal commands and eBook management software to get the device to perform at its best. 8. Math Equations are very limited, so it's more a gimmick than anything. You wouldn't be able to use this for class. 9. Although Kobo sells EPUB and allows you to download the EPUB file when you purchase it to read on your computer with Adobe Digital Editions/DRM (yay!!), the Kobo itself renders EPUB files that you sideload in such a way as to prohibit zooming in on images (nooo!!). Awful! You must use third-party software to convert EPUBs from other vendors into KEPUB so you can zoom in on any images, or have them displayed in full, proper size. I have so many non-fiction history eBooks with maps, family trees and so on, and I have had to convert them to KEPUB just to get the proper eReading experience on this beautiful 8 inch display. PDF rendering is also bizarre, such that you cannot zoom in more than 265% in Portrait or 173% in landscape. Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition and Nook GlowLight 4 do not have those limitations. PDFs also may cause the device to stutter or freeze. 10. Cannot export highlights or annotations without tinkering in the system files. And, even once you've done that, the exported file doesn't even tell you the page number or location where your annotation is from, unlike the Kindle. 11. Annotations handwritten on a book cannot be exported as a PDF. I would be fine with only exporting my annotations to PDF or PNG, but no, the handwritten annotations must forever live on the device. Pros: 1. Awesome 8 inch screen is great for reading graphic novels. We zipped through Legend of Korra in 2 days. 2. Beta feature allows "My Words" which saves words you want to remember/practice, similar to Kindle's "Vocabulary Builder." 3. Handwritten annotations on language learning books is great. Quick, natural note-taking very closely mimics paper. Note: I am using a stylus from brand Rennaiser: the Raphael 530. 4. Very easy to borrow books from your local public library using Overdrive and your public library card. Note: unlike Libby or Overdrive apps, you cannot load multiple library accounts onto the Kobo Sage--you'll need to create an Overdrive account to which you add all your library cards instead. Minor inconvenience, but an inconsistency in app vs. reader functionality. 5. Home screen shows mostly your own eBook library with only 3 books showing from the Recommendations. Very welcomed for those of us who don't want to see unwanted ads or recommendations!! 6. Simple sliding gesture makes it easy to turn on and off the front light. 7. Font adjustments. Conclusion: Get the Kobo Libra 2 if you just want a bigger eReader screen. If you want to take notes, this device feels too much like it's still in Beta, so go for ReMarkable 2 or Onyx Boox. If you desperately want to stay inside the Kobo ecosystem, pick this one up on a sale only. The Kobo Elipsa software is the same as the Kobo Sage, and doesn't promise anything better in functionality.

Although the eReader itself is awesome, I totally wasted my hard earned $ on it! Not only does Libby not appear in settings (despite no warning that this would be the case in my country), but when my husband (who bought it for me as a gift), figured out a roundabout way to download Libby books (but without the ability to sync with e.g. my cellphone), the novel stopped suddenly, even though there was still time before it was due. Terribly disappointed! If you don't live in the US, make sure Kobo supports Libby in your country.

Screen is very crisp and larger than the usual 6" screens, backlighting has no hot spots and the night/amber feature is a good tint even in daytime. The only desirable feature would be if the battery lasted a bit longer, although they are making a supplementary attachable cover with extra battery storage. I also absolutely love having actual tactile buttons - nothing wrong with the touch screen. They even thought to allow to reverse the buttons as to which does next and which does back. Once in awhile (like one out of every couple hundred page turns) the buttons seem to stop responding. One swipe on the touchscreen restores it; I do not find it particularly annoying or troublesome and I'm guessing eventually a firmware update will come along. Bottom line: This is an awesome product and I don't mind paying what I did for it; it's already provided a lot of reading enjoyment and will continue to do so.

This is my first serious go at using an e reader and I researched long and hard to find the device with the features I want and need. I made the right choice. The battery life isn't as long as some others but it's not terrible and it's adequate for me. If I'm ever really away from a power source I have a nice portable battery. The other features more than make up for this small deficit. Mind you the battery life is not awful it's just not as good as a lot of e readers. I love that this device has easy connectivity to Google drive and Dropbox. I love its ability to use a kobo stylus that converts handwriting to text and I can journal and write notes. The reading itself is great, adjustable lighting and natural lighting options. Oh I can highlight text, bookmark pages, look up words in text with just a tap. I love my kobo sage!

Excellent produit. Solide et agréable à utiliser. On y retrouve les mêmes ajustements que les autres Kobo (ex. taille des caractère, luminosité). Par contre, la dimension de l'écran est plus grande ce qui rend la lecture agréable et plus proche de la lecture avec un livre papier. J'aime particulièrement qu'il y ait les boutons de contrôle pour tourner les pages et qu'ils soient bien accessibles en surface. Il est également possible d'utiliser la télécommande Kobo. Il est intéressant que l'étui de la liseuse soit fixé par un aimant à son étui ce qui facilite son retrait de l'étui. Je n'ai pas utilisé l'appareil depuis plusieurs mois et il a gardé une partie de sa charge pour 1 heure de lecture (le nombre d'heures disponible pour la lecture est indiqué). Le seul élément négatif est que le bouton d'activation de l'appareil est au dos de la liseuse et qu'il faut retirer l'étui chaque faut qu'on veut y accéder pour la mise en veille de l'appareil

Easy to use and comfortable to eyes. Highly recommend!!

Avevo inizialmente pianificato di acquistare il nuovo Kindle Paperwhite 2024 come upgrade del mio 10th gen ed è ciò che ho fatto, ma sono rimasta molto delusa dalla qualità dello schermo e dai problemi tecnici presentati. Ho fatto il reso ed optato così per il Kobo Sage nonostante avessi paura di perdere tutti i miei ebook considerando che li ho sempre acquistati tramite amazon, ma è stato davvero molto facile trasferirli sul Kobo grazie all'aiuto di Calibre. Il dispositivo è perfetto: non è eccessivamente pesante (circa 240/250 grammi) nonostante le dimensioni, il touch screen ha un buon responso ed un ottimo feeling tattile, il sistema operativo è molto rapido, lo schermo ha un'eccellente risoluzione ed il classico ghosting che si crea quando si gira pagina è decisamente minimizzato, l'illuminazione è omogenea e la funzione di luce automatica regola automaticamente la luminosità non facendo stancare gli occhi quando fa buio, infine i pulsanti sono comodissimi per girare pagina e la navigazione nel Kobo. Rispetto al Kindle, direi che le uniche differenze sostanziali che ho personalmente notato sono: - Il sistema operativo. E' meno intuitivo ed in generale ci sono più opzioni, quindi all'inizio può creare un po' di confusione nell'impostarlo a seconda delle proprie preferenze, ma è qualcosa di assolutamente risolvibile abituandosi - La batteria. A primo impatto sembrerebbe durare un po' meno rispetto al Kindle, però la trovo comunque ottima - L'orologio ed il livello di batteria mentre si legge. E' una sciocchezza, ma è una comodità extra che purtroppo non è presente sul Kobo. Leggendo online ho scoperto che è possibile settarla tramite delle modifiche tramite Calibre, ma per adesso non voglio appesantirlo più del necessario - Lo store Kobo. E' relativamente meno rifornito rispetto a quello Amazon (per ovvie motivazioni), soprattutto se si cercano titoli "di nicchia", ma si trova comunque un po' di tutto ed i prezzi sono praticamente uguali - Il download dei libri. A seconda di come si acquistano gli ebook, ci sono dei metodi diversi per caricarli nel dispositivo. Se si acquistano direttamente dallo store Kobo è sufficiente schiacciare sul pulsante di sincronizzazione in alto a destra (quindi pressapoco come con i Kindle e lo store Amazon), altrimenti è necessario convertirli in file EPUB tramite Calibre e trasferirli tramite cavo USB Nel complesso sono molto contenta del mio acquisto, soprattutto dopo la brutta esperienza avuta con gli ultimi Kindle.

On lis le livre comme si c était le livre lui même qu on tenait dans les mains. Cette liseuse est très bien pour ce qui adore lire des romans. On acquiert des récompense avec des badge à gagner pour savoir où on est au niveau statique. On peut savoir à quel allure on lit un livre et combien de roman il nous reste qu on a pas lu. La batterie tien une journée si on est comme moi entrain de lire pendant 10h avec le wifi allumer et 50/ de luminosité.

Czytnik fajny ale za duży do obsługi jedną ręką. Niestety wada fabryczna powoduje że bateria spada w oczach i może nie wytrzymać 2 dni leżenia.