Amazon Kindle Scribe (2022) vs Kobo Elipsa 2E

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Kindle Scribe (2022) compared with Elipsa 2E

	AmazonKindle Scribe (2022)	KoboElipsa 2E
Overview
Released
Released	November 2022	April 2023
Screen
Screen size
Screen size	10.2″	10.3″
Resolution
Resolution	–	1872 × 1404
Sharpness
Sharpness	300 pixels per inch (better)	227 pixels per inch
Colour
Colour	No	No
Front light
Front light	Yes, adjustable warmth	Yes, adjustable warmth
Display detail
Display detail	Glare-free Paperwhite display, 16-level grey scale	E Ink Carta 1200 touchscreen; Dark Mode
Front light
Front light	Auto-adjusting front light with adjustable colour temperature	ComfortLight PRO, adjustable brightness and colour temperature
Reading and writing
Stylus
Stylus	Yes	Yes
Page-turn buttons
Page-turn buttons	No	No
Audiobooks
Audiobooks	Yes	Yes
Storage
Storage	16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB (better)	32 GB
Software
Software	Kindle	Kobo
Formats
Formats	Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI and PRC natively; PDF, DOCX, DOC, HTML, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP through conversion; Audible (AAX)	15 formats natively (EPUB, EPUB3, FlePub, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR)
Book store
Book store	Kindle Store	Kobo Store
Library loans
Library loans	–	OverDrive in select countries
Stylus
Stylus	Basic Pen (14 g, 162 × 8.8 × 8.4 mm) or Premium Pen with eraser and shortcut button; no charging or pairing; attaches magnetically	Kobo Stylus 2 included, rechargeable, with eraser and highlighter button; attaches magnetically; 2 spare tips
Note taking
Note taking	Notebooks; writing in books with Active Canvas and in documents and PDFs; AI notebook summaries (added in later software updates)	Markup in eBooks and PDFs without DRM or permission restrictions; notebooks with templates, folders, search, lasso and handwriting-to-text (MyScript); Kobo Cloud, Dropbox, Google Drive and Readwise
Connections and battery
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 12 weeks	–
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Up to 12 weeks reading or 3 weeks writing, at half an hour a day with wireless off and the light at 13	Kobo says weeks of battery life, dependent on use
Charging
Charging	USB-C; full charge in about 2.5 hours with a 9 W USB-C power adapter, or about 7 hours from a computer	USB-C
Connectivity
Connectivity	Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz; WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3)	Wi-Fi 802.11 ac/b/g/n (dual band), Bluetooth, USB-C; 2 GHz processor
Audio
Audio	Bluetooth audio for Audible and the VoiceView screen reader	Kobo Audiobooks over Bluetooth headphones or speaker (select countries)
Design
Weight
Weight	433 g	390 g (better)
Materials
Materials	–	Exterior of at least 85.5% recycled content, including 10% ocean-bound plastic
Size
Size	196 × 230 × 5.8 mm, excluding feet	193 × 227 × 7.5 mm
Colours
Colours	Tungsten	–
In the box
In the box	Kindle Scribe, Basic or Premium Pen, USB-C charging cable, 5 replacement tips, tip replacement tool	Kobo Elipsa 2E, Kobo Stylus 2, 2 spare stylus tips; SleepCover sold separately