Kobo Libra Colour REVIEW: The King of E-Readers?!

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everyone this is FaZe and welcome to my

channel a couple years ago I did a video

about how I really wanted an e-reader

with a color display especially from a

company with a strong ecosystem like

Amazon or Kobo and finally Kobo is

coming out with not one but two color

e-readers the coob Libra color and Kobo

Clara color last week I did a full

unboxing video of both the e-readers

which you can click the link above or in

the description below to check that

video out and as promised I'm here with

my full review of the Cobo Libra color

and my review of the Coba cleric color

will drop in a few days so stay tuned

for that but first let's talk about

design now for those who have used the

previous Coba Libra e-readers you might

be a little disappointed that the design

has not changed much over the Libra too

it is pretty much the same design since

2019 but I don't actually mind that at

all the design is good and after all if

it ain't broke why fix it right it ands

down one of the most ergonomic designs

that I've used in an e reader the Cobra

Libra in general was designed for

single-hand usage with the edge of the

thicker bezel still slightly curved

upward with two page turn binds

perfectly placed to provide a

comfortable grip I really dig this

textured back as well and it adds a nice

grip and the power switch on the rear is

still the same round concave also

brought from the Liber 2 is the round

white indicator light that glows when

you start charging it or when you turn

it on the entire device is encased in

plastic which is now made from 80%

recycled materials including ocean bound

Plastics what I find quite impressive is

that Kobo has managed to keep the weight

of the device down despite using a

larger battery in the Libra color it

weighs just a hair under 200 g without a

case which is surprisingly lighter than

the Libra 2 that weighs at 215 G the

Libra color looks pretty much identical

to the Libra 2 yet it's lighter and that

is quite noticeable the moment you pick

it up also for those who don't like

displays in flush with the bezel you'll

really appreciate this sunken in display

which I personally like because I feel

like sunken in displays always remove a

little more glare and also unwanted

fingerprints now aside from the sunken

in display I also quite enjoy the page

term buttons because they're quite nice

and clicky and overall it's the device

is quite comfortable to hold and use in

one hand now a lot of you were asking if

there's a Micro SD card slot and the

answer is no now many of my subscribers

also asked me if the magnet is strong

for The Stylist on this all new Cobo

Libra and I'm happy to say that the

answer is yes so for those who like note

taking and drawing Kobo has made the

magnetic Edge quite strong so your

stylist would stay nice and secure and

to be honest if you use a case and you

don't even have to worry about that at

all also it's waterproof for up to an

hour and up to 2 m of water but at the

end of the day what's important for an

e-reader is if it's nice and comfortable

to hold during reading sessions which it

definitely is and the display which we

will discuss now because that is the

major attraction of this new Cobo

perhaps the most exciting feature of

this new Cobo Libra is a 7in Kido 3

screen that supports over 4,000 views

and is currently the best color eaper

display being used on consumer devices

now when I did the unboxing video a lot

of people were asking about the quality

of the display well I must say that the

text and images on this Libra color are

quite sharp and the colors are fairly

accurate however I must caution you

while this screen Tech can display over

4,000 colors the colors don't appear as

saturated as they would look on a phone

laptop or tablet they're a little washed

out in comparison and that's the

limitation of just eaper screen

technology in general and I also want to

add that this is not a bad thing the

color accuracy and saturation that we're

so used to seeing on our smartphones and

computers is not what we should be

expecting in the first place these are

not LCD displays when reading on this

for long periods of time with any e in

display it's easy on the eye I would

compare reading on this to like a

newspaper with colorful images some

might call it washed out but for ink on

paper that is meant for reading and

should be easy on the eye and gives

weeks of battery life this is quite

amazing you get 150 pixels per inch when

reading in color and 300 pixels per inch

when breeding in black and white which

is standard for most monochrome ebook

e-readers as with all premium Kobo

e-readers the Libra color screen is also

lit up with Comfort light Pro which

automatically changes the light view

from cool to warmer tones as the day

progresses this reduces the amount of

blue light hitting your eye closer to

bedtime overall the reading experience

is nice and those who like reading

graphic novels Manga comic books or

anything with color you're really going

to enjoy reading on this Cal Libra

however like with any new technology it

will improve over time pixels per inch

will go up the color saturation will be

better as the years progress however I

still want to say that an e in color

display is Major Innovation and Kobo has

done a fantastic job with the execution

of it on their device I do not feel like

the screen is dim or dull the lighting

on this e-reader is topnotch and I can

almost promise that reading on this it's

pure joy now let's talk about the user

interface look I've primarily always

been an Amazon Fanboy always reading on

Kindles but after using this Cobra for a

while I must say I quite enjoy it and

don't miss my Kindle at all the UI is

quite intuitive and very easy to use and

to be honest the UI for almost all e

readers nowadays are nearly identical

however there is one major difference to

the interface now the Libra is also a

not taking device so there is a my

notebooks tap right in the center of the

navigation bar at the bottom the first

ever notetaking read e-reader I ever

used was the Kindle scribe the writing

experience on there was pretty good but

I always wish there was a smaller

version of it now that I was writing on

a 7in screen I enjoyed it but they

almost started missing the bigger screen

Of The Scribe because the smaller screen

makes it feel a little more congested

but when you get used to it it feels a

lot more comfortable now the other

change to the interface is how Cobo is

really taking advantage of the color

display and I don't mean just the book

covers that are displayed on the home

screen or the content displayed in the

books themselves you see every time you

select the tab from the navigation bar

it changes color from black to Brown

also when you're downloading books the

status bar is also the same color to

match the application this is a very

nice touch also this coobo supports a

ton of popular file formats and there

are a total of 10 document file types

that coobo supports by default and this

includes text and comic formats there

are also four image files that are

supported and the only audio file

support though is for kobo's own audio

books that you can download from the

Cobo store or via a subscription to Cobo

plus so you can't import your own audio

unfortunately what I really like however

is that you can sign into Dropbox or

Google drive to help transfer books it's

it's very easy to use these cloud

services and it's also quite seamless to

transfer notes and notebooks you can

even access them through the Cobo app on

your phone also you do get dark mode but

I'm not sure if I like the

implementation here because it only

inverts the text colors for example the

home screen will still be displayed on a

white background as will all your

notebooks so it's only the text within

ebooks that can have white text on a

black background aside from that you

also have Amber LEDs that allow you to

change the white light you to warmer

tones to help you reduce the blue light

this makes a huge difference for reading

at night now for all those who worried

that color e readers seem dim then let

me just say that I am very impressed at

how bright the Libra color can get you

will not be disappointed with the

brightness levels that I can guarantee

you can easily adjust the light the

brightness and temperature by tapping on

the top of the screen to bring up the

quick controls like the previous Libra 2

and the newer models you can set the

light temperature to change

automatically at a specific time in the

evening or night and of course you can

change the brightness just by the

toggles now let's go over performance

this is what I hate to talk about with

e-readers because to be honest

performance on e-readers doesn't matter

too much the goal is to Simply flip your

pages of the books that you're reading

that's it so if you have used a Cobo or

a Kindle before I will say that this is

slightly faster with those page flips

because Kobo has double the CPU going

from 1 GHz to 2 GHz and after 2 weeks

with a new Libra color there's nothing

to complain about everything runs

smoothly even when it comes to writing

and drawing it all works flawlessly

lastly let's go over battery life all I

can say is that it's quite good Kobo has

upgraded the battery capacity in the

Libra color to 250 Milah hours compared

to 1500 in Libra 2 however I was

rigorously testing this Kobo for this

review don't forget that I was going

through all the new features and really

testing its limits I started using the

device straight out of the box at 80%

battery life and I was around 32% after

2 weeks I'd say that's pretty good

considering that I was writing reading

colorful graphic heavy novels and

listening to audiobooks via Bluetooth I

had Wi-Fi on all the time and the screen

was set at 40% brightness and a refresh

set to every five pages it's also

important to note that a page refresh

occurs more frequently when writing and

every erase triggers another refresh as

well so the bigger battery capacity in

this new Cobo is definitely working in

its favor in conclusion the Cobo Libra

color is a fantastic e-reader the color

screen the performance the battery life

and the writing capabilities are all

excellent this premium 7in e-reader

offers really good value at just

$220 yes you'll need to purchase this

$70 Cobo stus 2 separately if you're

into note taking or drawing but I still

think the whole package is a great great

deal and at the end of the day I want to

know your thoughts and questions

regarding this all new Cobo Libra color

so be sure to leave them down in the

comment section below also stay tuned to

my full review of the Cobo clear out

color as well that should be dropping

any day now and of course if you haven't

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next time

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