In 2017, however, the Kindle Oasis has caught up, and the Limited Edition has little new to offer. It was a flagship device that cost less and arguably did more than Amazon’s Kindle Oasis. When the Kobo Aura One was released in 2016, with its large, bright display and exclusives like Pocket and OverDrive integration, it had the potential to be a Kindle-killer. I found the lighting to be adequate, though at higher illumination levels it made the display a little hazy, and not as evenly lit compared to the 2017 Kindle Oasis. In dim lighting conditions, the Limited Edition’s ComfortLight Pro front lighting illuminates its display with white or orange-colored LEDs, which help to eliminate eyestrain. Even under intense artificial or natural light, the display’s matte finish keeps your page readable. I found the Limited Edition’s display easy to see in all lighting conditions. For users of Pocket’s web clipping services for smartphone or PC, the Limited Edition packs an excellent Pocket integration for reading your saved content. Owners of the device can use Raktuken Kobo’s OverDrive service, which provides on-demand access to thousands of free ebooks from participating libraries worldwide. It’s not all content doom and gloom for Limited Edition users, though. And while Kobo’s ebook offerings have expanded in the past year or so, the company’s online store still can’t match the huge amount of content that Amazon users enjoy. For around $20 more than the Limited Edition, you can get the 32GB, ad-free iteration of the 2017 Kindle Oasis. The Oasis has a tough aluminum exterior, while the Aura One Limited Edition’s case is mere plastic. Having lost that differentiator, the Limited Edition struggles to keep up with the 2017 Oasis. The Aura One Limited Edition offers one of the best Pocket reading experiences around. But this is 2017, and Amazon’s played a lot of catch-up in the past year, including waterproofing the latest Kindle Oasis. This was a killer feature in 2016, when Amazon’s Kindle Oasis wasn’t designed to survive a single splash. With an IPX8 rating, it can survive in up to 6.5 feet of water for up to an hour at a time. Like the original Aura One, the Limited Edition is waterproof. Both devices weigh 8.1 ounces and measure 7.7 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches in size. Outside of the Limited Edition’s increased storage capacity, there’s no difference in its design compared to a regular Aura One.
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