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Kobo Sage | eReader | 8” HD Glare Free Touchscreen | Waterproof | Adjustable Brightness and Color Temperature | Blue Light Reduction | Bluetooth | WiFi | 32GB of Storage | Carta E Ink Technology

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Features

  • A SCREEN THAT LOOKS & FEELS BETTER - Kobo Sage's 8" flush, high definition E Ink Carta 1200 touchscreen offers deep contrast, super-clear readability, and faster page turns on an expansive display. The eye-catching glare free HD display with ComfortLight PRO allows for brightness and blue light control. Dark Mode offers a new way to reduce eyestrain
  • A VERSATILE TOOL FOR DEVOTED READERS - Designed from the ground up with a quad-core CPU and faster, dual band WiFi to deliver top performance in one elegant package. Sleek and lightweight, Kobo Sage feels perfect in your hands in landscape or portrait mode. Page-turn buttons keep the story moving with one hand. Ergonomically designed and fully waterproof*, Kobo Sage is with you from the conference table to the bath tub. Welcome to the lap of luxury
  • CAPTURE YOUR IMAGINATION & EVERY THOUGHT - Kobo Sage works seamlessly with Kobo Stylus** (sold separately), to allow you to make handwritten notes in eBooks and PDFs***. Kobo Sage's built-in notebook feature keeps all of your notes at hand and can convert your writing to clean text. The possibilities are limitless
  • UNLOCK UNLIMITED POTENTIAL - Share everything with Dropbox Support. Add your own eBooks and documents wirelessly, export notebooks you've made with Kobo Stylus**, and keep everything on-hand with cloud storage
  • READ OR BE READ TO - Kobo Audiobooks support with Bluetooth wireless technology lets you dive into a story when your hands are tied. Audiobooks available only in select countries. Bluetooth wireless headphones or speaker required

Description

A screen that looks and feels better A luxurious 8" flush, high definition E Ink Carta 1200 touchscreen Capture your imagination and every thought Kobo Sage works seamlessly with Kobo Stylus (sold separately), to allow you to make handwritten notes in eBooks and PDFs and create notebooks to capture your ideas. Kobo Stylus sold separately, not included PDFs with digital rights management or permission limitations are not compatible with markups or annotations The immersive reading experience; read, write, and listen in luxury Our best eReader yet with every feature Kobo has to offer, plus Bluetooth wireless technology so you can listen to Kobo Audiobooks† †Audiobooks available only in select countries. Bluetooth wireless headphones or speaker required. Read more How can Kobo Sage take your reading life even further? Ergonomic design with landscape mode and page-turn buttons Waterproof 32GB of storage ComfortLight PRO with blue light reduction The immersive reading experience Introducing Kobo Sage, our most accomplished eReader ever. Designed to inspire you with every read, Kobo Sage delivers every feature Kobo offers in one sleek package, plus Bluetooth wireless technology so you can listen to Kobo Audiobooks Audiobooks available only in select countries. Bluetooth wireless headphones or speaker required. Read more Kobo Sage Kobo Elipsa Pack Kobo Libra 2 Kobo Clara 2E Kobo Nia Screen size & type 8” HD, flush E Ink Carta 1200 touchscreen 10.3” E Ink Carta1200 touchscreen 7” HD E Ink Carta 1200 touchscreen 6" HD E Ink Carta 1200 touchscreen 6” E Ink Carta touchscreen Screen resolution 300 PPI 227 PPI 300 PPI 300 PPI 212 PPI Landscape mode Yes No Yes No No Page-turn buttons Yes No Yes No No Storage 32GB 32GB 32GB 16GB 8GB Dropbox support Yes Yes No No No Battery Life Weeks of battery life Weeks of battery life Weeks of battery life Weeks of battery life Weeks of battery life Waterproof No Yes Yes Yes No Light ComfortLight – one color light to adjust brightness ComfortLight PRO – adjust brightness and color temperature for blue light reduction ComfortLight PRO – adjust brightness and color temperature for blue light reduction ComfortLight PRO – adjust brightness and color temperature for blue light reduction ComfortLight – one color light to adjust brightness Color Options Midnight Blue Black Black or White Deep Ocean Blue Black


Product Dimensions: 6.32 x 7.13 x 0.3 inches


Item Weight: 8.5 ounces


Item model number: N778-KU-BK-K-EP


Batteries: 1 Lithium Polymer batteries required. (included)


Date First Available: October 6, 2021


Manufacturer: Kobo


Language: French


Country of Origin: Taiwan


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • So promising but not quite there yet
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. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2022 by dt2008
    • Well worth considering, but...
I really liked the hardware. 8 inch screen is bigger than most readers out there, and very crisp withe the new ecarta 1200 panel. The stylus is surprisingly effective. Unfortunately the battery life is poor and the whole pc / cloud / mobile app / book store experience falls behind Amazon which is tight and coordinated. Also the software on the device is a bit buggy when highlighting. However, the deal breaker, the reason why I sent it back after 29 days is that Amazon announced the Kindle Scribe. I pre-ordered that. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2022 by Richard K.
    • Size Matters
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. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2022 by R. A.
    • Definitely better than Kindle, if only it wasn't so fragile
Review Image by Tyler Pomerhn
Ordered one of these practically at launch, from the Rakuten website. Seemed to be the best fit for me at the time, because I had been having all kinds of glitching with the Kindle software (inability to copy files over USB, broken charging ports, I could go on). Kobo is definitely better for the following reasons: 1) When sync'ing from Calibre, it puts books into collections automatically, something Kindle hasn't permitted since the Kindle Keyboard. This is a huge deal if you don't want to attempt to sync a book at a time using the Amazon "email book to me" service for a library approaching 700 books. I refuse to put my books that I sideload into the AWS cloud... already had books "disappear" because of Amazon's policies. 2) Screen is gorgeous - 8" is definitely the best. 3) USB-C charging (when I got this, all Kindles were micro USB, but now they're going to USB-C), so this is less of a "win" for Kobo. 4) Vastly better font support. Kindle is marginally better only in highlighting notes in the text of a book; Kobo will take notes and let you look them up, but when you link to them you cannot easily go back to the same place in your highlight list. Kobo also does not display surrounding text for the highlight. Other than that, Kobo reigns supreme or is equal to Kindle in all respects. ...until, that is, I went on a trip recently. I had a perfectly functional Sage that I have, since buying it, had in the "official" Kobo origami case for protection. At some point between our hotel and the cruise ship, my backpack must have been handled extremely poorly - badly enough to cause the screen to display gibberish (see picture), even though there were zero marks, creases, cuts, abrasions, cracks, or any other signs of stress to anything in my backpack (including the Sage, its case, or my laptop that was in the same backpack). Kobo warranty specifically states that a screen like the one shown in my picture is not warranty-able, because it indicates damage was done to the screen (again, I can't prove this, since there are zero exterior imperfections, I would have to melt the case open to know what happened for sure). I was furious that a $250 item was somehow so fragile that it broke in this manner, but I'm buying another one on the off chance that it wasn't really Kobo's fault, that it was a meanie Lyft driver or something... and it's not like I haven't had other Kindle screens break on me (at least one in recent memory). So I love this thing, it's awesome if you engineer around the whole "Amazon ecosystem slavery" thing, just be careful with the sucker, I guess... ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2022 by Tyler Pomerhn
    • Best way to read manga
Review Image by Jeffrey Osorio
Review Image by Jeffrey Osorio
The kobo sage makes read mangas a better experience. I’m able to get the manga I want and travel with a large collection in my hand. The screen makes it look like printed paper so it doesn’t take you out of the experience. The touchscreen could’ve been better. It’s a great device for manga readers.
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2022 by Jeffrey Osorio
    • El mejor servicio
El mejor e-reader del mercado
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2022 by linker

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