What are the e-ink ebook readers under $200 with the largest screen sizes?

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What are the e-ink ebook readers under $200 with the largest screen sizes	Price	EPUB Support	Screen Size
-- Amazon Kindle Paperwhite	119.99	No	6"+
-- Kobo Aura H2O	$179.99	-	-
-- Icarus Illumina XL	$199	-	-
-- InkBOOK 8	$179	-	-

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Amazon Kindle Paperwhite

Top Pro

Affordable

You can get it for only 119$ on Amazon. See More

Top Con

No waterproofing

Unfortunately, Amazon has not yet made it's Kindle lineup waterproof. See More

Specs

EPUB Support:No

Screen Size:6"+

Top Pro

Sharp, bright screen.

The tablet uses a six-inch Carta E Ink touch screen, with a resolution of 1,448 by 1,072 and 300 pixels per inch. The screen is also glare free so you will be able to read in direct sunlight, on the subway or anywhere else you can imagine. See More

Top Con

No audiobook support.

The Kindle doesn't contain a headphone jack so it doesn't support audiobooks. See More

Top Pro

Improved performance

The Paperwhite has a 1Ghz processor and 512MB of RAM (an increase from the second generation's 256MB). It uses 2.4 GHz 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, or 3G data to download ebooks to its 4GB of internal storage. See More

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Kobo Aura H2O

Top Con

Infrared touchscreen technology

The Kobo Aura H20 uses infared touch screen technology instead of a capacitive screen. Usually this results in a less responsive screen and a slight delay from touch to result of action. This also means there is no pinch to zoom. See More

Top Pro

MicroSD slot that utilize cards up to 32GB

The Kobo Aura H20 has an expandable MicroSd slot that can use cards of up to 32GB. See More

Specs

epub support:yes

Top Con

No page turn buttons

there are no page turn buttons on the device, instead the screen needs to be touched in corresponding spots to turn the page forward or back. See More

Top Pro

4GB internal storage

The Kobo Aura H20 has 4GB of internal storage. See More

Top Pro

Device can read a huge assortment of file types

The Kobo Aura H20 can read a large assortment of file types including kepub, epub, mobi (only non DRM versions), RTF, and cbr. See More

Top Pro

Long battery life

The manufacturer quotes the battery life as lasting up to 2 months. See More

Top Pro

Waterproof

The Kobo Aura H20 is waterproof for up to 30 minutes at a depth of 1 meter. See More

Top Pro

6.8” Carta E Ink HD touchscreen at 1430 x 1080, 265 dpi

The Kobo Aura H20 uses a 6.8" screen, which is larger than most competing 6" devices. It uses the eInk Carta screen (same as the Kindle PaperWhite) at a resolution of 1430x1080 with a dpi of 265. See More

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Icarus Illumina XL

Top Pro

Big display, Good resolution

It features an 8" display with a 1024x1872 and 300 PPI resolution, more than enough for comfortable reading. See More

Top Con

No turn-key user experience

Icarus only sells the hardware, and they don't have a very polished app or bookstore, leaving the user to figure out which apps work without bugs(and some don't) and where to purchase/downloads the ebooks. Although it does support DRM enabled ebooks, the reader app has lots of older fonts, and changing them is not easy. See More

Top Pro

Evenly-lit front display which can be turned completely off

Besides being able to use it in the dark, you can't tell where the LED lights are positioned, and that is a good thing since it won't oversaturate any area of it. Also, the display can be turned completely off to conserve battery, unlike the displays in some other brands and models. See More

Top Con

Short battery duration

The battery will "only" last 2 weeks, which is short compared to most other e-ink readers out there. See More

Top Pro

You can install any app you want on it using Google Play Store

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InkBOOK 8

Top Pro

It has a front-lit display

This means you will be able to use it in the dark as well. See More

Top Con

Big screen, low resolution

Despite the screen being 8 inches, it has a fairly low resolution: 1024x768 with only 160 PPI. Ebook pictures will not look so pretty on this display. See More

Top Pro

You are not limited to Inkbook's ebook selection

This reader will let you import e-books from other retailers, and it supports Adobe DRM for EPUB and PDF. See More

Top Pro

It runs on Android 4.2

That means you can run android software on it, including thousands of apps directly available from their built-in app store like Moon+ Reader, Kindle, Kobo, etc. See More

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You can listen to Audiobooks

It has a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, which you can use to listen to audiobooks or just to music. See More

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What are the e-ink ebook readers under $200 with the largest screen sizes?

4 Options Considered

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite

My Recommendation for Amazon Kindle Paperwhite

My Recommendation for Amazon Kindle Paperwhite

Affordable

No waterproofing

Sharp, bright screen.

No audiobook support.

Improved performance

Kobo Aura H2O

My Recommendation for Kobo Aura H2O

My Recommendation for Kobo Aura H2O

Infrared touchscreen technology

MicroSD slot that utilize cards up to 32GB

No page turn buttons

4GB internal storage

Device can read a huge assortment of file types

Long battery life

Waterproof

6.8” Carta E Ink HD touchscreen at 1430 x 1080, 265 dpi

Icarus Illumina XL

My Recommendation for Icarus Illumina XL

My Recommendation for Icarus Illumina XL

Big display, Good resolution

No turn-key user experience

Evenly-lit front display which can be turned completely off

Short battery duration

You can install any app you want on it using Google Play Store

InkBOOK 8

My Recommendation for InkBOOK 8

My Recommendation for InkBOOK 8

It has a front-lit display

Big screen, low resolution

You are not limited to Inkbook's ebook selection

It runs on Android 4.2

You can listen to Audiobooks

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