{"id":121354,"date":"2017-05-03T11:48:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T09:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/?p=121354"},"modified":"2023-09-21T18:25:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:25:51","slug":"waterproof-2017-kobo-aura-h2o-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/waterproof-2017-kobo-aura-h2o-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2017 waterproof Kobo Aura H2O is a smaller Aura One"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kobo launches the second generation of the waterproof Kobo Aura H2O e-reader \/ Images: Kobo<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The second-generation of the Kobo Aura H2O costs $179.99 and meets IPX8 water-resistance rating.<\/strong><\/div>\n

Kobo has just announced the 2017 Kobo Aura H2O<\/a>. The device starts selling on May 22, 2017, costs $179.99, meets IPX8 water-resistance rating, and sports the 6.8-inch Carta E-ink touchscreen with blue light control.<\/p>\n

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The new e-reader is a successor of the company’s original waterproof e-reader<\/a> launched in September 2014.<\/p>\n

What makes the 2017 Aura H2O similar to the first-generation model is the display: a 6.8-inch Carta E-ink HD touchscreen, with 1430 \u00d7 1080 resolution, and 265 ppi pixel density.<\/p>\n

Most of other features, as The Verge points out<\/a>, bring the second-generation Aura H2O closer to Kobo Aura One<\/a> – the model released in September 2016, and recognized by many reviewers and users as Kobo’s best e-reader ever made.<\/p>\n

Both Kobo Aura One and the Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 are waterproof and meet the same water-resistance rating. It’s IPX8, what means the device is waterproof for up to an hour in up to 2 meters of water. It’ll surely pass every bathtub test, won’t it?<\/p>\n