![]() ![]() With the cover on it still just about works in this way, but you do feel the extra weight: it would become tiring after a while, and you find yourself propping up the device with your little finger. It works well as a one-handed device, assuming you’re using it without the sleep cover, and you can apply enough pressure with the meat of your palm to hold it steady while using the buttons with the thumb of the same hand. And the fact that both Forma and Libra have 1200mAh batteries, yet the former has to power a larger screen, suggests that the latter will last a little longer between charges.Īt 192g the Libra is nice and light. It’s available in black and white finishes, whereas the Forma comes only in black (indeed, in our Forma review we commented that it would be nice to have some alternatives), and it offers 12 fonts, compared to the Forma’s 11. Curiously the difference in weight is tiny, at 192g vs 197g, but the dimensions of the Libra are far more pocketable, at 144 x 159mm, compared to the Forma’s 160 x 177.7mm it’s also a shade thinner.įunnily enough there are a couple of other differences that fall in favour of the Libra. Aside from being significantly cheaper, as outlined in the last section, the Libra is obviously more portable. It has a 7in screen, compared to the Forma’s 8in – which is a bit of a shame, since the unusually generous 8in display was one of the Forma’s selling points.īut by making this compromise you benefit in other ways. The Libra has essentially the same design as the Forma (thumbs up for that), only shrunk down a bit. (That device is also available with 32GB, an option that isn’t offered with the Libra.) How does this compare with the Kobo Forma? Kobo Forma, which costs £239.99/$279.99 with 8GB of storage. The Libra is also markedly cheaper, as previously mentioned, than the ![]()
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