Pocketbook is gearing up to announce two new e-readers, available in the next couple of months. They are the Verta with an E-Ink Carta 1300 e-paper display and the Verta Color; these two devices will replace the Verse and Verse Color.
The Verta features a 6-inch E Ink Carta 1300 display with a resolution of 1,448 x 1,072 pixels at 300 PPI, which can display only 16 shades of gray. The Verta Color instead uses an E Ink Kaleido 3 panel that can also display 4,096 colors. The black-and-white e-paper display is 300 PPI, and the color display is 150 PPI. Both models have both a front-lit display and warm lighting.
Under the hood is a Rockchip RK3566 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 CPU running at 1.8 GHz, 1 GB of RAM, and 16 GB of internal storage. Bluetooth 5.0 supports audiobooks, and you can buy e-books from the PocketBook Store. Libby is preinstalled, and users can browse their local branch to borrow e-books, audiobooks, and digital magazines. A USB-C port is for transferring content and charging. The e-readers are powered by a 1,500 mAh battery, which lasts a couple of weeks of heavy use. Both of these e-readers are waterproof and rated IPX4.
Supported e-book formats include ACSM, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, EPUB, EPUB(DRM), FB2, FB2.ZIP, HTM, HTML, MOBI, PDF, PDF (DRM), PRC, RTF, TXT, AZW, CBR, AZW3, and CBZ.
The Verta will be available in many back-plate colors, such as black, white, red, and yellow. These are sold separately. It will retail for $169 when it comes out soon. The Verta Color will cost $179.99. That makes these devices affordable and cheaper than current-generation Kindle e-readers.
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