The Kobo Clara BW is now available at a discount. The e-reader can now be bought for $149.99, which is $20 less than its list price of $169.99. That makes for a competitive price for an e-reader that is often considered one of the best in the segment. You can avail of the discount from the online Kobo store along with other retailers such as Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, and Indigo Books and Music. The sale is live in the US, Canada, and a few other countries.
The Clara BW comes with the latest E Ink Carta 1300 display that offers better contrast, higher levels of brightness, and faster page turn speeds compared to its predecessor. The e-reader comes with a 6-inch display having a 1448 x 1072 pixels resolution and a 300 PPI pixel density. The device offers a system-wide dark mode, while there is also the ComfortLight PRO feature that offers adjustable warm and cold light controls.
Making up the core of the Clara BW is a MediaTek MT8113L processor, which works in tandem with 512 MB RAM and 16 GB of native storage. The e-reader only comes in a shade of black and weighs 160 grams. It also boasts an IPX8 build, which makes it safe from exposure to water. It can withstand being submerged in up to 2 meters of water for a max 60 minutes. The 16 GB of onboard storage can be enough to host up to 12,000 e-books or 75 audiobooks.
Another salient feature of the Clara BW is that it is made from recycled and ocean-bound plastic. So, you will be doing a service to Mother Nature by opting for the Clara BW. Recently, Kobo started selling a more advanced Clara BW model, having a 2000 mAh battery, which is 500 mAh more than what it originally came with when launched last year. The extra battery power can sustain another week of reading time.