Kobo Clara Colour: price, specs & release date

TechRadar lab-tested · 2024-05-22

weight: 174g · black-and-white text resolution: 300ppi · color resolution: 150ppi · colors displayed: 4,096 hues · battery capacity: 1,500mAh · battery test: 34 days of reading about an hour each day before the battery dropped to 21% from full

Page turns are fast, the on-screen keyboard is responsive and the battery life is good too. It's waterproof, lightweight and portable as well.

you can easily eke out up to 5 weeks of use, depending on how you use it

Both black-and-white books and color content look good on the Clara Colour, but I found the former lacked little contrast in comparison to some other monochrome ereaders I've previously tested.

Engadget hands-on · 2024-05-23

A beefier processor makes it zippier than its already-fast predecessor, and the addition of color looks lovely, without detracting from the crisp and easy-to-read text.

But set side-by-side with the Clara 2E, the Clara Colour's page does look less sharp. Get close to the screen and you'll notice noise in the white parts of the page.

Amazon's ebook store is larger than Kobo's, boosted by Kindle Direct Publishing exclusives and self-published books.

Tom's Guide hands-on · 2026-04-13

As you can see, the text is clearly legible, even in strong, direct sunlight. I don't think the screen is grainy at all, nor suffers from leftover shadows (A.K.A "ghosting") like the Kindle Paperwhite is known to, either.

It's $90 cheaper than the Kindle Colorsoft and does everything just as well

If you're the Kindle Unlimited self-published kind of reader, you might be better off sticking to the bigger library.