Kobo Sage

Product information

Key specs

Screen size

8 inches

Water-resistant

Memory card reader

Built-in WiFi

Total storage capacity

32 GB

Screen size	8 inches
Water-resistant
Memory card reader
Built-in WiFi
Total storage capacity	32 GB
Sharpness	Full HD (1080p)
Web browser
Internal RAM	512 MB

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Pros and cons

According to our e-reader expert

• Thanks to the waterproof casing, you can read at the beach or in the bath without any worries.
• ComfortLight PRO automatically adjusts the screen backlight to the ambient light and filters blue light.
• The 8-inch screen is larger than the screen of the Libra 2, so you can read even more comfortably.
• You don't receive an adapter to charge via a socket, only a USB-C cable.
• The Kobo Sage doesn't have a color screen, so you see images in black and white.

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Description

With the Kobo Sage, you can comfortably finish your favorite books in one sitting. The e-reader has a large 8-inch screen, so the text is easy to read and you don't have to flip to the next page as often. The screen is easy on the eyes as well. That's because the ComfortLight PRO screen technology filters blue light and automatically adjusts the screen backlight and color temperature to the ambient light. You can easily read in the bath or at the beach, because the device has a waterproof casing. Thanks to Bluetooth support, you can also listen to audio books on the Kobo Sage. The e-reader also supports the separately available Kobo Stylus. With this stylus, you can easily take notes while you read or tap a word to search its meaning. With 32GB storage, you have enough room for a large digital book collection of up to 30,000 books.

With the Kobo Sage, you can comfortably finish your favorite books in one sitting. The e-reader has a large 8-inch screen, so the text is easy to read and you don't have to flip to the next page as often. The screen is easy on the eyes as well. That's because the ComfortLight PRO screen technology filters blue light and automatically adjusts the screen backlight and color temperature to the ambient light. You can easily read in the bath or at the beach, because the device has a waterproof casing. Thanks to Bluetooth support, you can also listen to audio books on the Kobo Sage. The e-reader also supports the separately available Kobo Stylus. With this stylus, you can easily take notes while you read or tap a word to search its meaning. With 32GB storage, you have enough room for a large digital book collection of up to 30,000 books.

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Included by default

• Manual (1.09 MB)
• USB-C cable

Included by default

• Manual (1.09 MB)
• USB-C cable

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Key specs

Screen size

8 inches

Water-resistant

Memory card reader

Built-in WiFi

Total storage capacity

32 GB

Screen size	8 inches
Water-resistant
Memory card reader
Built-in WiFi
Total storage capacity	32 GB
Sharpness	Full HD (1080p)
Web browser
Internal RAM	512 MB

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Reviews

78 reviews

8,8/10 (78 reviews)

Rating

39 reviews with 5 stars

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32 reviews with 4 stars

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6 reviews with 3 stars

3 stars 0 reviews

1 reviews with 2 stars

2 stars 0 reviews

0 reviews with 1 star

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Rating per section

Speed

8,7

Screen quality

10,0

Design

8,7

Options

6,7

Most helpful reviews

Our expert review

A large e-reader on which I read but also take notes.

• Big screen
• nice design
• Big for one hand

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• Megan. e-reader specialist.
• 2 May 2022
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,0/10

Beautiful but definitely not perfect

• Nice screen size
• Good reading functions
• Screen is not evenly lit (!)

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• Eric de frel
• 5 May 2022
• Automatically translated from Dutch

10/10

Highly recommended, I am very happy with it!

• screen quality, looks very nice, photos too
• automatic screen adjustment in the dark
• not encountered yet

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• Roos cox
• 15 December 2021
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,0/10

Nice but buttons are not useful

• Beautiful design
• Big format
• Slow

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• Gloria van heyst
• 2 August 2022
• Automatically translated from Dutch

5,6/10

Don't have an opinion yet

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• François van hal
• 1 May 2022
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,0/10

good e-reader

• does what it's supposed to do
• big screen

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• Tom de naer
• 20 July 2022
• Automatically translated from Dutch

6,0/10

not good enough

• Good size
• nice screen
• Battery percentage is not displayed correctly after charging.

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• Johannes buiting
• 13 July 2022
• Automatically translated from Dutch

10/10

Fantastic ereader handicapped by battery

• Nice size
• Design
• Battery life

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• Hans
• 21 June 2023
• Automatically translated from Dutch

7,6/10

Great e-reader, bit bulky and large

• Buttons to turn the page
• Ability to make notes
• Large outer rim

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• Ellen
• 30 December 2022
• Automatically translated from Dutch

7,6/10

Pity about the short battery life.

• light
• Easy to hold and manipulate
• Short battery life. Charge every 2 days. Doesn't match the description at all

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• Erik
• 22 June 2023
• Automatically translated from Dutch

Our expert review

A large e-reader on which I read but also take notes.

• Big screen
• nice design
• Easy to take notes with the stylus
• Big for one hand

The Kobo Sage is a large e-reader with useful features, such as the ability to listen to audiobooks and take notes with the Kobo stylus. Due to the large size, I hold the e-reader less comfortably with one hand.

Big format
The first thing I like about the Kobo Sage is its size. The device has an 8 inch screen. I also have a lot of space, so I can easily set a larger font without having to scroll a lot. Thanks to the physical buttons, I can quickly flip through a book. The e-reader has screen rotation, so you can have the buttons on both the left and right side. As a left-hander, I also use the device very comfortably. The disadvantage of the size is that it is more difficult to operate the e-reader with one hand. While reading this is not so bad, but it is annoying when I am looking for a new book, for example. The device has a very sleek appearance for an e-reader and reacts relatively quickly.

Quick and easy note taking with the Kobo stylus
A great feature of the Sage is its compatibility with the Kobo Stylus. With this stylus, I take notes in books and quickly mark passages. As a result, I hardly notice any difference between reading on an e-reader versus a real book. I find it especially useful when I read a book to learn something. I quickly make some notes in the margins. All notes in the book are clearly displayed in a menu, so that I can quickly read back interesting pieces of text. I also keep a digital notepad on my e-reader, for example when I make a to do list. I then easily convert handwritten text into typed text. I do think that you have to learn a lot how to use the pen. There are several useful functions in the pen, but I don't always manage to use them. In addition, the e-reader sometimes responds a bit slowly to the stylus. You should not expect it to go as smoothly as, for example, a tablet with a stylus.

audiobooks
I also listen to audiobooks on the Kobo Sage. This is a nice option for when I don't feel like reading. I then quickly connect wireless headphones and listen to my favorite books hands-free.

• Megan. e-reader specialist.
• 2 May 2022
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,0/10

Beautiful but definitely not perfect

• Nice screen size
• Good reading functions
• Nice extras (audio, stylus)
• Screen is not evenly lit (!)

I was looking for the best possible e-reader, and you seem to have arrived at this. Now I don't use the audiobook function myself, nor do I use the stylus function. But the 8-inch screen is just the right size for me (pity there are so few options in that size), the design is beautiful and everything works just a little faster than with the e-readers from five years ago.

But: there is something strange going on with e-ink and e-readers. The Sage has a fast processor and apparently a top-of-the-bill screen, but you still get the feeling that you are being thrown twenty years back in time compared to today's smartphones and tablets. The scroll buttons do not always work, the 'turning' of a page is certainly not super fast (although fast enough), and above all: the screen is illuminated more strongly on the side of the buttons than on the other, so that when using the background lighting is always a clearly perceptible variation in brightness. Is it really not possible in 2022 to build a solid backlit screen in such an expensive flagship device? Incomprehensible...

• Eric de frel
• 5 May 2022
• Automatically translated from Dutch

10/10

Highly recommended, I am very happy with it!

• screen quality, looks very nice, photos too
• automatic screen adjustment in the dark
• possibility of white text on black, for at night
• not encountered yet

So I'm clearly very satisfied, it's my fourth reader (second kobo) so quite a bit of experience, but this is by far the best so far. Especially for the screen, it is very pleasant to read and easy to adjust. It's faster than my previous one. The notes feature is definitely special, but I haven't used it much yet. The screen is slightly larger than I had, now an A4 (pdf) is readable, which is nice!

• Roos cox
• 15 December 2021
• Automatically translated from Dutch

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Specifications

Product

Product number

892470

Manufacturer code

N778-KU-BK-K-EP

Brand

Kobo

Warranty

2 years

Processing of your defect

Via Coolblue

Old product returned for free

Screen

Screen type

Electronic Ink

Type E-ink panel

Carta

Sharpness

Full HD (1080p)

Blue light filter

Resolution height

1920 pixels

Resolution width

1440 pixels

Color screen

Screen size

8 inches

Touchscreen

Backlit screen

Pixel density

300 ppi

Memory

Total storage capacity

32 GB

Memory card reader

Internal RAM

512 MB

General properties

Operating system language

Multiple languages can be configured

eBook store integrated

Text file format

BMP, CBZ, GIF, HTML, JPEG, MobiPocket, PDF, PNG, RTF, TIFF, ePub

Photo file format

BMP, PNG, TIFF

Supported and protected file formats

Adobe DRM, MobiPocket, ePub

Text-to-Speech function

Dictionary

Web browser

Plays music

IP certification

IPX8

Physical properties

Weight

241 g

Color

Black

Controls

Push buttons, Touchscreen

Width

16 cm

Depth

1,19 cm

Height

18 cm

Material

Plastic

Water-resistant

Bluetooth and WiFi

Built-in WiFi

WiFi standards

Wireless AC, Wireless B, Wireless G, Wireless N

Bluetooth

Bluetooth version

4.2

USB connectors

USB port

Type of USB port

USB-C

Battery

Battery/battery capacity

1200 mAh

Standby time

2 weeks

Charger adapter included