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Kobo launches its biggest ereader yet (and it comes with a stylus)

The Kobo Elipsa is Rakuten's new ereader/digital notebook hybrid.
Georgia Dixon
May 22, 2021
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Rakuten Kobo has been in the ereader game for a long time now (over a decade, in fact), but today, a new announcement suggests they're branching out into bigger things. Literally.

The Kobo Elipsa sports a massive 10.3-inch E Ink touchscreen and comes with a Kobo Stylus, enabling users to take notes, and annotate eBooks and PDFs. If the concept sounds familiar, that's because the reMarkable, which offers similar features, has been around since 2015. Designed for students, professionals and academics, these larger annotatable tablets allow for easier reading of technical documents and textbooks, providing extra room around the margins for markup.

Kobo Elipsa features

Design-wise, the Kobo Elipsa looks similar to the 8-inch Kobo Forma (Kobo's formerly top-of-the-range ereader), albeit with a larger screen. Interestingly, the Elipsa has a slightly smaller screen resolution (1404 x 1872, 227ppi) than the Forma (1440 x 1920, 300ppi), but it's still on par with the display found on its main competitor, the reMarkable 2.

Under the hood, you'll find a zippy 1.8 GHz quad-core processor with 1GB of RAM and 32GB of onboard storage. These specs are particularly useful considering that, unlike the reMarkable 2, the Kobo Elipsa is still an ereader at heart, and as such, has access to the Kobo eBookstore, OverDrive (for borrowing library books) and everything else we love about Kobo's software. It's also integrated with Dropbox, so importing and exporting documents should be a breeze.

Kobo Elipsa Australia price

The Kobo Elipsa costs $599.95 in Australia, but for your money, you get more than just the ereader itself. It comes as a package with the Kobo Stylus and Kobo SleepCover, which also functions as a stand and Stylus holder.

At the time of writing, it's only available for pre-order through Kobo's own website, but given every other model can be found on Booktopia and other online retailers, we'd wager it'll become more widely available closer to the release date.

Kobo Elipsa Australia release date

If you're keen to get your hands on the Elipsa, you won't have long to wait. It's available for pre-order right now, shipping out from June 24.

Georgia Dixon
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Georgia Dixon has 10 years of experience writing about all things tech, entertainment and lifestyle. She spends most of her time as Managing Editor of SafeWise Australia and also has bylines on 7NEWS, Stuff.co.nz, in TechLife magazine and more. In 2023 she won Best News Writer at the Consensus IT Awards, and in 2024 she was a finalist for Best News Journalist at the Samsung IT Journalism Awards (The Lizzies). In her spare time, you'll find her playing games and daydreaming about good food, wine, and dogs.

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