ReMarkable Paper Pro vs Remarkable 2 | Comparison and Recommendation

[@harper7563]

Nice review, its nice to hear it from someone who understands what these things are used for and don't have unrealistic expectations of what this technology is.

[@bodendorfer]

Thank you for that. I try to be practical about how you use the device verus getting into the details of tech.

[@Keahisolaris]

I’m interested in this but I’m worried the little bit of lag is going to drive me crazy

[@rudiriot]

nice video I ordered #3 aka pro and will compare both before giving the rm2 to my nephew and niece

[@rudiriot]

Actually I use the rm2 for reading but scientific texts or books rather than "Kindie literature". I never missed the option for Kindie because I just have my books as epub or pdf which is no problem. I spend 60% reading and 40% writing/notes/being creative. The marker upgrade on rm2, that you can switch between marker and pen was massive and I love it. This should work for social scientists much more fluent than before. I love to read books with the rm because my notes are online too.

[@johnny88sunday]

I'm currently looking into these, having had an ad served to me - am I mistaken or have these nearly doubled in price since a year or two ago? I remember discovering these a while back and thinking "Hey that's actually a good price" but now I feel it's overpriced?

[@lovely7840]

Hi, colour devices are generally much more expensive than the black-and-white ones. It's a relatively recent, more complex technology and not available on most e-ink devices, hence the price will always be higher than the price of a black-and-white ereader. Also, larger screens always mean a substantial increase in price. So it's not that the reader itself is more expensive than a similar reader-it's that the new device is colour, and has a larger screen, and better technology. That being said, Remarkable is generally more expensive (and in my opinion, somewhat inferior), to Boox devices, which are cheaper and have more features, plus can often double as an Android tablet, on which you can install apps. The newer Boox devices can even play videos (not like a real tablet, of course, but still), which is absolutely amazing for e-ink, which has slow refresh rates and is not designed for moving pictures or animation. My Boox is about 3-4 years old, and even that one can play videos in black and white, and offers much more than many devices on the market today (including the Remarkable, which is not so remarkable when you compare it with the number of features the Boox offers!)

[@bodendorfer]

I believe the RM2 is close to the same price. The newly released Pro mode is in color and offers some enhanced hardware features.

[@HermanSays]

What is the battery life between the two??

[@bodendorfer]

The first thing you must consider is if the front light is on when using the pro. If you are using the light a lot then the battery drain is noticeable. However, I have only charged the device once in the last week. And I have to imagine that my usage is up seeing it’s a new device for me.

[@harper7563]

Also a question, would you be able to showcase some of the colors more? Like its capable of a lot more colors than you can write with right? Or has the full capability of the 20,000 colors not come yet? I could be mistaken but if you had images or other more colorful pdfs wouldn't it offer a better idea of the color capabilities? I could be totally mistaken just curious.

[@bodendorfer]

Send me a email and I'll send you back a couple short clips. [e-mail]

[@rudiriot]

I think the display will bring the colours in a similar fashion to the rm2, so you will see a rm colour and a final digital colour on the connected screen, for example in Presentation Mode. But maybe Branden can tell you more. In rm2 you just have the colours as monochrome differences which come now alive to rm pro I think. On the connected screen they should have the same blue, pink, yellow, ..

[@sajad6346]

Hi There, great video. Can you tell me which ReMarkable offers the best cloud storage features, e.g. Can I use my Box, OneDrive , Mega Storage within the ReMarkable to save notes and work on them

[@bodendorfer]

@@sajad6346 So either remarkable device is going to offer the same cloud storage options. The cloud storage option is through google, however it’s connected to your remarkable account.

[@Ekzuzy]

They both offer the exact same cloud functionality.

[@billg3903]

This is a very nice Platform but the price of $599 on amazon is a ridiculous price. If you think of what they charge for a phone or a tablet that has so much more than just a device to take notes. This is about $200-$300 overpriced..

[@lovely7840]

No, it's not. It's the price of a large screen, with e-ink colour technology (which is relatively new and is normally only black-and-white.) It's just the normal going rate for e-ink devices with specs such as these (I know as I've been buying ereaders for many years).