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what's up prize five fans I'm Brian Tong and Irie ders continued to be a red hot product so we're throwing to see net editor's choice readers into the ring it's a prize five foot out between the Amazon Kindle paperwhite with special offers and the Barnes Noble looks simple touch with glow light both price of one hundred and $19 our judges for this fight are executive editor John the melty Falcone executive editor David the bad-boy car Noi and myself really a ding dong that will take all three judges scores and average them out to the nearest tenth each round the final prize five score will be an average of all rounds using the same system we're going five rounds deep first up is designed Amazon's Kindle paperwhite streamlines it's designed with an all black border that takes design cues from the entire Kindle family its minimalist design brings a soft rubber backside and it's about 20% thinner compared to the Nook but a little heavier in weight now the notes simple touch with glow light has a unique ereader design with rounded corners accented by a gray border and a contoured boodle design that's more ergonomic and comfortable to hold we wish it was a little thinner but it's smaller footprint is still nice I like curves but the judges overall give the Kindle paperwhite the edge with a perfect 5 and the note blue light gets a 4.7 next round is navigation and inner the Kindle paperwhite removes all physical buttons except for a power button at the bottom the lack of a central home button at the bottom means you'll always have to change your hand position whenever you want to access your toolbar by tapping at the top or even turning on the built-in light that can be annoying now it's all touch interface uses a capacitive touchscreen for turning pages with a swipe and its overall a tad bit snappier to use now since we're comparing the special offers version you'll always have a banner on your home screen and your screen saver so that can take away from the experience now the Nook brings both touch and physical control navigation when reading books you can move through the pages by either touching or swiping the screen or using the physical controls on the side to turn pages pressing the center brings up more settings and options the home button is the heart of the navigation easy to access and it brings up the main toolbar plus holding it down activates the glow light for reading and overall the feel and controls here are just better so this gets a perfect 5 and the Kindle get to 4 after averaging 2 rounds the note takes the lead next round is features the Kindles biggest feature is its new screen with the paperwhite built-in light that's brighter and is lit a little more consistently plus its screen resolution is higher for slightly crisper text now my favorite reading feature is x-ray mode that breaks down important characters or locations but it's not available for all books and time to read let you know when you'll finish a chapter now you want to find a headphone jack or speakers anymore but you'll still get an experimental web browser that I recommend you never use ever now another killer feature is Amazon's lending library and if you're an Amazon Prime member you'll have access to 180,000 books that you can borrow including the entire Harry Potter series and that's huge now the new Clio Lite was the first eReader to bring the backlit screen that set the standard and it still works great but it's a tad bit behind now that the Kindle is caught up and improve their screen resolution but the Kindle can't match the nooks SD card expansion slot for storing more content you can go into a physical retail store and read a selection of books for free and native epub support is a big deal for hardcore users it also comes with its own power adapter you can't say the same for the Kindle that just has a USB cable and you won't have to look at special offers all the time both the e-readers support overdrive for borrowing books from local libraries they can both lend books to other users there's PDF reading support and social hooks for Facebook and Twitter this round's Jam pack features but the Kindle takes it with the 4.7 and the note gets a 4.3 next round is performance the Kindle brings a pretty ridiculous eight-week battery life with the backlight on that's just dirty good it also has a higher resolution screen and it's slightly faster to navigate compared to the note now the Nook has a one month battery life with the glow light on and that's impressive but just not as impressive the Kindle paperweight takes this round with a 4.3 and the note glow light jets of 4dr averaging for around we're tied at 4.5 the final round that decides it all is ecosystem if you've ever heard the phrase content is king this is where Amazon shines Amazon has 180,000 Kindle exclusive titles and often offers slightly better prices but you'll pretty much find the top books on both stores now Amazon's lending library is also a huge differentiator if you pay for Amazon Prime both ear eaters offer books magazines and newspapers and you can even download games on your Kindle Barnes & Noble just can't match the Amazonian beast when it comes to content and the Kindle takes this round with a 4.7 and the Nook Simple Touch with glowlight gets a 4 so let's average out all 5 rounds and in a battle where the Nook flow light came out hit and hard the Kindle paperwhite fought back hard taking the last three rounds and the new kid on the block takes this battle 4 point 5 to 4 point 4 and is your prize fight winner i'm bryan song thanks for watching we'll catch you guys next time on another price you