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New 7.8-inch Icarus Illumina XL HD Pre-Orders on Indiegogo

June 26, 2017 by Nathan

Icarus Illumina XL HD

Last week a couple videos of a new 7.8-inch 300 ppi ereader called the Icarus Illumina XL HD started showing up on YouTube.

A few days later it turned up on Indiegogo for pre-order. The early bird packages are already sold out, but they’re still taking pre-orders for $199 USD plus shipping.

Icarus is based in the Netherlands but they ship worldwide.

The Illumina XL HD is the first ereader besides the Kobo Aura One to feature a 7.8-inch 300 ppi E Ink screen.

They are priced about the same, with the Aura One being $229 with free shipping.

The Icarus ereader runs Android 4.2 so it’s a lot different than the Kobo. Plus it supports audio and it has a faster 1.8GHz processor and double the RAM and storage space.

See the post from last week about the Icarus Illumina XL HD for a full list of specs.

It’s good to see more medium-sized ereaders hitting the market. The 7.8-inch screen is my favorite size for reading. 6-inch ereaders are nice for portability, but I like 7.8-inch screens more for reading at home. Hopefully this is the start of a new trend; we’ve already got plenty of 6-inch ereaders to choose from.

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  1. Servaas says

    June 26, 2017 at 1:05 pm

    Its a shame they don’t opensource the firmware, let the community have their way with the firmware and you would have a rock stable ereader tuned OS that they could benefit from.

  2. James_B says

    June 26, 2017 at 2:45 pm

    For me it’s crucial that an e-reader has the Oxford English dictionary in it. Which dictionary does this one have? Thank you.

    • Nathan says

      June 26, 2017 at 4:01 pm

      Hard telling… It says it has a dictionary in the description but it doesn’t specify which one.

  3. Sergio Roberto says

    June 26, 2017 at 3:34 pm

    Where do I find information about shipping costs?

    • Nathan says

      June 26, 2017 at 4:02 pm

      I don’t know. I assume it will say during the payment process.

  4. bdubs says

    June 27, 2017 at 7:35 am

    I was so excited to see this come out, need a e-reader with audio

    why is it sooooo slow to do the simplest of tasks….?

    Also looks like this is blue light only, so no good for reading in bed

  5. James says

    September 20, 2017 at 1:37 am

    @bdubs: Can you provide with some info about this e-reader? I’m thinking of buying it but since it’s a brand new one no review is available online. Thanx!!

  6. ProDigit says

    December 18, 2017 at 9:47 pm

    Bumped up CPU and ram specs are entirely unnecessary for book readers!
    They only consume more battery.

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