When reMarkable hinted at a new release this week I thought it would be the reMarkable 3. But instead we got something even bigger and better- the Paper Pro – a 11.8″ Color Note-taking eink tablet. So this is not the successor to the Remarkable 2, but we will have a look at the differences in their specs anyways in this article-
| Features | Remarkable Paper pro | Remarkable 2 |
| Price | $579 | starts from $378 ($279 without marker) |
| Buy From | Remarkable Store | Remarkable Store |
| Year released | 2024 | 2020 |
| Screen | ||
| Screen size | 11.8" Canvas Color display (based on E Ink Gallery™ 3) | 10.3" Eink Carta monochrome digital paper display |
| Resolution | 2160 x 1620 | 1872 x 1404 resolution |
| PPI | 229 | 226 |
| Frontlight | Yes | No |
| Hardware | ||
| CPU | 1.8 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 | 1.2 GHz dual core ARM |
| RAM | 2 GB LPDDR4 RAM | 1 GB LPDDR3 SDRAM |
| Internal Storage | 64 GB | 8GB |
| External Storage | No | No |
| Audio | No | No |
| Battery | 5030 mAh | 3000 mAH |
| Connect | USB-C | USB-C |
| Wifi & BT | 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. No BT | 2.4 & 5Ghz. No BT |
| Software | ||
| Files supported | PDF, EPUB (importing) PDF, PNG, SVG (exporting) | PDF & ePub |
| Operating System | reMarkable OS | reMarkable OS |
| Sizes, Color | ||
| Dimesnsions | 274.1 x 196.6 x 5.1 mm | 187 x 246 x 4.7 mm |
| Weight | 525g | 403.5g |
| Color | White grey | Greyish blue |
The Paper Pro has color and also a frontlight layer, but the company itself says that the writing experience is superior compared to the Remarkable 2. “Despite the addition of a new reading Light and color display, we think reMarkable Paper Pro boasts the most paper-like writing experience you’ll find on a digital device. New innovations in the interaction between the Marker tip, textured display surface, and custom software enable a level of responsiveness and tactility unheard of until now. Latency (the speed the ink reacts to your Marker tip) has been reduced by 40% when compared with reMarkable 2.” (from their blog)
The new one is also faster with a writing latency of 12 milliseconds- compared to 21 on the Remarkable 2. It also has a bigger battery, ram and CPU. One area i wish the device would’ve upgraded was the number of supported filetypes. It’s still only PDf and ePubs which is a shame since this wouldve been great for those who read comics and manga.
