If you’re looking to swap out pen and paper for a digital notebook, the Kindle Scribe has long been a go-to option. There are solid alternatives, such as the Kobo Libra Colour and the reMarkable 2, but none have made quite the same splash. That said, reMarkable is clearly aiming to change that, having finally unveiled its long-awaited successor to the reMarkable 2: the reMarkable Paper Pure.
The Paper Pure replaces the reMarkable 2 in the company’s note-taking tablet lineup, joining the Paper Pro Move and the Paper Pro. It’s priced at $400, undercutting the smaller $449 Paper Pro Move and the larger $629 Paper Pro.
As expected, the Paper Pure brings meaningful upgrades over the reMarkable 2, which launched in 2020. Notably, it features a third-generation black-and-white Canvas display, which reMarkable says is its “crispest” and “whitest” yet, with 20 percent higher contrast than before. It also has a pen-to-ink distance of just 0.84mm and a writing latency of 21 milliseconds, so writing on it should feel incredibly responsive.
As for the size of the display itself, it measures 10.3 inches, with a 4:3 aspect ratio and a resolution of 1872 x 1404, the same as the reMarkable 2. It also lacks a front light, unlike the Paper Pro and Paper Pro Move.
- Storage
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32GB
- Brand
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reMarkable
- Screen Size
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10.3-inch Canvas monochrome display
- RAM
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2GB
- Battery
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3820 mAh, up to 3 weeks
- OS
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reMarkable OS
Its battery can also last up to three weeks
Under the hood, reMarkable has also packed in several upgrades to make the Paper Pure feel like an even more worthwhile step up. For starters, it’s powered by a faster 1.7GHz dual-core Cortex-A55 processor — a noticeable jump from the reMarkable 2’s 1.2GHz dual-core chip.
Memory and storage also get a solid boost. The Paper Pure comes with 2GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 32GB of internal storage, compared to the reMarkable 2’s 1GB of LPDDR3 RAM and 8GB of storage.
Thanks to these improvements, reMarkable says the Paper Pure is 50 percent faster than the reMarkable 2, resulting in it being twice as fast at “navigating, zooming, and turning pages.”
On top of that, it packs a larger 3,820mAh battery, which the company claims delivers 30 percent longer battery life and lasts up to three weeks on a single charge.
In terms of writing features, like reMarkable’s other devices, the Paper Pure lets you easily jot down notes on its paper-like display, convert them into typed text, and send them to Google Drive, OneDrive, or Dropbox, or import PDFs and documents to work on. Remarkable also offers a Connect subscription service that lets you connect to additional services, such as Miro and Slack, and provides unlimited cloud storage.
Overall, I’m really impressed with the Paper Pure so far. It’s a long-overdue upgrade over the reMarkable 2, and at $400, it offers a compelling alternative to Amazon’s new Kindle Scribe, which costs $500. Amazon also announced a new Kindle Scribe without a front light that will cost $430 last year, but oddly enough, it hasn’t released it yet, so you can probably get your hands on a Paper Pure faster, and at least you won’t be dealing with Amazon’s locked-down Kindle ecosystem.
The Paper Pure is now available for $400, with shipping expected to begin in June. ReMarkable is also offering a $450 bundle that includes the Paper Pure, an upgraded Marker Plus stylus with a built-in eraser, and a Sleeve Folio case.
