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| Kindle | Kindle Paperwhite | Kindle Paperwhite 3G |
| Shop now | Shop now | Shop now |
| Price | ||
| £69 | £109 | £169 |
| Screen Size | ||
| 6" | 6" | 6" |
| Glare-Free Screen | ||
| Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in Light | ||
| No | Yes | Yes |
| Resolution | ||
| 167 ppi | 212 ppi | 212 ppi |
| Connectivity | ||
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi + 3G |
| Storage | ||
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Up to 1,400 books Plus free cloud storage for all Amazon content |
Up to 1,100 books Plus free cloud storage for all Amazon content |
Up to 1,100 books Plus free cloud storage for all Amazon content |
| Dimensions | ||
| 16.5 cm x 11.4 cm x 0.87 cm | 16.9 cm x 11.68 cm x 0.91 cm | 16.9 cm x 11.68 cm x 0.91 cm |
| Weight | ||
| 170 g | 206 g | 215 g |
| Battery Life | ||
| 4 weeks wireless off | 8 weeks wireless off | 8 weeks wireless off |
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Customer Reviews
*FIRST IMPRESSIONS*
-As with previous Kindles, the Paperwhite ships in its original box. Along with the PW, a usb cable and quick-start guide are included. If you want to offer the PW as a gift, I would strongly advise ticking the "this is a gift" option at checkout, as Amazon will then ship (at no extra charge) the PW in separate outer packaging.
-The updated PW looks identical to the previous generation, with the exception of changing the "Kindle" logo on the back of the device to "Amazon". The only other slight change is an ever so slight reduction in weight (from 213 to 206 grams).
*NEW HARDWARE*
-Improved screen: The new Paperwhite boasts an improved screen, which Amazon claims offers better contrast and "blacker blacks". Without getting too caught up on these technical details, it can be concluded that the screen definitely does look sharper and brighter. Text is visibly more crisp and stands out more. Read more ›
The Paperwhite has about 1.25 gigabytes of usable storage and can hold about 1,100 eBooks. The main formats it can read are the Kindle formats (AZW3, AZW and MOBI), PDF, TXT, DOC and DOCX. It also has an "experimental" web browser, but does not support audio.
INTRODUCTION TO E-INK:
It features an E-Ink display, which is unlike any other, such as the most common (LCD), which is used in tablets, mobile phones and televisions, etc. An E-Ink pixel is a tiny capsule that carries black and white particles suspended in a fluid. The particles are moved around by charges. Natural light then reflects off the particles on the surface, making the pixel visible. So, if the white particles are moved to the top of the capsule, it will appear as white. The frontlight allows it to work in the dark, using 4 LEDs in the lower bezel to shine light into a layer that spreads the light out evenly.
I will not pretend that I am you and tell you whether you should upgrade, but I will give you advantages of the Paperwhite over the previous generation Paperwhite and the £69 basic Kindle to make the decision easier.
THE IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE 2012 1st GENERATION PAPERWHITE:
- A new E-Ink Carta display, instead of the old E-ink Pearl. This gives a specified 50 percent better contrast, in other words whiter whites and blacker blacks. Read more ›
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For someone who has never had the original Paperwhite (PW1), the obvious advantage is the built-in light. The less obvious advantage is the faster processor speed - my Kindle Keyboard (KK) is as slow as honey in January and will freeze for a long time when I use the 'search' facility. I was also irritated that the KK does not order book collections alphabetically on the home screen (oddly, it does when allocating a book to a collection).
Improvements:
*Backlight*
For PW1 users, the light is more even. For non-PW1 owners, it's great to have a light. I thought that the light was for reading in bed at night with all lights off but it actually significantly improves visibility and the whiteness of the screen even during the day under ordinary indoor lighting, as demonstrated in my video.
*Improved processor*
Searching for anything is so much faster than my KK.
*Vocabulary Builder*
Whenever you look a word up in the dictionary, it adds it to the Vocabulary Builder automatically. I like this. I have demonstrated and expanded on this in the video.
*Improved screen*
It is sharper and less reflective.
*Cosmetics*
The trend since the KK has been towards lighter shades of gray - the KK was dark gray and the Kindle Touch was a lighter gray, almost silver. The PW2 is black, which I personally prefer.
*Highlighting*
For those of you who, like me, are upgrading from a KK, highlighting is shown as gray background behind text (like highlighting in gray in Microsoft Word). This is much better than the KK which claimed to highlight but just did a dotted underline. Read more ›
