All-new Kindle Paperwhite (8 GB) – Now with a 6.8″ display and adjustable warm light
All-new Kindle Paperwhite (8 GB) – Now with a 6.8″ display and adjustable warm light
- All-new Kindle Paperwhite – Now with a 6.8” display and thinner borders, adjustable warm light, up to 10 weeks of battery life, and 20% faster page turns.
- Purpose-built for reading – With a flush-front design and 300 ppi glare-free display that reads like real paper, even in bright sunlight.
- More books in more places – Store thousands of titles, then take them all with you. A single charge via USB-C last weeks, not hours.
- Easy on the eyes – Now with adjustable warm light to shift screen shade from white to amber.
- Waterproof reading – Built to withstand accidental immersion in water, so you’re good from the beach to the bath.
- Find new stories – With Kindle Unlimited, get unlimited access to over 2 million titles.
- This device does not support playback of Audible audiobooks.
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All-new Kindle Paperwhite (8 GB) – Now with a 6.8″ display and adjustable warm light
Koustav Pal –
Being a bookworm, I had been eyeing a kindle for a while now. Finally gathered some cash to grab one. I went for the paperwhite version because of the warmth setting, it is kind of a deal breaker for me, and the base kindle was unavailable. I have been reading this in a dark room and my eyes do not strain. Pretty perfect for me. Here are some pros and cons:
Pros:
1. It is nice that amazon allows sideloading of books via email and other methods like the Calibre app. I generally buy books from the amazon kindle store but I also visit IRC to get books that are pretty hard to come by even in kindle form.
2. The warm setting. You can increase and decrease the warmth of your screen. I generally keep around 6.
3. Very lightweight and does not feel cumbersome while long reading hours.
4. Battery backup is top-notch.
Cons:
1. The UI is garbage. I mean come on Amazon, please update the UI for god sake. Sorting, searching, and creating folders is a big pain.
2. It’s a bit overpriced tbh but do we have other options? No.
3. I have seen videos of people connecting Bluetooth devices in kindle paperwhites to listen Audible on Youtube but it is not available here. I guess it is US exclusive? Idk.
Highly recommended for every book lover. Just go for it. Idk why I waited so long to get one and even bought an Android tablet once to read books which was such a bad decision.
Koustav Pal –
TL;DR : Buy it even if you are not an avid reader (Granted, you must not be averse of reading books), it has a phenomenal display, The screen is remarkable, bundled features are down to the purpose and the device justifies its cost.
This is not a First impression but a review after ~1 month of use
I bought it as I was concerned by my screentime on mobile, and it was getting unhealthy (2~5 hours), I heard that your mind just doesn’t like getting bored and you pick up anything to do in the meantime, mobile being closest to us, keeps the company.
Bought it for 10k during the sale, and voila, over the course of two weeks I have dropped my screentime to 20 minutes, I have forgone the urge to carry my phone everywhere in my pocket all the time
so a good purchase for me
For the device, The first thing that impressed me was its Display, I have seen and used anti-glare display on laptop but this is nothing like the other, the e-ink and anti glare make a great combination, the images won’t do it justice and it is best experienced in person, it truly feels like paper (not a gimmick), you can literally turn the brightness to zero and sit in ambient light or the sunlight for a great read, no artificial lights necessary. loved it
The battery is great as it is an e-ink device with almost nothing running in the background, lasts me two weeks with ~2 hours of reading everyday (haven’t seen it go below 50 in over a week)
The software is well thought out and barebones, nothing that is not needed. Liked the goodreads integration, Wikipedia, dictionary and the ability to browse sites for articles (although not so functional on a display like this), you can create collections for specific books and filter them, there is everything that you would think of in a device like this
For the library, you could get kindle unlimited or better sail the high seas, you are allowed to sideload books (and with great compatibility) if you know how to, they just behave like originals
I would recommend getting a cover for it for two reasons, 1: Privacy and the magnetic feature, you won’t have to press the button on the bottom to turn it on, just open the cover and it powers up, 2: Protection, I think that the screen is plastic and prone to scratches, not that it gets scratched easily, but, better safe than sorry
Also, get the paperwhite over the kindle regular because the page turning and screen refresh are much faster in the paperwhite, believe me when I say that it matters
Best of luck, Happy reading
siddharth –
The form factor of this kindle is really good, easy to hold in your hand, not too heavy…kind of the same as a normal sized book, but you would be holding thousands of e-books in this thing for the weight of one physical book
Interface is also simple and intuitive, n lots of videos about setting it up and guides n tips n tricks are available for it on youtube, very easy to understand
It’s totally monochromatic and works with e-ink, so dont expect it to behave like a tablet, much slower than a tab but then thats the charm of a kindle
Battery life has been good too, used it for a week with an hour of reading each day on airplane mode and the battery has dropped 14 percent, but that included transferring many many books to it n that uses more battery, so im expecting it to run for 2months on one full charge
I havent got any books from kindle store, so luckily im not getting any annoying ads yet but even if you do there is a workaround for that as well
It’s waterproof so can easily carry around outside during travel without any worry
Backside is made up of a rubbery material so its easy to grip too but a cover is recommended anyway
Has a password feature too
Pdfs can be stored in it but you dont get all features as a normal kindle format book would get, ive put all my ebooks via a normal usb from my laptop
The dictionary which is preinstalled on it comes in very handy
And the display is amazing, easy on the eyes, no strain at all, can read on it for many hours even at night, it has a warm light setting for that
Overall i would rate it 4/5, cutting one star just because there is still room for improvement and more features …at a price of 15k, it could have been faster, maybe had a earphone jack for audiobooks …and other stuff at this price