Amazon PR gave me the runaround on this launch so I have nothing official to tell you, but luckily for me the new Kindle has already leaked on Wired.it. The new Paperwhite is an incremental improvement on the last model. It is waterproof, but not really that much improved over what we have know.
The official announcement will be made in about 40 minutes.
Here's the product listing on Amazon.com. The price is $249 (that is a placeholder, obviously).
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The listing for it is now up at amazon.com.au:
https://www.amazon.com.au/All-new-Kindle-Paperwhite-Waterproof-Storage/dp/B075QRWPPJ
Is there any mention of the color changing option like the Kobo devices have?
no
Silly Amazon… Showing that $249 placeholder price at top, but a $149 price in the comparison!
No Halloween lights on this one? Dang… :p
Totally underwhelmed.
Necessary update although little news. I hope the weight loss is not at the expense of the battery. I still think that, since the screen technology hardly improves, a great advance could be the inclusion of a solar panel that would make the ereaders “self-sufficient”.
I hope one day Amazon decides to get a Kindle of 10.3″-10,7″.
For now I will continue with my old KP2
By the way, they could decrease the frames, especially the top frame.
I’m curious: What use does so much memory have? How does one manage hundreds of ebooks on a Kindle?
In my case I only keep those I am currently reading, unread books, and forgotten ebooks (the equivalent of the pile of paper books that I will read some day). I usually look only the first and second second screen of the index.
I keep my ebooks (1400 de-drmed) on my Mac and on Dropbox, and it occupies 6 GB. It includes, in most cases, both epub and mobi versions of the same ebook.
The “Twilight Zone: Time Enough At Last” episode could be easily updated so the protagonist emerges from the bank vault, pulls out his Kindle and learns his cloud library no longer exists…
Or….that it does.
… and that his battery is low! Poor Burgess Meredith!
Flush bezels usually mean color gradient issues ala Voyage. Also the black on black is definitely better on the PW3 then the distracting white Kindle logo that sticks out like a pimple.
Still has those massive bezels. Huge disappointment!
The PW3 had a black “kindle” on the front, not white. It is slightly reflective.
I think Jake is saying that the black logo on PW3 is better than the white one on PW4.
The PW4 is now on amazon.com for $129
Thanks! I did not catch that.
“I’m curious: What use does so much memory have? How does one manage hundreds of ebooks on a Kindle?”
You will need a lot of memory for audible.
More space long overdue. I got 5 paperwhites as 4 GB not enough space. They need 64 and 128 GB versions. I stopped buying ebooks due to space issue. So Amazon being rather stupid waiting this long to fix the issue. Mean I got 4000 ebooks and 100,000 paper books.
I was hoping for more space! I’m about out of space on my current Paperwhite with just e-books, can’t imagine mixing those with Audio
I know many are underwhelmed but I’m incredibly happy because my #1 feature was Waterproof and I didn’t think they were going to add it. I’m so used to the lights of the Paperwhite that I don’t know what I’m missing not having color temperature adjustment. My wishlist was Waterproof, more even bezel, more space — which I have with the new release. I do wish they offered more screen size options for those who prefer larger screens, although 6″ doesn’t bother me since it’s paperback size and that’s what I’ve always read.
I wish I’d know that this was coming before I bought an Oasis. Not that I dislike the Oasis but I’m totally happy with everything about the Paperwhite save for its inadequate memory. Still I might buy one (32 GB without special offers) to replace the two original Paperwhites that my wife is using (her original topped out at about 1200 books so she had to use a spare one and split her collection across the pair). We chose to keep all our books downloaded as we often find ourselves reading where there is no WiFi and don’t want to restrict our choices.
Other than the increased memory I’m indifferent to the other changes. For example, the revised home screen is just something that I’d turn off as soon as I got the machine.
And to fahirish who asks how one manages 100s of books on a Kindle I’ve never found this a problem with the 2500 or so on my devices. I put each book into a collection (or often more than 1 collection) when I buy it and with a sensible choice of collections, which I ensure never contain more than 70 or so titles, the only problem that arises is if a collection gets too large and needs to be split (which is easy but a bit tedious). I do, of course, keep de-DRMed copies on our PCs and on the cloud but I’ve not yet worked out how to manage these, though I’m sure that someone can recommend an app.
From PC Mag:
” Amazon is using a plastic-backed 300ppi E Ink display, but it isn’t E Ink Mobius; it’s the company’s own design. ”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/364338/hands-on-with-the-new-waterproof-amazon-kindle-paperwhite?source=google-editors-picks
Nate,
Any word on the screen tech used on the new Paperwhite? Made by E ink? Amazon itself? or some other company?
I’ve heard it’s a flexible screen of Amazon’s on design, but Amazon isn’t speaking to me at the moment so I don’t know any more.
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The white Amazon logo means a no from me. While I like waterproof and being lighter, I really dislike seeing white lettering on a black device. The black letters on the PW3 are fine.