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Pros & Cons
Pros
The charge lasts a looooong time, closing the cover locks the device as opening unlocks and i love that. Compared to the ipad mini which had to be charged every day.
Can't rec this more highly. I love that it makes scrolling the kindle library easy and the display is perfect! If you are getting a kindle, it makes more sense to bundle it because otherwise you will wind up paying much more.
Instant library at my fingertips. Carrying many books around is as easy as slipping the unit into the carry-on backpack/briefcase/whatever.
The backlight is perfect - it seems to adjust to the ambient lighting a bit. The screen and lighting is nice and soft to look at, compared to my glaring phone screen. Love the backlighting and ability to adjust that.
The paperwhite screen is a game changer if you like to read outside. It's perfect and i'm a very happy bookworm. I love that i can make notes, look up definitions, share with others my highlights and it connects with good reads.
Cons
Software design was outsourced to an incompetent 3rd party. Unusable for anything other than a flickering nightlight.
I enjoy reading on it and the convenience of purchasing books on amazon but it’s not worth it for a completely unreasonable lifespan. I’m switching to kobo since i have several friends who have been using theirs for 6-7 years.
Highlights
Quality
Easy to use and has a sturdy design.
Screen is great, battery life great, layout of your library great!
This one is very lightweight, even lighter than my iphone.
I used it for a couple of weeks and found it too small for me, in addition, the black and white text for me at night was hard to read.
Price
I got it on sale, so the price was perfect.
I impulse-purchased this as an amazon day deal.
It cost me quite a few dollars to try it out.
If you are looking to buy a new kindle, this is the way to go as it is a great buy for the money.
Shipping
And …it came w/3 months free access to kindle unlimited!
The reader came about 30 days later.
Competitiveness
I thought i needed to look at all the different models and keep comparing and contrasting and get rid of ads, etc.
A bit heavy in comparison with pocket book.
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- This product had a total of 2,408 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 17 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Left mine on an airplane and replaced with the newer splash proof version
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I did not keep the amazon kindle paperwhite ereader because it was not intuitive to use and the amazon ecosphere for the device is not as easy to use as barnes nobles ecosphere for their ereaders
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I recently bought this because i was tired of reading on my phone through the kindle app
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Another con would be that you cant purchase books on the actually kindle or through the amazon app you have to purchase through a web browser
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I don’t know what took me so long to get one
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I traded in my previous model kindle paperwhite for this one
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The features the quality and the value are second to none
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I impulsepurchased this as an amazon day deal
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