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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 December 2023
This is the sixth kindle I've bought and - aside from a 2nd gen one who's battery has given up the ghost - they all still work. This is one more step towards the platonic ideal of an e-reader and it's a doozy of a step.
The last one I had was the 2nd iteration of the Oasis which I thought was wonderful for a while but it's shown a few flaws - battery is getting a bit slow and most importantly it didn't fit in any of my pockets. I didn't need a new kindle but slow eventually i fell for it and I'm so glad I did.
This weights just the right amount - it's got a little heft so you can feel it but it's light in the hand. This is the first coloured kindle I've had and it's a nice subtle minty green. I'm holding off on cases for the moment.
The screen response is also super snappy - I spend ages when I get a new kindle transferring all my books and previously i've done this via the web app but this is actually good enough that I scrolled through book lists and downloaded them on device. taps are easily registered.
The good:
* Instant on - the oasis had a start-up delay if you left it for a few days and this has none
* usb-c: I'm not obsessed with charging cables but those annoying mini-usb ones need to die and now. have chargers all over the house by default
* battery life - insane and doesn't seem to care about the backlight - it just runs
* the backlight - this is my first kindle with the warm light settings and it really works. Plus the auto brightness feature is properly calibrated. The Oasis had a habit of dimming itself into darkness but this fades in the warmness and it just super easy on the eyes. You can get your paper like whiteness during the day if you want. The light is perfectly flat over the display.
* Screen - it's gorgeous and clear and huge and perfect
* Pockets - while bigger than my old paperwhite this does actually fit into jacket pockets and the like easily.
* wireless - my previous kindles never had an issue here but they always seemed to have 1-2 bars of signal - this one obviously has better wireless as it's connected at full speed so book downloads ( yeah I know this happens at most every few days and its only a few seconds so who cares but better is better ) happen snappily
The Average
* The bezels have shrunk which is good for screen size but can make this a little fiddly to hold - I read a lot lying down and you have to tip the thing back slightly against your hand.
The bad
* There is no bad
The last one I had was the 2nd iteration of the Oasis which I thought was wonderful for a while but it's shown a few flaws - battery is getting a bit slow and most importantly it didn't fit in any of my pockets. I didn't need a new kindle but slow eventually i fell for it and I'm so glad I did.
This weights just the right amount - it's got a little heft so you can feel it but it's light in the hand. This is the first coloured kindle I've had and it's a nice subtle minty green. I'm holding off on cases for the moment.
The screen response is also super snappy - I spend ages when I get a new kindle transferring all my books and previously i've done this via the web app but this is actually good enough that I scrolled through book lists and downloaded them on device. taps are easily registered.
The good:
* Instant on - the oasis had a start-up delay if you left it for a few days and this has none
* usb-c: I'm not obsessed with charging cables but those annoying mini-usb ones need to die and now. have chargers all over the house by default
* battery life - insane and doesn't seem to care about the backlight - it just runs
* the backlight - this is my first kindle with the warm light settings and it really works. Plus the auto brightness feature is properly calibrated. The Oasis had a habit of dimming itself into darkness but this fades in the warmness and it just super easy on the eyes. You can get your paper like whiteness during the day if you want. The light is perfectly flat over the display.
* Screen - it's gorgeous and clear and huge and perfect
* Pockets - while bigger than my old paperwhite this does actually fit into jacket pockets and the like easily.
* wireless - my previous kindles never had an issue here but they always seemed to have 1-2 bars of signal - this one obviously has better wireless as it's connected at full speed so book downloads ( yeah I know this happens at most every few days and its only a few seconds so who cares but better is better ) happen snappily
The Average
* The bezels have shrunk which is good for screen size but can make this a little fiddly to hold - I read a lot lying down and you have to tip the thing back slightly against your hand.
The bad
* There is no bad
