Amazon Kindle Paperwhite
The e-reader to beat — a bigger, faster screen, warm light and weeks of battery
Key characteristics
Highlights
- ✓ 7-inch 300 ppi glare-free display, 20% faster page turns
- ✓ Adjustable warm front light for night reading
- ✓ IPX8 waterproof for bath and poolside
- ✓ Weeks of battery on a single charge
Our take
The Paperwhite remains the default e-reader: the perfect size, a crisp warm-lit screen, waterproofing and Amazon's vast store. Kobo has closer rivals than ever, but this is still the safe pick.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- + Sharp, glare-free 7-inch screen
- + Adjustable warm light is easy on the eyes
- + Waterproof and durable
- + Enormous, well-priced book store
Cons
- − Locked into Amazon's ecosystem
- − No physical page-turn buttons
- − Ads on the cheapest configuration
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