At a little over an hour of daily reading, it easily lasted over a fortnight for me, which is perfectly fine given that you will need to charge this device only twice a month at most. The battery life will vary depending on your usage. The company claims a battery life of 6 weeks for the new Kindle the catch being – at 30 minutes of daily reading. The battery backup has also seen a good 50% improvement over its predecessor. Improved battery backup and USB-C port for charging Imagine the weight of a few thousand books being just 158 grams. And 16 GB (13.2 GB available) will let you store thousands of ebooks on this device. Frankly, even 8 GB was good enough given that the size of most ebooks is just an MB or two at most. The storage has doubled up too from 8 GB to 16 GB. It is not just the pixel density that Amazon has bumped up in the new Kindle. This is a great addition and can simply be activated by pulling down the top menu. That’s where Dark mode comes in, which turns the screen black and the text white, thus providing a much soothing reading experience even for the person using this Kindle. Say you like to read in bed, the screen glow can be a distraction for the person next to you. While the new Kindle can be used in pitch dark, it is not the most comfortable experience for others in the room. Speaking of dark, there’s more which brings me to my next point. Things are great under direct sunlight too, and you also get adjustable front lighting that lets you use this Kindle even in a dark room. Image Credit: Tech2 | Ameya DalviĮven text in smaller fonts looks clear on this Kindle, and you can feel free to drop the font size to fit more text per page without worrying about readability getting adversely affected. The screen size is still 6-inch (vs 6.8-inch on the Paperwhite), but it is a lot sharper than before, be it text or book covers. Amazon has bumped up the pixel density on this one to 300 PPI which is the same as that of the Paperwhite. The older base Kindle screens used to have 167 PPI pixel density that made the text a tad rough around the edges. This is by far the biggest improvement on this new Kindle. There are no speakers here but one can connect Bluetooth earphones or speakers to consume content from Audible. There is a solitary physical button along the bottom edge to turn on the device or put it in standby. However, unlike the Paperwhite’s, they do not merge seamlessly into the screen and are noticeably raised. The top and side bezels are slimmer than before and almost the same size as the latest Paperwhite. It may fit into some pants pockets too but I wouldn’t recommend doing that. And its compact size makes it easy to slip it in a bag. Holding it in one hand for long does not cause fatigue. To put things in perspective, that’s lighter than most smartphones these days. The device does feel incredibly light in hand and weighs just 158 grams. The company claims that this 11th-gen All-new Kindle is the most compact and lightest to date, and we won’t disagree. Image Credit: Tech2 | Ameya Dalvi What we liked about the All-new Kindle: We got to try our hand at the All-new Kindle (as Amazon likes to call it) for the past few weeks, and here’s what’s good and not-so-good about it. With the launch of the latest Kindle (non-Paperwhite), the choice between the two may not be as straightforward as it borrows a lot of goodness from its more elite cousin. It was a no-brainer as the Paperwhite had far better features and readability in comparison to the basic Kindle model. But ever since Amazon launched the first Kindle Paperwhite, that has been a device of choice for those who could afford it. The device is currently in its 11th generation. It’s been almost 15 years since the first Kindle was launched.
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