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What differences are there between the new Kindle and its previous generation?

New Kindle, everything better

As we told you, it has taken three years for Amazon to launch a new version of its best-selling and most popular reader, which has been ruling the ebook market for almost 15 years, on the market. when those first models began to arrive (imported to Spain) with what they called whisper sync and its wireless connectivity capable of keeping us online anywhere.

New Kindle 2022.

But looking at now, we can only say that Amazon has fulfilled what was expected of it: has designed a lot reader lighter, of 158 grams compared to 174 of the 2019 Kindle and whose shapes have also become slimmer, since its thickness has been reduced from 8.7 mm. up to 8 of the model presented yesterday by the company. What’s more, too width and height shrink, staying at 157.8 x 108.6 mm. compared to 160 x 113 of the previous ereader.

The Kindle screen also receives improvements, not so much in the size that remains at 6 inches as in the resolution, which rises from 167 pixels per inch (ppi) of the 2019 model to 300 which we will have in stores soon. What’s more, the storage is another of the features that are multiplied by four, since we will go from the rickety 4 GB of the previous Kindle to the 16 GB of the new one.

But there’s a little problem

This Kindle model will come in two colors, blue and black, and incorporates a curious dark mode in case we want to read in conditions of practical darkness. Now, going back to the differences, this new reader will have a USB-C charging connection, leaving behind the microUSB that has accompanied the range for so many years. Moreover, the charging time is also reduced by half and instead of four hours, we will only have to have it plugged in for two to fill its battery to 100%.

New Kindle 2022.

The autonomy has improved being another of the details that have increased with the new Kindle of 2022, since puts at six weeks the time you will not need to go through a chargerunlike the four of the 2019 generation. By the way, Wifi is finally compatible with 2.4 and 5GHz networks, although from here… the bad news arrives.

All these news that we have told you will have an extra cost because the new price of this Kindle cheaper is located in the €109.99, compared to 89.99 that came costing the previous generation. So at a stroke we have to take care of 20 euros more. You have it in pre-order with a delivery date scheduled for October 12.

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