News Amazon announces new $99 Kindle e-reader with better screen

Amazon announces new $99 Kindle e-reader with better screen

Amazon on Tuesday introduced a new entry-level $99 Kindle e-reader with a number of enhancements over the prior mannequin.

The largest change is the show, which is quite a bit sharper than the sooner $89 Kindle. Meaning textual content will look clearer whenever you’re studying, as an alternative of barely blurry. The sharpness is now on a par with Amazon’s dearer $140 Kindle Paperwhite. The new Kindle additionally comes with twice the storage, 16GB as an alternative of 8GB, which needs to be greater than sufficient for many digital e book libraries. You’ll retailer hundreds of books.

The new Kindle additionally has a backlight, nevertheless it would not have a few of the extra superior backlight options within the Kindel Paperwhite, like the choice to vary the white steadiness to an orange hue for studying consolation. It additionally is not water resistant, so you may nonetheless wish to think about the dearer mannequin should you’re fearful about getting splashed by the pool.

And, lastly, as with different updates to the Kindle line just like the Paperwhite, Amazon has added a more recent USB-C charger, which is the extra widespread port utilized by Android telephones, Apple tablets and extra. It replaces the growing older microUSB port that devices have principally ditched in recent times.

Amazon additionally launched a new Kindle Youngsters mannequin with related upgrades. Each units can be found for pre-order starting Tuesday.

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