But the warm light feature makes the Paperwhite much more easier on the eyes in addition to the more even front lighting thanks to the 17 LEDs. Image Credit: Tech2 | Ameya DalviĪdjustable warm light would have been nice to have Something for Amazon to consider for the 12th-gen Kindle. So a bit of protection from the elements outdoors would have been handy. An ebook reader is not something one uses only indoors. While the more premium device has a proper IPX8 water immersion resistance, an IPX5 splash resistance would have also sufficed for this model. This is one feature of the Paperwhite I would have certainly liked to see in the basic Kindle. While we are fully aware that there need to be clear differentiators between those two devices to justify their individual existence, there are certain elements that could have been added to the base model too. Most of the cons here are a result of us being spoiled by the Kindle Paperwhite. What we did not like about the All-new Kindle: A standard 10 Watts USB-C charger takes about four hours to charge this Kindle fully. Another notable improvement is the presence of a USB-C port, which took a couple of generations too long to arrive, but it is finally here. The standby time is great here with hardly any battery drain when not in use. It lasts that much longer if you don’t use it at all for a week or so. 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. Ayesha Kanga of Netflix's 'Class' fame makes heads turn with her latest fashion outing 'CID' fame Dinesh Phadnis battling for life, co-star Dayanand Shetty says, 'Doctors are observing him'
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