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Amazon ’s Kindle line seems to go longer and longer between updates . While e - readers are n’t quite the consumer electronics Darling they once were , the retail giant is still invested in the class . After all , accord to estimate , Amazon control more than 80 % of the U.S. market .
Along with thelong - wait summation of a coloring material Kindle , Amazon announce a refresh across the line . That admit update to the foundation Kindle , Kindle Paperwhite , and the style - enable Kindle Scribe .
Amazon had to bring AI to the blood rather or later , so the Kindle Scribe is the first to get the honors . Leveraging the self-aggrandizing Kindle ’s note - taking potentiality , Amazon is adding text summaries , good manners of a young notebook chit . The equipment will also clean up messy text scribbled with the Premium Pen stylus , so it ’s legible while still face like playscript .
The Scribe ’s design language has also evolved a bit , with the summation of white border , while the resolution remains 300 ppi . The gimmick will also be getting a new side panel feature , which get exploiter write and enshroud notes as needed .
The new Scribe will run $ 399 — that ’s a $ 50 premium over its predecessor ’s already steep price tag .
The Kindle Paperwhite , the best - selling poser , is get a display bulge from 6.8 inches to a full seven in . The equipment is getting a central processing unit extrusion , as well , with Amazon promising 25 % faster paper turns . The troupe rates the Paperwhite ’s battery at an impressive three months on a billing , in spite of a thinner design .
The referee is get the same raw oxide back back breaker line up in the Colorsoft gadget , which allows for those faster Sir Frederick Handley Page grow , while increase overall electric battery life .
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The stock Paperwhite includes 16 GB of storage and is priced at $ 160 . Another $ 30 will get you the Signature Edition , which includes 32 GB of storage , wireless charge capability , and an machine - adjusting front light .
The Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite are usable now . The newfangled Kindle Scribe starts ship December 4 .
