Amazon Kindle devices are on sale now. You can save $30 on a Kindle Paperwhite, bringing the price down to $109.99. The standard Kindle is also on sale, for $59.99, just shy of its best-ever discount price. This is labeled a Valentine’s Day sale, so prices may go back to normal tomorrow. Grab one if you want one.
What’s the difference between the Paperwhite and the standard Kindle? The Paperwhite got a refresh toward the end of last year, giving it a larger 6.8-inch screen, as opposed to the 6-inch screen of the standard model. The backlight on the Paperwhite has an adjustable “warmth” level, so you can ease off the blue light as bedtime approaches. It also has 300 pixels per inch, compared to the standard Kindle’s 167ppi. That makes the text look more rounded and less pixelated.
If money’s not a major factor, the Paperwhite is the model to get. The higher resolution display, warm backlight, and bigger display size definitely make it a higher-end product. But the standard Kindle is also a solid ebook reader, so if you can live with those features and the lower price point is more appealing, you won’t likely regret it.
As for filling your Kindle with reading material, you can select the model with a free 3-month Kindle Unlimited subscription to get access to a bunch of books and magazines. Otherwise, you’ll often find Kindle books on sale at Amazon. Or you can do what I tend to do and borrow ebooks from the library to read on your Kindle. After all, no deal is better than free.
Either way you go, you may want to grab one of these Kindle models sooner than later. As mentioned above, the banner on the page calls this a Valentine’s Day sale, so these prices may not be available tomorrow.
Chris Reed is a deals expert and commerce editor for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @_chrislreed.
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What’s the difference between the Paperwhite and the standard Kindle? The Paperwhite got a refresh toward the end of last year, giving it a larger 6.8-inch screen, as opposed to the 6-inch screen of the standard model. The backlight on the Paperwhite has an adjustable “warmth” level, so you can ease off the blue light as bedtime approaches. It also has 300 pixels per inch, compared to the standard Kindle’s 167ppi. That makes the text look more rounded and less pixelated.
If money’s not a major factor, the Paperwhite is the model to get. The higher resolution display, warm backlight, and bigger display size definitely make it a higher-end product. But the standard Kindle is also a solid ebook reader, so if you can live with those features and the lower price point is more appealing, you won’t likely regret it.
As for filling your Kindle with reading material, you can select the model with a free 3-month Kindle Unlimited subscription to get access to a bunch of books and magazines. Otherwise, you’ll often find Kindle books on sale at Amazon. Or you can do what I tend to do and borrow ebooks from the library to read on your Kindle. After all, no deal is better than free.
Either way you go, you may want to grab one of these Kindle models sooner than later. As mentioned above, the banner on the page calls this a Valentine’s Day sale, so these prices may not be available tomorrow.
Chris Reed is a deals expert and commerce editor for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @_chrislreed.
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