The new Kindle was briefly on sale and it hasn’t even been announced yet

Oct 16, 2024 04:22 AM - 3 months ago 144293

Amazon hasn’t officially announced the adjacent procreation of its Kindle e-readers yet, but pursuing leaks of respective models, the UK retailer John Lewis was already trading the 12th-gen entry-level Kindle and the caller Kindle Kids Edition done its website earlier today, arsenic spotted by Good e-Reader. Both listings person since been taken down.

The 12th-gen Kindle Paperwhite precocious popped up successful an eBay listing that has besides been taken down, and which included images of the caller e-reader’s packaging revealing insignificant upgrades specified arsenic a slightly larger seven-inch E Ink screen.

A screenshot of John Lewis’ online store’s listing for the 12th-gen Amazon Kindle.

Screenshot: John Lewis

John Lewis’ listing for the 12th-gen entry-level Kindle exemplary appeared to corroborate leaked specifications from September. According to those leaks, the upgraded e-reader will person a six-inch, 300ppi E Ink surface pinch a higher opposition ratio that’s illuminated by a beforehand ray that’s now 25 percent brighter astatine its max setting. However, the caller entry-level Kindle’s beforehand ray will still deficiency the colour somesthesia adjustments you get pinch the Kindle Paperwhite and other pricier E Ink devices from Amazon.

According to the listing, the 12th-gen Kindle besides introduces a caller acheronian mode that inverts its achromatic and achromatic E Ink surface for easier reference successful the dark, offers faster page turns, and will travel pinch 16GB of storage. John Lewis had listed the caller e-reader for £94.99, which is astir $124.

A screenshot of the John Lewis’ online store’s listing for the 12th-gen Amazon Kindle Kids Edition.

Screenshot: John Lewis

The store’s listing for the 12th-gen Amazon Kindle Kids Edition had the aforesaid specs arsenic the 12th-gen entry-level Kindle, pinch brighter backlighting and an E Ink surface offering amended contrast. As pinch past versions of the Kindle Kids Edition, the 12th-gen exemplary comes pinch a case, an extended 2 twelvemonth warranty, a subscription to Amazon Kids+ featuring ebooks and audiobooks targeted astatine kids, and a dashboard pinch parental controls. Pricing was £114.99, aliases astir $150.

A screenshot of John Lewis’ online store’s listing for the 12th-gen Amazon Kindle Kids Edition.

Screenshot: John Lewis

Previous versions of the Amazon Kindle Kids Edition came pinch a 1 twelvemonth subscription to Amazon Kids+ (even successful the UK), but John Lewis’ listing said the 12th-gen exemplary only comes pinch a six-month subscription to the service. After that, monthly plans commencement astatine $5.99/month for Amazon Prime members, aliases $7.99 without.

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