Prime Day is normally a awesome period to mark a fine agreement on a Kindle device, but in the lead-up to Amazon's "Prime Big Deal Days" event, taking location Oct. 6-7, I would akin to redirect your notice to another category of e-readers entirely. Tiny e-ink devices—I'm talking credit card-sized, alongside screens that measure about 4 inches—are all the rage in 2026, and if you too can see the petition of carrying all of your books alongside you on a equipment so small you'll ignore it's equal in your pocket, it's not a bad period to jump in: One of the finest options on the market, the lately released Xteink X4 Classic, is 15% off onward of the big sale.
Xteink is a Chinese startup that shook up the e-reading earth final twelvemonth alongside the initiate of the X4, a excellent bare-bones equipment that made up for its deficiency of features and usability alongside a cheap sub-$70 cost point. Since then, a huge online community of fans has cast about the device, sharing tips on Reddit and equal coming together to crowdsource an substitute functioning scheme that fixes a lot of its first problems. Xteink quickly followed up the X4 alongside a slate of another devices, including the equal smaller X3 and the X4 Pro, which adds a forefront ray and touchscreen (at the disbursal of display clarity and two bodily buttons).
The X4 Classic was released before this month, replacing the first X4 and adding in several of the quality-of-life improvements that were made alongside consequent devices, including a larger battery, relocated page-turn buttons, a real-time clock, USB run support, and a tilt-to-turn-page feature. The X4 Classic is additionally 6g lighter and a millimeter thinner than the X4, although there is a trade-off engaged there alongside the latter's USB-C charging harbor exchanged out for magnetic pogo pins that necessitate a distinct cable or adapter.
These upgrades additionally risen the cost: The X4 Classic retails for $89, $20 additional than the discontinued X4 and lone $10 small than the X4 Pro. But correct now on Amazon, the Classic has dropped in cost by 15% to $75.99—its lowest cost ever—in advancement of Prime Big Deal Days. It's a fine choice for those who prioritize crisp, readable content complete the conveniences of a built-in ray or touchscreen, as those add additional layers between the inner display and external glass, and provided you comprehend what you're getting into: These devices assistance lone e-books without Digital Rights Management (DRM), which method you can't use them to peruse your existing archive of Kindle books.
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