World's most advanced e-reader - higher resolution, higher contrast touchscreen with built-in light and 8-week battery life
- Patented built-in light evenly illuminates the screen to provide the perfect reading experience in all lighting conditions
- Paperwhite has 62% more pixels for unsurpassed resolution
- 25% better contrast for sharp, dark text
- Even in bright sunlight, Paperwhite delivers clear, crisp text and images with no glare
- New hand-tuned fonts - 6 font styles, 8 adjustable sizes
- 8-week battery life, even with the light on
- Holds up to 1,100 books - take your library wherever you go
- Built-in Wi-Fi lets you download books in under 60 seconds
- New Time to Read feature uses your reading speed to let you know when you'll finish your chapter
- Massive book selection. Lowest prices. Over a million titles less than $9.99
- 180,000 Kindle-exclusive titles that you won't find anywhere else, including books by best-selling authors such as Kurt Vonnegut
- Supports children's books and includes new parental controls
Kindle Owners' Lending Library - with Amazon Prime, Kindle owners can
choose from more than 270,000 books to borrow for free with no due
dates, including over 100 current and former New York Times best sellers
Designed for Reading
Unlike a backlit tablet display,
Kindle Paperwhite guides light towards the surface of the e-ink display
from above so that the light never shines directly towards your eyes,
allowing you to read comfortably without eye strain. The built-in light
illuminates the screen more evenly than a book light or lighted cover.
Perfectly Balanced Whiteness
We worked on Kindle Paperwhite for
over two years to perfect the uniformity of the built-in light,
flattening out a fiber optic cable into a sheet, and nanoimprinting to
ensure perfectly even distribution of light. Our design uses nanoscale
optical diffractive patterns to enable tight control over the direction
of the light. Enjoy reading with exceptional lighting uniformity and
evenly balanced whiteness across the entire display. See how the screen looks in different lighting conditions.
Adjustable Brightness
Your eyes adapt to the amount of
light around you, so you'll prefer dimmer light when reading in a dark
setting and brighter light when reading in well-lit surroundings. You
can adjust the brightness of Kindle Paperwhite across a wide spectrum -
from low light to full brightness - so you can read comfortably in any
setting.
Power Efficient
Because our patented technology
enables fine-grain control over where the light is diffused, Kindle
Paperwhite uses low-power LEDs, requiring very little power to evenly
illuminate the entire screen.
Battery Life Comparison
Technical Details
| Display | Amazon's 6" Paperwhite display with patented built-in light, 212 ppi, optimized font technology, 16-level gray scale |
| Size | 6.7" x 4.6" x 0.36" (169 mm x 117 mm x 9.1 mm) |
| Weight | 7.5 ounces (213 grams) |
| System Requirements | None; fully wireless and doesn't require a computer to download content |
| On-Device Storage | 2 GB internal (approximately 1.25 GB available for user content). Holds up to 1,100 books |
| Cloud Storage | Free cloud storage for all Amazon content |
| Battery Life | A single charge lasts up to eight weeks, based on a half hour of reading per day with wireless off and the light setting at 10. Battery life will vary based on light and wireless usage |
| Charge Time | Fully charges in approximately 4 hours from a computer via USB cable |
| Wi-Fi Connectivity | Supports public and private Wi-Fi networks or hotspots that use the 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11n standard with support for WEP, WPA and WPA2 security using password authentication or Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) |
| Content Formats Supported | Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion |
| Documentation | Quick Start Guide (included in box) [PDF]; Kindle Paperwhite User Guide (pre-installed on device) [PDF]. Additional information in multiple languages available online |
| Warranty and Service | 1-year limited warranty and service included. Optional 2-year Extended Warranty available for U.S. customers sold separately. Use of Kindle is subject to the terms found here |
| Included in the Box | Kindle Paperwhite, USB 2.0 charging cable and Quick Start Guide |
