One factor about Kindle ereaders that’s type of distinctive (and unusual) is the truth that newer fashions don’t provide very many upgrades in case you’re coming from an older mannequin, even going again as a lot as 10 years.
In terms of different varieties of digital devices, most corporations are attempting to get individuals to improve to a more recent mannequin yearly or two. Some individuals decide to skip just a few improve cycles, however after a number of years there’s normally a reasonably good cause to improve to a brand new mannequin for one cause or one other.
That’s not the case with Kindles.
I’m nonetheless utilizing a Kindle Voyage that was launched again in 2014, and I might make an excellent argument that it’s an improve over any present Kindle mannequin that Amazon provides.
The Kindle Oasis is one other mannequin that might simply be thought of an improve over the present crop of Kindles, and never simply the latest model however going again to the first Kindle Oasis mannequin as nicely.
Isn’t that bizarre? Think about shopping for a Kindle 5, 7, even 10 years in the past, and also you resolve you need to “improve” to a more recent mannequin, however you discover out the present Kindle choices actually aren’t a lot of an improve in any respect.
The Kindle Paperwhite does provide just a few new options that older Kindles lack, like darkish mode and the choice to manage the tone of the frontlight, however the construct high quality, the plastic entrance layer, the dearth of web page buttons are all downgrades in comparison with the Kindle Voyage and Kindle Oasis.
The Kindle Scribe is the one present mannequin that you may argue is an improve over most older fashions, however the truth that it’s a lot bigger than common 6″ and seven″ Kindles type of units it aside into its personal separate class. Lots of people merely aren’t inquisitive about studying ebooks on such a big machine.
Amazon tends to launch new Kindles within the later a part of yr, however final yr they didn’t launch any new Kindles in any respect, and the present Kindle Paperwhite will flip 3 years previous quickly. Hopefully they’ll launch a brand new Kindle or two later this yr that provides individuals some good causes to think about upgrading.
Not providing sufficient upgrades from older fashions is such an uncommon factor for an organization like Amazon to do. You’d suppose they’d be doing the whole lot they might to get individuals to purchase extra Kindles from them.
