Over on Amazon’s web site, the 64GB model of the Kindle Scribe is listed as “at present unavailable”, and the web page says, “We don’t know when or if this merchandise might be again in inventory.”
Some folks will inevitably soar to the conclusion that which means the Kindle Scribe is about to be discontinued for a more moderen mannequin, however I feel it’s extra probably they’re simply quickly out of inventory after Prime Day, in order that they put up the “at present unavailable” placeholder till they get extra in inventory.
However typically that can point out a Kindle mannequin is about to be discontinued—that’s precisely what occurred to the Kindle Oasis a pair months earlier than it was formally discontinued.
I began fascinated by it, and whereas it’s unlikely that Amazon would launch a brand new Kindle Scribe after simply 2 years, it isn’t fully out of the query, particularly contemplating the Scribe is a primary era mannequin.
Possibly there are some issues they need to enhance, or there’s a change they’ll make that they suppose will improve gross sales or lower manufacturing prices. Both method, Amazon releasing a brand new Kindle Scribe in 2024 actually wouldn’t be that stunning.
Most different eNote firms supply fashions with colour E Ink screens, but when Amazon had been going to launch a colour Kindle Scribe they wouldn’t want to exchange the black and white model, except there are some adjustments they’d prefer to make to make each fashions the identical in any other case.
Earlier this 12 months, there was a rumor going round about Amazon releasing a colour Kindle in 2025, however the rumor mentioned Amazon could be utilizing E Ink’s higher colour display know-how as a substitute of the Kaleido 3 screens that every one the opposite colour E Ink gadgets are at present utilizing.
That appears fairly far-fetched, and even when it was true, they may’ve run into problems with the newer display know-how, and perhaps they determined to make use of current screens as a substitute. If that had been the case, then there wouldn’t be any cause to attend till 2025. Or perhaps issues are transferring forward of schedule.
For some cause Amazon appears actually intent on taking up the eNote market. The Kindle Scribe is the least costly 10″ eNote accessible, particularly when it’s on sale, which looks like as a rule. And Kindle software program updates have been centered virtually fully on enhancing the Kindle Scribe because it was launched; different Kindles barely get any consideration anymore.
I assumed Amazon would have deep reductions on the Kindle Paperwhite for Prime Day since will probably be turning 3 years previous quickly, and that’s after they have a tendency to return out with a more moderen mannequin, however that didn’t occur. Possibly it’s the always-on-sale Kindle Scribe that’s getting changed as a substitute. In any case, Amazon appears to have forgotten that different Kindles exist because it got here alongside.
