Amazon’s Kindle lineup has wasted away to virtually nothing over the previous month or so; most fashions are out of inventory, and in some areas Kindles are now not accessible to buy in any respect.
With Prime Day half 2 arising tomorrow, individuals are anticipating Kindles to go on sale like they all the time do throughout Amazon’s gross sales occasions, however this yr it appears like most Kindles aren’t going to be accessible in any respect, until Amazon is holding again inventory particularly for the Prime Massive Offers Day sale.
Issues preserve going from unhealthy to worse. The bottom Kindle has been out of inventory nearly all over the place for the previous month. Now the Signature Version Paperwhite is gone too.
For the previous few weeks, the one model of the Kindle Scribe accessible has been the 16GB mannequin with the essential stylus. The 32GB model, the 64GB model, and the 16GB model with the premium stylus are all gone.
As of this writing, the one Kindles which can be left on Amazon’s US web site are the 16GB Kindle Paperwhite in black, the 16GB Kindle Scribe with the essential pen, together with some bundle packages for every, and the Kindle Paperwhite youngsters bundle. That’s it.
All the coloured choices are gone. The agave inexperienced and blue denim Kindle Paperwhites have been unavailable for some time now. The black Signature Version mannequin has been in inventory in these days, however now it’s unavailable too, though it comes again in inventory sometimes.
The Kindle lineup hasn’t been this sparse in a very long time.
Amazon is predicted to launch new Kindles quickly, so that may clarify a part of the explanation for the sudden Kindle scarcity, however there should’ve been a delay with the discharge for issues to get this unhealthy.
It’ll be fascinating to see what Amazon does for Prime Day tomorrow relating to Kindle gross sales contemplating they’ve virtually none left. Together with the youngsters variations, there are 5 totally different choices for the bottom Kindle and all are gone. There are 6 totally different variations of the Kindle Paperwhite with the SE mannequin and varied colours, and solely a kind of is left. There are 4 variations of the Kindle Scribe and there’s just one model of it left too.
On the plus aspect, all 3 variations of the Kindle Paperwhite youngsters are nonetheless accessible. The factor about that’s they’re already on sale for $55 off at $115, and a Prime membership isn’t required, so the value isn’t going to go any decrease for Prime Day.
