Should you’re interested by shopping for a wi-fi charger to your Kindle, there’s one thing that Amazon doesn’t need you to learn about as a result of it can save you some cash when you do.
First off, solely the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Version (each eleventh and twelfth gen fashions) and Kindle Colorsoft assist wi-fi charging, so if in case you have a unique mannequin you’re out of luck (except you’re savy sufficient to add wi-fi charging your self).
Secondly, you’ll be able to presently purchase the earlier Kindle wi-fi charging dock for nearly half the worth of the brand new one. They’re principally the very same, however one sells for $20.97 and the opposite sells for $39.99.
That is one case the place you shouldn’t consider the outline. Amazon particularly states that the previous model just isn’t appropriate with the 2024 Kindle Paperwhite SE and Kindle Colorsoft, however that’s an outright lie as a result of it does work with the newer Kindles. Learn a few of the evaluations to confirm it for your self (it’s additionally simply widespread sense since Amazon says the brand new charger works with the previous Paperwhite).
Amazon additionally used to promote the actual fact you would use different Qi wi-fi chargers will the 2021 SE Paperwhite, however with the brand new mannequin they don’t even point out it helps Qi chargers anymore although it does. That method individuals can be extra inclined to purchase Amazon’s wi-fi charger that prices 2-4x greater than a normal Qi wi-fi charger.
With the newer fashions Amazon makes it sound like you have to purchase their charger if you wish to wirelessly cost your Kindle Paperwhite SE or Colorsoft. From the product pages:
Use the Made for Amazon Wi-fi Charging Dock (bought individually) to energy up wirelessly.
Additionally from the product pages:
A single cost through USB-C lasts as much as 8 weeks. Or energy up with the Made for Amazon Wi-fi Charging Dock (bought individually).
Should you didn’t already know that Kindles assist Qi wi-fi chargers you’d by no means realize it by studying the outline pages at Amazon.
They most likely simply wished to be absolved from all duty and assist for third-party wi-fi chargers and figured it could be simpler in the event that they didn’t even point out them. With the final Paperwhite SE, they’d a listing of Qi chargers that had been identified to be mechanically incompatible, so I suppose I can see why they aren’t promoting assist for different wi-fi chargers any longer.
So the underside line is you may get the older wi-fi charger for principally half the worth as the brand new one till they promote out of them, and it’s also possible to use cheaper third-party 10W Qi wi-fi chargers as nicely, although Amazon not advertises that truth. Simply take into account that not all Qi wi-fi chargers will work with Kindles, however a variety of them will.
