I believe Amazon goes to announce the upcoming launch of a Kindle Paperwhite 6 quickly, a brand new twelfth era mannequin, and I needed to do a prediction put up to elucidate why I believe that’s going to occur.
First off, I’ve no inside information about any new Kindles popping out in 2024, and there aren’t any legit rumors circulating the interwebs, however after 15 years of operating this web site, I’ve a intestine feeling {that a} new Paperwhite is about to get launched. It doesn’t take a psychic gypsy to return to this conclusion; it’s fairly apparent if you happen to observe the historical past of Kindles.
The primary indicator {that a} new Kindle Paperwhite goes to return out quickly is the straightforward reality the present mannequin was launched in 2021. Amazon began accepting pre-orders for the Kindle Paperwhite 5 on September twenty first, 2021, and it was formally launched on October twenty seventh.
The Paperwhite 5 was launched virtually precisely 3 years after the Paperwhite 4 was launched, and the Paperwhite 4 got here out 3 years and 4 months after the Paperwhite 3, so there’s a reasonably clear sample there.
There’s additionally the truth that Amazon didn’t launch any new Kindles in any respect in 2023, and that was solely the second calendar 12 months with none new Kindles getting launched since 2009 (2020 was the one different 12 months, for apparent causes).
The Kindle Paperwhite 5 is the oldest Kindle within the present lineup and is the almost definitely one to get changed quickly.
One other signal the Paperwhite 5 is about to get changed, Amazon has had their official covers for the Paperwhite on sale almost all month, and that’s simply one thing they don’t usually do. In reality, Amazon’s covers normally solely go on sale a few occasions a 12 months at most, and so they’re hardly ever on sale for longer than every week.
One other factor I observed, again in June an Amazon {hardware} engineer from Lab126 posted an article exhibiting how they check Kindle prototypes earlier than they get launched. One of many exams confirmed what seemed to be a entrance layer for the Kindle Paperwhite shatter like glass throughout a bend check. The factor is the final two Paperwhites have had plastic-based entrance layers, and it’s not possible they might shatter like that. That is perhaps an indication they have been testing a glass entrance layer on a brand new Paperwhite.
Again in June, I did a put up about potential upgrades for a brand new Kindle Paperwhite 6, so I gained’t go into that once more right here, however clearly a brand new display screen is on the prime of the listing, and I might even see Amazon releasing a shade mannequin like Kobo did with the Kobo Clara Color and Kobo Libra Color.
Both means, I believe the percentages of Amazon releasing a brand new Kindle in 2024 is very seemingly, and a brand new Paperwhite mannequin makes probably the most sense. If latest historical past is any indication, I believe Amazon will announce it in September or October on the newest.
