Right here’s one thing that appears sort of fascinating. The base Kindle, the most recent mannequin that was launched in 2022, is at present unavailable to buy new on Amazon, and it seems to be out of inventory from most of Amazon’s worldwide web sites as properly.
What’s bizarre is the youngsters model of that exact same Kindle seems to be in inventory nearly in all places; it’s solely the common model that’s out of the blue unavailable, prefer it’s been deliberately pulled from the Kindle lineup.
Normally when one thing like this occurs it means a brand new Kindle is about to get launched.
I’ve been saying for just a few weeks now that I anticipate Amazon to launch a new Kindle Paperwhite because it’s been 3 years because the final one got here out, however I figured they’d stick to the essential Kindle for one more 12 months because it was launched in 2022.
However this sudden “provide scarcity” would appear to point {that a} new entry-level Kindle is about to drop quickly. In fact you may make the argument that it’s merely out of inventory and this implies nothing, however present Kindles don’t simply drop off the map and out of the blue turn into unavailable to buy from a number of Amazon web sites all of sudden—one thing is up. It appears extra like they deliberately let it run out of inventory.
It’s been unavailable for a pair days now on the US Amazon web site, and it was simply on sale the previous couple of weeks earlier than then, however it was solely $10 off so it wasn’t a giant sale that might trigger a sudden spike in gross sales.
Possibly my expectations are clouding my judgement right here, however I actually suppose that is one other signal that new Kindles are coming quickly. In spite of everything, that is the time of 12 months that new Kindles often get introduced. The truth is, the Kindle in query was introduced on September thirteenth, 2022.
